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Posted: November 22nd, 2008, 10:12pm PST by Agata Stadnik

This is a new style of dance that is very popular in France now. Supposedly dancers have some grammar of gesture and by dancing they can communicate- convey a story. I couldn’t find much info on the web. I guess most of it is in French.
Posted: September 24th, 2008, 10:53pm PDT by Agata Stadnik

I’ve been seeing lots of interesting stuff lately. Here are some links. Check it out: http://blog.modernmechanix.com/category/before-their-time/ http://angesleva.iki.fi/projects/dyno/index.html http://www.MasterNewMedia.org/ http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9500E5DF163CF937A25751C1A9659C8B63 http://www.siggraph.org/s2003/conference/etech/food.html http://www.skinsandwich.com/ku/ http://mixedrealitylab.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=449&Itemid=205 http://www.sms.mavt.ethz.ch/research/projects/braintrain http://julianoliver.com/levelhead http://www.lushprojects.com/cyclepong2/index.html http://www.frontdesign.se/sketchfurniture/ http://mi-lab.org/projects/incretable/ http://www.setpixel.com/content/?ID=waterfall http://www.dunneandraby.co.uk/designing/placebo/placebo_bottom.html
Posted: August 29th, 2008, 12:20pm PDT by Agata Stadnik

Yesterday I went to see the Blue Man Group. I never really seen them performing before so I didn’t know what to expect, except that it was supposed to be very, very good. I have to admit I had a bit higher expectations for this widely acclaimed show but it was good and worth [...]
Posted: August 28th, 2008, 12:06pm PDT by Agata Stadnik

As you know I’m interested in words, dictionaries and contexticons…. I found this site which offers an interactive and very cool mind map/visual thesaurus. It’s easy to use and it gives many information about specific words, ect… You can subscribe or run a free trial. It’s fun. Check it out: http://www.visualthesaurus.com/
Posted: August 20th, 2008, 12:11pm PDT by Agata Stadnik

I finally started going through the pile of books I got myself for this summer. Here are some of my favorites: Manwatching: A Field Guide to Human Behavior by Desmond Morris I couldn’t take my eyes of this book once I check it out of the library… I was even walking through the street looking through it!!! (it’s [...]
Posted: August 1st, 2008, 2:15pm PDT by astadnik

Thinking about non-verbal communication I looked back at its master. Charlie Chaplin is considered of the best mimes and performers ever. His acting was understood and appreciated around the world. In the time of the silent movie era, he was able to tell explicit story using only his body, gesture and facial expressions. This is my favorite scene: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0aUJHF746s It [...]
Posted: April 18th, 2008, 11:08am PDT by astadnik

“What female want and male will do” -that’s a title of a 2 part program from Nature/PBS about the most complex sexual behaviours of animals. I flipped through TV channels yesterday night and stopped by accident on this program (part I). I was fascinated with the topic and complexity of nature. Check the program listing [...]
Fetched: April 14th, 2008, 4:36pm PDT by astadnik

Last weekend I had a chance to see “Harry Widener and the Prisoner of AZKAJAM” at Sanders Theatre, Harvard University, where two groups were singing: The Callbacks and The Veritones. I have to say I didn’t have much expectations because I’ve never seen a group perform live, but the show was amazing and the whole atmosphere [...]
Posted: April 11th, 2008, 3:43pm PDT by astadnik

After thinking forward with the Masssagin Media Conference2 lets move back in time… Dali Atomicus,1948, photo by Halsman My friend told me about the famous photographer Philippe Halsman who is famous for photographing people jumping. Halsman he’d asked many famous people who posed for him for portraits to jump in front of the camera. He wanted to [...]
Posted: April 6th, 2008, 10:29pm PDT by astadnik

Massaging Media 2 Conference, Boston’08 What is next with the technology and design? How should we prepare our selfs and our students for the future? What stays what changes? I think these were the questions hanging above the attendees’ heads. http://www.massagingmedia.org/ After few hour nap I am able to post some pictures I took at the Massaging Media 2 Conference in [...]