Nancy grows up

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

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

“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

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

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Non-human persons

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

Contact (1997) intro sequence

Audio recording of Sculpture performance

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

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

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

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