Meridians Shanghai 2010: Art & Sound in Public Space

Posted on March 15, 2010 | Leave a comment

The world is watching China in 2010…. What’s next from the mighty dragon?… Shanghai World Expo 2010.

Australia, along with 180 countries will have a significant national presence at the Shanghai World Expo 2010. From 1 May to 31 October 2010, Australia’s visually striking national pavilion will showcase Australian innovation, art, creativity and achievement.

My airline ticket is booked and I’m very lucky to attend this once in a life time event. I will be co-producing and filming a short documentary with Clare Leporati on a unique international collaboration, Meridians, as they create a contemporary public artwork in Shanghai, China. Here’s a short video preview produced by RMIT University, Melbourne.

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The End of Music Videos? Think Again!

Posted on November 19, 2009 | Leave a comment

N.A.S.A. feat. Tom Waits + Kool Keith: “Spacious Thoughts”

You want to know how they did it? You can read the Boing Boing interview with Montreal-based animation team Flourescent Hill, comprised of Mark Lomond and Johanne Ste-Marie about the animation process and the making of the video.

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The Power of the “Front Cover”

Posted on October 28, 2009 | Leave a comment

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That’s what I love about The New Yorker… the power of its cover. Check out the November 2/09 issue of the New Yorker and Chris Ware’s dramatic front cover.
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A New Beginning for CBC… NN

Posted on October 26, 2009 | Leave a comment

It’s final. The CBC news renewal process has ended and as of Monday, October 26th CBC NN will be unveiled. What’s this all about? Well, CBC Newsworld will be rebranded as the CBC News Network, a 24/7 all-news channel with a revamped schedule, new format, and a fresh new look. The aim of the news renewal process was to integrate radio, television and online news into a single operation. Will the CBC be successful in providing instant breaking news coverage across multiple platforms to Canadians? I really do hope so. That said, this big change came with a price. In recent months, CBC has cut 800 jobs.

Having worked at CBC News and CBC Newsworld for six years- I really want the public broadcaster to succeed this time around. If there’s one lesson to be learned from all of this is for CBC managing directors to stop with the cuts already and start investing in people first (producers, journalists, editors, camera).

Here’s short list of show programs to look out for; The Lang & O’Leary Exchange with Amanda Lang and Kevin O’Leary, Connect with Mark Kelly and Power & Politics with Evan Solomon.

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Shaping the Future.

Posted on October 14, 2009 | Leave a comment

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On the cover page of next month’s “The Atlantic” magazine, the world’s top 27 brave thinkers shaping the future are listed and featured. The list of accomplishments will amaze you! For instance, Thorkil Sonne, the CEO and founder of a software-testing company. He apparently staffed his company with employees who have autism spectrum disorder.

I had good look at all the names on the list and agree with most of the choices, with the exception of two, Trey Parker and Matt Stone creators of South Park.

But, having said that, I also find the list of names to be somewhat “American-centric”. The managing editors of magazine surely could have done a better job in compiling a more worldly list. Only 5 people on the list come from outside of the United States (Iftikhar Chaudhry, Thorkil Sonne, Morgan Tsvangirai, Paul Polak, and Alex de Waal) What do you think? Does it matter if the names on the list come from America? Disagree? I’d love to hear your comments on this.

Brave Thinkers – The Atlantic
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