Opening tonight in London:
Petra Cortright
Void Mastery / Blank Control
Until March 4, 2012
The Composing Rooms
The Green Room, Rich Mix
35-47 Bethnal Green Road
London, E1 6LA
The original opening title card for the "Prime Suspect" pilot (above) is perfect. The new "improved" version is not.
The 1998 Robert Smigel animated short film "Conspiracy Theory Rock", part of a March 1998 "TV Funhouse" segment, has been removed from all subsequent airings of the Saturday Night Live episode where it originally appeared. Michaels claimed the edit was done because it "wasn't funny". The film is a scathing critique of corporate media ownership, including NBC's ownership by General Electric/Westinghouse.
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Working is interested in businesses which are rooted in physical spaces (e.g., offices, studios, storefronts) instead of freelance situations that can be transported city to city. The physical nature of these businesses demonstrates, at the least, a commitment to the city where their practice occurs, something increasingly important in stemming the homogenization and scaling of our cities and of unifying the strange divide between where we live and where we work.
Watch/more: here (Tramnesia)
Erik van der Weijde and Rollo Press are working on a follow up to “This is not my Son” entitled “This is not my Wife”. If you’re interested in helping to realize this book, please visit the page set up at Indiegogo and donate a little something. One of the special editions available includes a signed copy of the printed book as well as an original drawing by Caetano, Erik and Lúcia’s 10-year old son:
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