DUB FX
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UiInBOVHpO8
His name is Dub Fx. I thought it was really interesting. He loops his voice over and over with a machine and uses it as an instrumental. He then proceeds to sing over said instrumental. Really amazing stuff. Especially since he does it all live.
His name is Dub Fx. I thought it was really interesting. He loops his voice over and over with a machine and uses it as an instrumental. He then proceeds to sing over said instrumental. Really amazing stuff. Especially since he does it all live.
The Age of Remixing
Fallout boy- Beat it
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sk8Pb17pcQI
Fergie- Beat It
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHmdFQ5oT1s
Michael Jackson- Beat it
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRdxUFDoQe0
David Cook- Billie Jean
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUfbLtZHrog
Michael Jackson- Billie Jean
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zi_XLOBDo_Y
Nickelback- We will rock you
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GS48VoWV9FI
Queen-We will rock you
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iikKzQwgBJc
Leigh Bodden?...Oh, no, Leigh Bowery
Leigh Bowery was just weird. Honestly. He seemed to have an obsession with painting himself excessively white with make up. It actually looked like the opposite of black face. Black face was used when portraying a black man back in slavery times. White people would cover their face with excessive black makeup then cover their lips to with the appearance of large lips. Leigh Bowery does the opposite. He is definitely not afraid of showing it all as well.
Orlan
Orlan is interesting to say the least. She uses herself (I feel as more artists have been doing this since plastic surgery came about) as the canvas. She has had many plastic surgeries, constantly leading her to change her appearance here and there.
According to wikipedia (I know, I know), She had a performance called "The Artist's Kiss." She made a slot machine that was a life size photo of her torso. After inserting a coin, you could see the coin "descend" to her ground. She would then appear from behind the machine and kiss you.
Like I said, interesting to say the least. I wonder if a man would be able to do this. If he made a penis slot machine, would he be condemned for it? Of course, Orlan caused controversy with this, but in general, but have double standards as a society. I feel like if a man were to show his penis as a slot machine, it would be more controversial than a woman's torso where the coin goes into her lower regions.
Howl at the Too Obscene
How is Howl too obscene (see what I did there)? I swear, people can be incredibly hypocritical sometimes. It's ok to have South Park swearing and making fun of Jews, but this is considered too obscene? South Park had an episode where Cartman fed a boy his parent's as chili. Read that again. Here, I'll even type it out in case you didn't go back and read it. CARTMAN FED A BOY HIS PARENTS AS CHILI. Let that one sink in. Which one do you think is more obscene? South Park, or Howl? The way I see it, if we can have South Park on TV, whether Howl is considered more obscene or not, should not matter. The fact is more people watch TV nowdays than read books (especially poems and short stories). If we can say its acceptable for something that is as offensive and obscene as South Park on TV which is the most used media other than internet, than Allen Ginsberg's Howl should be fine. South Park had an episode where they grew a penis on a rat's back. One more time. SOUTH PARK GREW A PENIS ON A RAT'S BACK. AND. They showed it ON TV UNCENSORED. We can't show a real penis on TV, but South Park gets away with it because it is a cartoon. I find that we are incredibly hypocritical. I don't know if it's just Americans or humans in general, but it's true.
My Dear, Watson
Am I surprised that a computer can beat us at our own game?
Absolutely...not.
I am not surprised at all actually. Look at the Milo demo for the Kinect (back when it was called Project Natal). It was able to recognize the color of your shirt and compliment it as well. It spoke fluent english in it's own voice. So if technology is at the point that we can have a conversation with a computer without the computer sounding choppy, why is it that we are shocked that a computer can beat us at a game? It happens all the time when I play chess on my laptop. It happens when I play poker.
This, my friends, is just the beginning.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HluWsMlfj68
Absolutely...not.
I am not surprised at all actually. Look at the Milo demo for the Kinect (back when it was called Project Natal). It was able to recognize the color of your shirt and compliment it as well. It spoke fluent english in it's own voice. So if technology is at the point that we can have a conversation with a computer without the computer sounding choppy, why is it that we are shocked that a computer can beat us at a game? It happens all the time when I play chess on my laptop. It happens when I play poker.
This, my friends, is just the beginning.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HluWsMlfj68
Computers at its finest
So…You mean to tell me that in 1822…a man design a computer? That worked? Even though his computer wasn't built until recently? It's crazy how far technology advances in a few short years, imagine over time. For example, In 20 years of internet, it has grown into something we cannot live without. I say in another 20 years, computers will be one of two things. It will be opposite in size compared to the IB, Roadrunner. It will be so small, you can put it in your pocket and expand it. OR. It will somehow become holographic. A projection of your screen will appear
Experimental Skeleton
I definitely found the pictures of the sand interesting. They just took a bunch of sand, dumped it all on top of each other and turned on some fans pointed in the sands direction. A week and a half later, the sand shifted and had an amazing looking texture. It looked the desert you see in the movies (especially the close up. It makes you feel like it really is the desert and thats a really big slope) So dunes in the desert are formed but a constant wave of wind hitting the sand? Interesting.
Interesting Skeleton you have there
I will def say I am intrigued by the Retinal A project by Experimental Skeleton. They made an eye ball looking display, with the help of bacteria. Now I am not sure if they colored the bacteria or if there is so much bacteria in the little space that you are able to see it, but honestly, I feel uncomfortable with both. Not to say that all bacteria is bad because it obviously isn't, but at the same time, to collect such a high amount of any bacteria, I feel like could be a bad thing.
War of the Worlds
BREAKING NEWS!
BREAKING NEWS!
BREAKING NEWS!
We have just made first contact with aliens. I repeat, we have just made first contact with aliens! If you believe aliens just landed on Earth, you should land in an asylum. You would be one gullible person. When George Orwell presented War of the Worlds, some people did exactly that.
They believed him.
Why? Well, I'm sure it had something to do with how the setting was like a news station. Never before had anything like this been done so why would the people have any reason not to believe Orwell's story. Not only was it set up as breaking news, there was audio to support it. Seems pretty believable to me.
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