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Clive Cooper: Watermelon Sculptor!

Jun 29

An artist has to find expression, whatever be the medium. Art enthusiast, and now rather well known sculptor Clive Cooper makes his living as a full-time government clerk out of Vancouver, Canada, where he pursues sculpting as a hobby and as a means to supplement his income by providing his sculptures for weddings and parties. Halloween as one would expect, is always a busy time for him. Working with a remarkably difficult and ephemeral medium, he makes short work of it. Take a look.

Albert Bandura: Stanford Psychologist, in Conversation

Jun 28

” Accomplishment is socially judged by ill defined criteria so that one has to rely on others to find out how one is doing. “

Influential Stanford psychologist, professor Albert Bandura, is in conversation with fellow psychology professor Gian Vittorio Caprara of the Sapienza University of Rome. This recording is from August 26, 2013, in the studios of Stanford University, CA, USA. Listen in.

DAAD Scholarships for International Developing Countries, 2013-2014

Jun 28

The German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) funded Scholarships for Postgraduate Students for Developing Countries to study at German universities – 2013-2014

Study Subject(s): Media Studies, Economic Sciences / Business Administration/ Political Economics, Development Co-operation, Engineering and related sciences, Mathematics, Regional Planning, Agricultural and Forest Sciences, Environmental Sciences, Public Health / Veterinary Medicine / Medicine, Social Science, Education and Law.

Royal College of Art: Design Products: Foldboat

Jun 26

Design students Max Frommeld and Arno Mathies were both studying for their Masters degrees in the Design Products programme at the Royal College of Art when they conceived the Foldboat. In a paper furniture workshop they started to understand origami techniques and they wanted to use these techniques to create a functional product. The boat is folded from a 8ft by 5ft piece of plastic and can be transformed from a flat sheet to a rowing boat by a single person in under three minutes using only three components. ‘You just fold it, clip it together then push it out into the water.’ If this was made affordable, the Foldboat could be of considerable use in flood prone areas.

Jan Švankmajer – Něco z Alenky aka “Something from Alice” (1988)

Jun 25

Švankmajer is probably one of the worlds best kept creative secrets, unfortunately. Hardly heard and known outside the initiated follower groups, Jan comes up with the most striking and thoughtful, or should I say stirring film narratives. Working in his native city of Prague throughout, his background in puppetry, sculpture and performance gives him a unique voice in animation-live action film making. Inimitable. See for yourself.

Herbie Mann: Comin’ Home Baby. Live. 1961

Jun 24

"Comin' Home Baby" Herbie Mann

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Sony World Photography Awards: Shortlisted Entries

Jun 23

1. Thai monks amidst lanterns.

Jacques Derrida

Jun 21

Every discourse, even a poetic or oracular sentence, carries with it a system of rules for producing analogous things and thus an outline of methodology.

Asia-Pacific Human Development PhD Fellowship, 2012

Jun 21

PhD Fellowship in the field of social science, liberal arts, or management for the applicants of developing countries, 2012 Asia- pacific

Study Subject(s):Embedding Environmental Concerns into Poverty Reduction and Inclusive Growth Course Level: PhD Scholarship Provider: UNDP Scholarship can be taken at: Asia-Pacific

America Revealed: Incredible Satellite Imagery

Jun 19

Incredible satellite images reveal what the USA looks like from the skies, and how its transport and communication infrastructures work to power the nation on a daily basis. (Pizza delivery included) :-)

1. These lines show the unpublicised transportation of dead bodies, some clearly being repatriated to their home states from America’s retirement mecca state of Florida.