Exhibition: Lucy & Jorge Orta: Antarctica (Hangar Biocca, Milan) I found an article on this piece from the indispensable art blog make money not art. Many countries have artist resirencies as part of their Antarctic programs, and some artists even get there on their own. The installations featured in the Continue Reading
Posts
Roolipelaaja 15 painossa!
Roolipelaajan viimeisin numero on saatu painoon. Sen pitäisi saapua myyntiin ja tilaajille kuun vaihtuessa.
Research Blog Antarctica #62 – Claire Keegan’s Antarctica
Book: Claire Keegan: Antarctica (Faber and Faber, 1999) This is a collection of Irish short stories. The title story uses Antarctica as a metaphor, and that’s where the collection’s connection to the continent begins and ends. The title story is intereresting, and a couple of the others are good as Continue Reading
Research Blog Antarctica #61
Movie: Peter Delpeut: Forbidden Quest (The Netherlands, 1993) A Dutch fake-documentary Antarctic movie! This is a great Antarctic film, done with very little means. Its a documentary about the fictitious Hollander expedition, put together using the actual vintage Antarctic and Arctic footage shot by Herbert Ponting, Frank Hurley and others. Continue Reading
Research Blog Antarctica #60: Alien Hunter
Movie: Ron Krauss: Alien Hunter (Bulgaria, U.S.A. 2003) At first you think you’re watching the X-Files, then John Carpenter’s The Thing. Closer to the end you realize this is actually a pretty clever B-movie with some moves of its own. In the beginning, alien stuff is found in the Antarctic Continue Reading
Self-Portrait
Lisää Cannes-juttuja
Mike kirjoittaa blogissaan Sanningen om Marikan tiimoilla tapahtuneista seikkailuistaan: Kirjoitan tätä osallistujille varatussa isossa kokous- ja nettitilassa. Vieressäni istuu pornotähden näköinen nainen, joka on tv-ohjelmien ja -konseptien ostaja. Hän kysyi, tiedänkö mistä saisi kokkelia. (En tiennyt, mutta jaoin kuulemani huhut kannabiskauppiaan sijainnista.) Sitten mimmi kertoi piipahtaneensa illalla Monacossa bilettämässä. Melkoinen Continue Reading
“Fuck passive media”
Hesarin Jussi Ahlroth kirjoittaa blogissaan Sanningen om Marikan Emmy-voitosta: Mutta asiaan liittyi siis uutinenkin. The Company P ja SVT tekevät uutta vuorovaikutteista tv-sarjaa. Rahaa on tullut EBU:lta ja Belgian VRT on mukana. VRT:llä on jo kokemusta ARGeiden etekemisestä. Christopher Sandberg The Company P:stä kertoi, että siinä missä Sanningen om Marika Continue Reading
Sanningen om Marika (The Truth About Marika) wins Emmy!
Sanningem om Marika, a Swedish tv series and alternative reality game wins an international Emmy for best Interactive Television Service! Here’s the official press release. The series itself was written by my friend Martin Ericsson, and the alternate reality game stuff related to it was produced by the Company P, Continue Reading
More About Playground Worlds
Here’s the official press release about Playground Worlds, an anthology of articles about roleplaying I contributed to: PLAYGROUND WORLDS PUBLISHED! How does a boarding school that uses role-playing games as a primary teaching method function? Can the basics of Forge theory be condensed into one article? What do Happenings and Continue Reading