In April 2012, I will be attending the international ”Feminist Materialism” conference held at University of Copenhagen. Prof. Karen Barad is main speaker together with fx. Nina Lykke.
Read more:
Feminist Materialisms conference: Call for abstracts – Københavns Universitet.
Read my Master’s Thesis “A Sense of Place in Second Life® - A Theoretical Analysis of a Virtual World” (only in Danish) .
The conference Distance Learning at The Royal Danish Academy of Music (RDAM) is a vital step in using e-learning in higher education. The conference will show how live-streaming can be used in daily practice, and discuss the didactics of the new technologies. I am involved in the project as coordinator.
Further reading: http://www.dkdm.dk/Internationalt/Distance%20Learning%20Conference.aspx
The conference is held 26th-27th of August 2011.
The Copenhagen Design Week is coming up soon... The CITA research environment will be part of the festival with an installation. CITA focuses on interdisciplinary approaches to architecture practice with the use of computer graphics, human computer interaction, robotics and artificial intelligence.
Further reading: http://www.copenhagendesignweek.com/category/architecture/events/cita-thicket-installation
More on CITA:http://cita.karch.dk/
The Design Week runs from 1-6 of September 2011
On a stormy and rainy night, I went to see Lars von Trier’s new movie “Melancholia”. The weather set the scene perfectly for the movie which portraits the end of the world. This rather depressing point of departure gives way to a surprisingly soothing feeling as a viewer – a feeling of relief. This relief or mental pause from society is something not all of us seek, but certainly something that we in our lives unexpectedly gets confronted by. The movie is divided into two parts with many sub layers that evolves as the movie pro(de)gresses. This visual- tour- de -force- of- a- movie ought to be seen in red comfortable chairs and dark surroundings…
More on “Melancholia” and Trier:
In the past few months, I have been working on Netfilmmakers’ new website and our current exhibition THE ORDER OF THINGS. The exhibition presents net videos by Morgan Wong Wing-Fat, Chilai Howard and Silas Fong from Hong Kong.
View artworks and the new website here
An interesting article about atmosphere design practise. It tells us about a digital painting that interacts and reflects the atmosphere with people. Read the article in Danish or English: Mennesket i centrum i atmosfæredesign / http://www.dcdr.dk/uk/Menu/Update/Webzine/Articles/Human-Centred+%C2%ADAtmosphere+Design .
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