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“Once upon a time, Fresno was the California Dream. Own a car. Own a house. Own a pool. Everyone wanted it and the wonderful world of credit made it all possible. But now, with the foreclosure monster running wild, the dream is dry. Thousands of pools are festering in the hot Central Valley sun. For most people this is tragic. But for some, it’s an opportunity.” Part of the “California is a place” series.
For more info visit Elephant Parade London. “Vee Speers was born in Australia and has been living in Paris since 1990. Her portraits have been exhibited and published world-wide. Speer’s most recent work ‘The Birthday Party’ is a series of short stories linked by the theme of an imaginary birthday party.”
More info about Vee Speers here. The Guardian’s article about her creative process available here. “So I saw all of these mediocre pictures of that volcano in Iceland nobody can pronounce the name of, so I figured I should go and do better. But the flights to get over took forever as expected (somewhat). 4 days after leaving I finally made it, but the weather was terrible for another 4. Just before leaving it got pretty good for about a day and a half and this is what I managed to get.” – Sean Stiegemeier More info via in-perfidia. Original source is Dan Trachtenberg. You have until May 17th. “The National Film Board of Canada, in association with the Cannes Short Film Corner, welcomes you to the 6th NFB Online contest. Vote for your favorite short film.” All 10 of the nominated short films are available in the embedded Youtube channel below… To vote and get more info, visit the contest website. … and after you vote, head over to the NFB website to watch hundreds of films online for free including RiP! A Remix Manifesto. A long while back we featured the Plastiki project, a boat made from 12,500 plastic bottles. The construction portion of the project is now complete and what remains is for the project crew to sail from San Francisco to Sydney. They are on a mission to showcase waste as a resource and highlight plastic pollution. The project also has a robust internet and social media presence, allowing people to track the progress of the expedition now in progess.
Plastic waste is a huge threat to the earth’s oceans. It is typically not biodegradable. And plastic that ends up in the ocean eventually breaks down into small pieces and particles, contaminating water and endangering ocean life. Vice TV have put together a new series called “TOXIC”. It’s essentially a video series about humanity’s subconscious mission to destroy the earth. One of the featured stories goes and takes a first hand look at the plastic pollution problem… “Come aboard as the VBS crew takes a cruise to the Northern Gyre in the Pacific Ocean, a spot where currents spin and cycle, churning up tons of plastic into a giant pool of chemical soup, flecked with bits and whole chunks of refuse that cannot biodegrade.” – VBS.tv More about Plastiki here.  |
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