nice pictures of the hot lotion event at b72 (starring a wild jeans team) from fm4kotter.
i wish i could join the kulturseminar "bauern im film" (cultural seminar "farmers in the movies"). it's pretty cool to be somewhere in the outback of austria, in a small village called trins watching excellent motion pictures like jamila (after a novel of chingiz aitmatov), der schandfleck ("the blemish", after a novel of ludwig anzengruber) or – certainly my personal favorite – die piefke-saga (by felix mitterer)... but what about die siebtelbauern? this movie is a must-see and should have been included in the programme! why don't they read the farmer's manual?!
btw: it's always a sure sign that the year is drawing to a close when i see the viennale adverts everywhere...
it's wonderful to receive e-mail from people i did not hear of a long time: short before i left for my "survival training" a message from maggie dropped in. she is living in bregenz together with olga, a real computer expert.
mistaken convict, net chronologist and president of the life extension society – what a strange biography keith lynch has...
via the always excellent webdev: a directory and resource for weblogs called blogstart and a synoptical view on the history of the world wide web called w3history.
where have the situationists gone? here? or here? what happened to neoism? how popular is the unpopular homepage? and what has walter benjamin got to do with it?
"situationist: relating to the theory or practical activity of constructing situations. one who engages in the construction of situations. a member of the situationist international." – nothingness definitions
"there is omnidirectional coherence. what leads follows. since absence leaves space, i prefer to leave, that is, to play out the metaphor." – the seven by nine squares
"follow the page downward! no hypertextuality involved on this site!" – das lineare text-lager
after coming back from quite an exhausting outdoor training (where i did only some of these activities) i left vienna again on sunday heading for brno to take a look at the exhibits of the 19th international biennale of graphic design. with klaus behind the wheel and verena as an graphics expert we were an unbeatable team and enjoyed the mostly very beautiful exhibition. although the czech people teased us a little bit with their friendly but resolute manners (no credit cards, no pictures, no prolongation). besides prints and layouts from all around the world (far too many to look at completely in a few hours) very fine typography by josef týfa was shown. it is still a long way from the actual awkward screen design fumblings towards modern web aesthetics adapting, transferring and extending the expertise and beauty of traditional graphics and typography.
some pointers: kim soojeong's dots, wiener journal, hundred design inc., the smile project, home of the gesture. "work from holland" compilation: bezet, studio dumbar, dept amsterdam, crazy goals, van drimmelen, experimental jetset, lust (portfolio), letterror, robofog, design politie, die twee, nachtwinkel, max kismann.
"i found a colony of pixels in my backyard. instead of exterminating them, i keep them in a box and train them to do tricks like these." – letterror
it's always a little bit scary to look behind the curtain...
"vanity kills – it don't pay bills." – abc
ndx reveal the secret of their custom calendar for manila. i should have known this when claudia asked me for help decorating her partykeller...
for the next two days i am visiting archduke john (or rather his hotel) in the area of bad aussee: "the center of austria" (phew!). whatever will happen there will happen offline. i only can guess, it's about group training and recreation...
"whatever happened will happen again." – moebius strip