From a darkened sunroof

Nancy grows up

fromadarkenedsunroof — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 20:36:49 +0000

American sound archivist Tony Schwartz’s ‘audio time lapse’ of his niece year-by-year from one month old to 13 years of age. All in just over two minutes.

http://www.tonyschwartz.org/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Schwartz_(American_sound_archivist)

Cognitive Surplus

fromadarkenedsunroof — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 23:54:58 +0000

Writer/consultant/lecturer, Clay Shirky is pushing around some interesting ideas on group thinking, the internet, participation, free time, collaboration & generosity – ‘cognitive surplus’… here’s a good TED on his thesis…

Clay Shirky’s site

‘Don’t-know’ mind

fromadarkenedsunroof — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 01:13:51 +0000

“Wake up! On the road with a Zen Master” is a documentary following Zen Master Seung Sahn as he travels across Europe and presents his thoughts.

Directed by Brad Anderson (1992)
Total running time – 54m29s

Unsplit Google video link:

The Assassination of Time

fromadarkenedsunroof — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 14:30:30 +0000

Audio recording of Sue Golding/Johnny De Philo’s fractal-philosophy installation presented in pitch black at DRAF earlier this year. Stream/DL available in two parts with Q & A.

Stream/download here

Direct link- http://fromadarkenedsunroof.bandcamp.com/album/sue-golding-johnny-de-philo-the-assassination-of-time

Johnny Golding- http://gre.academia.edu/ProfessorJohnnyGolding

Non-human persons

fromadarkenedsunroof — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 13:40:48 +0000

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/science/article6973994.ece

Contact (1997) intro sequence

fromadarkenedsunroof — Thu, 06 May 2010 17:15:40 +0000

Audio recording of Sculpture performance

fromadarkenedsunroof — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 11:04:47 +0000

Audio recording of Dan Hayhurst & Rueben Sutherland’s performance as Sculpture on 24th February at the David Roberts Art Foundation.

http://soundcloud.com/tapebox/audio-recording-of-sculpture-at-shiiin-jet-stream-white-earphones

more Sculpture at…

http://www.myspace.com/danhayhurst

Carla’s Island

fromadarkenedsunroof — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 19:10:53 +0000

Rarely seen in its entirety, “Carla’s Island” was a pioneering computer animation created by Nelson Max in 1981, depicting waves and atmospheric effects.

The arrow of time

fromadarkenedsunroof — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 12:12:55 +0000

Interview with theoretical physicist Sean Carroll from the California Institute of Technology on his new book From Eternity to Here: The Quest for the Ultimate Theory of Time.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/blog/audio/2010/feb/15/science-weekly-extra-podcast-sean-carroll-time

A giant cosmic hologram

fromadarkenedsunroof — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 13:43:00 +0000

http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20126911.300-our-world-may-be-a-giant-hologram.html