Interview with Sabrina Basten & Audrey Samson, part 2: On disposable electronics

August 9, 2011

This is the second part of the interview with Sabrina Basten & Audrey Samson. Read the first part here: Hackin’ some coils into wearables

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Audrey Samson & Sabrina Basten @Make Me! Festival in Belgrade
Photo: body pixel (cc)

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Interview with Sabrina Basten & Audrey Samson, part 1: Hackin’ some coils into wearables

My next interview from the Make Me! Festival frame includes artists / hackers Audrey Samson a.k.a. ideacritic (on the behalf of the Genderchangers project) and Sabrina Basten, who both led the workshop titled Electromagnetic Cityscapes – Roger 10-4.

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Audrey Samson & Sabrina Basten @Make Me! Festival in Belgrade
Photo: body pixel (cc)

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Body cinema: Films by Etienne-Jules Marey – vintage motion capturing

February 1, 2011

Tonight I’m gonna have a lot of pioneers on Body Pixel… when talking about body, motion and film, no doubt we can not miss one, and that’s Étienne-Jules Marey.

This scientist, chronophotographer and photography developer firstly started to explore human and animal blood circulation, and then switched to pulse, motion, body rhythm, and heart beating at the end of 19th century. His films are both, science and art of full caliber, now having a wonderful patina and vintage layer.

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Pocket cinema: Documentaries and vintage footage on Helen Keller

November 10, 2010

One of the rare situations when I’m neither stuck, nor speechless… but in minimalistic mood… I simply can’t write an intro about Helen Keller… cuz she speaks for herself more than I can possibly express…

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Helen Keller as a child, August 1886
Taken from the American Foundation for the Blind

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