Friday, 7 May 2010

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The Fun Theory

"This site is dedicated to the thought that something as simple as fun is the easiest way to change people’s behaviour for the better. Be it for yourself, for the environment, or for something entirely different, the only thing that matters is that it’s change for the better."

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Thursday, 6 May 2010

Portraits d'un nouveau monde : l'émigration - un monde métissé ou cloisonné

"Portraits d'un nouveau monde : une collection documentaire multimédia qui nous raconte de Pékin à Rio, les grands bouleversements du 21ème siècle à travers des histoires particulières (...).

Chaque année, 200 millions de migrants partent à la recherche d'une vie meilleure. Favoriser le métissage ou fermer nos frontières : à quoi ressemblera notre société demain ?"

documentaires.france5.fr/series/portraits-dun-nouveau-monde-emigration

Wednesday, 5 May 2010

The Big Picture - Shanghai's Expo

"Officials now estimate the 6-month event, themed "Better City, Better Life", will attract up to 100 million visitors, 95 percent of them Chinese. Shanghai has spent 400 billion yuan (58.6 billion US dollars) preparing for the Expo, according to state media - more than was spent on the Beijing Olympics."

www.boston.com/bigpicture/2010/04/shanghais_expo_nearly_ready.html

Tuesday, 4 May 2010

Miroslaw Balka's black hole at Tate Modern

"Miroslaw Balka’s box of darkness is disturbing in its historical echoes but beautiful as well. The Times
Miroslaw Balka's black hole at Tate Modern is terrifying, awe-inspiring and throught-provoking. It embraces you with a velvet chill. The Guardian" (http://www.tate.org.uk/modern/exhibitions/unilevermiroslawbalka/default.shtm)

www.tate.org.uk/modern/exhibitions/unilevermiroslawbalka/explore/

Saturday, 1 May 2010

Vesničko má středisková ("My Sweet Little Village", 1986)

"Here is a movie in which every moment seems to be smiling at itself. "My Sweet Little Village" tells the story of some ordinary people who live in an ordinary village in Czechoslovakia, and how they quietly triumph over a bureaucrat, who is looking for a summer cottage (...).

Menzel is one of the original members of the Czech new wave, that extraordinary generation of the 1960s that produced Milos Forman and Jan Kadar. He won an Academy Award for "Closely Watched Trains" in 1968.

In "My Sweet Little Village," he discovers some of the same gentle, ironic humor that Forman found in "The Fireman's Ball." He uses everyday life as an instrument for a subtle attack on bureaucracy and a cheerful assertion of human nature. This movie is joyful from beginning to end - a small treasure, but a real one." (by Roger Ebert / January 9, 1987, http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/19870109/REVIEWS/701090301/1023)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=5O_oZPrNBZg&feature=player_embedded