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Category Archives: Futurism
Italian Futurists Exhibition Debuts At NYU's Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimo (PHOTOS)
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Club Watch: Clone Records Night @ Hidden
An electronic insitution Rotterdams Clone Records have been releasing, selling and distributing great electronic music for the last 20 years. Many were aghast when the label announced its closure in 2009 so central was their position in dance music circles. Continue reading
Get retro with ÆtherFest
You don’t have to wear brass goggles or leather corsets to fit in with the dapper anachronistic crowds at therFest. But why cheat yourself of such fashionable fun at the steampunk convention? Especially when you can strut your stuff with some serious A&A. Continue reading
Amazing Airport Restaurants
We’ve all been there. Tired. Continue reading
Et cetera: non-fiction roundup – reviews
The Great Accelerator by Paul Virilio, Sparrow by Kim Todd and The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg The Great Accelerator by Paul Virilio, translated by Julie Rose (Polity, £9.99) Virilio, the French philosopher, has long cultivated a kind of Delphic compression, addictive once you tune in to its cadences. Continue reading
Review: Fourth-Generation Honda CR-V
The latest CR-V—the fourth generation to be introduced since the first emerged in the late 1990s—comes with an improved look and better fuel efficiency, among others in the upgraded list of convenient and useful features. Continue reading
Intel futurist discusses data's secret life, 'ghost of computing'
Science fiction serves as a inspiration for the man whose job it is envisage Intel’s future and, to a large degree, the future of computing itself. In 2010 Brian David Johnson became Intel Corp.’s first futurist, a time-honored title bestowed on prognosticating technology mavens dating back to the likes of Jules Verne and H. G Continue reading
Discover urban Italy at Toi Poneke Gallery
The patterns and textures of Italian streets are the inspiration behind designer Lee Jensen's L'abbondanza della strada (The abundance of the street), showing at Toi Poneke Gallery from Friday 18 May. Continue reading
Water Wars Documentary Last Call at the Oasis Keeps Dystopia Real
Destabilizing futurism set to a pulse-pounding score isnt just for sci-fi and fantasy thrillers. Continue reading
Dutch Techno Maverick Legowelt Revisits Rave's Glory Days with Free Track
The SPIN Electronic Dance Music Blog Raw Detroit unicorn futurism with a ‘Star Trek’ shout-out Legowelt, a.k.a., Danny Wolfers, is a prolific sort. Continue reading
The Barnes collection mirrors the collector
The art collection assembled by Albert C. Barnes is a many-splendored thing, but also one shaped by paradox Continue reading
dreDDup – Futurism – - – Serbian industrial rock – Video
16-01-2011 20:06 This was the song intended to be on the album ‘Mr Borndead’s Feast’ from 2004 as a bonus track. It never happened. So the song was placed on ‘El Conquistadors’ (2009 dreDDup album). Continue reading
1950s view of the future, retro futurism part 2 – Video
23-07-2010 09:43 To order this clip in high res. follow this link: Cities of the future, hyper modern houses, factories, highways, rocket transporter, space station, lunar believed in the 50′s and 60′s Continue reading
Ten Years Before the Blog: 2003-2004 [Uncertain Principles]
The schedule called for this to appear last Friday, but as I was just back from a funeral, yeah, not so much. Continue reading
Wonkbook: Obama and Romney agree on student loans. But where's Congress?
Here’s a lede I don’t get to write every day: President Obama and Mitt Romney actually agree on something. Something fairly big. And yet, it still may not happen. Continue reading
America's Secret Growth Weapon: Why Immigration Really, Really Matters
The United States, like almost every other rich country in the world, is getting older and slower. But we have a natural advantage over the rest of the world, if only we’re wise enough to use it Reuters When countries get rich, they can get predictable. They live longer. Continue reading
Book Presentation ‘Futurismo-Impact and Legacy’
BOOK PRESENTATION The 2011 international conference “Our Digital Renaissance – Cultural Development, Artistic Creation & Economic Growth” will open with a book launch of the 2009 conference proceedings Futurismo – Impact and Legacy Thursday, November 10, 2011 Sala Rosa, Florence … Continue reading
Work by Crali for Sale (Oct. 25)
TULLIO CRALI (1910-2000) OIL PAINTING ON BOARD Squadron of aircraft caught in searchlight over a city signed and dated (19) 33 lower left 21″ x 25 1/2″ (52.5cm x 64cm) EST 10,000-15,000 Estimate: 10000-15000 Capes Dunn and Co of Manchester … Continue reading
Italian History conference in New York focuses on Fascism
New Directions in Italian and Italian-American History: A Conference in Honor of Philip Cannistraro Saturday, November 5, 2011 9:00 am – 6:00 pm John D. Calandra Italian-American Institute 25 West 43rd Street 17th Floor, New York City (212) 642-2094 Keynote … Continue reading