Computerspiele Museum that opened in Berlin in 1997 just unveiled their newest permanent exhibit dedicated to video games, their history and impact on society and culture.
Check it out here.
Check it out here.
Thursday, January 27, 2011
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
Triennale Design Museum, Milan
Preview the graphic design world's newest star tonight, at the opening of the Triennale Design Museum in Milan.
Check it out here.
Tate Modern: Arts On Film
For the second year running, Tate is collaborating with the celebrated International Festival of Films on Art in Montreal (FIFA) to present a selection of highlights and award-winning documentary films about art.
Check out the schedule here.
Check out the schedule here.
Monday, January 24, 2011
Upcoming Events at the British Museum
Just wanted to posted the upcoming day/evening/family events calendars for the upcoming months at the Bristish Museum. Check them out below.
Daytime Events
Evening Events
Family Events
Daytime Events
Evening Events
Family Events
Sunday, January 23, 2011
Tibetan Arms and Armor
The Tibetan Arms and Armor exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC and it's pretty amazing. It also has the added twist of dispelling the seeming paradox that arises when entering the exhibit. Why would, what we have come to see as an intensely peaceful people, have need of weapons? Throughout the exhibit this question is answered and we come to understand the history and tumultuous times of the Tibetan people on much more intimate level then ever before. Check it out here.
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
Saturday, January 15, 2011
Museum of the Moving Image
Late notice but well worth it. Located in Astoria NY the Museum of the Moving Image is one not to miss.
SCREENING & LIVE EVENT
Signal to Noise
Saturday, January 15-16, 8:00 p.m.-2:00 a.m.
ADD TO MY CALENDAR
TICKETS AVAILABLE AT THE DOOR
The Museum's inaugural Signal to Noise party will take over the building with a three-ring circus of live electronic music, moving image performances, and interactive art. Artists, hackers, musicians, and filmmakers will activate every area of the Museum late into the night.
Nick Yulman and his robotic orchestra will accompany silent films (including Georges Méliès's 1900 The One-Man Band and Maya Deren and Alexander Hammid's 1943 Meshes of the Afternoon); Martha Colburn performs live double-projections accompanied by Thollem McDonas, Greg Saunier, John Keay, Mike Evans, Laura Ortman, Matt Marinelli, Tom Carter and Marc Orleans; chiptune artists Bit Shifter and Nullsleep electrify the dance floor with their hacked Gameboys, with outpt and Paris holding down the visuals; laptock rock band Project Jenny, Project Jan rattles the walls; Scott Draves and the Electric Sheep evolve on screen; Victoria Keddie, with Bradley Eros and Lary 7, lead a Kodachrome funeral with prepared violin; DJ $mall ¢hange lays down the beat; Fall On Your Sword accompany their mashed-up videos of William Shatner and David Hasselhoff with live electro-jams; VJ Shantell Martin extracts partygoers' digital auras with Liz Armstrong on the decks; Sweatshoppe passes out video paint rollers; and Babycastles drops their DIY art game cabinets and unleashes a roving cyborg arcade.
8:30pm: Nick Yulman
9:00pm: Bit Shifter (outpt and Paris on visuals)
9:00pm: Martha Colburn with Thollem McDonas, Greg Saunier, John Keay, Mike Evans, Laura Ortman, Matt Marinelli, Tom Carter and Marc Orleans
9:30pm: Victoria Keddie, with Bradley Eros and Lary 7
10:00pm: Nullsleep (outpt and Paris on visuals)
10:30pm: Martha Colburn with Thollem McDonas, Greg Saunier, John Keay, Mike Evans, Laura Ortman, Matt Marinelli, Tom Carter and Marc Orleans
10:30pm: Nick Yulman
11:00pm: Fall On Your Sword
11:30pm: Victoria Keddie, with Bradley Eros and Lary 7
12:00am: Project Jenny, Project Jan
12:00am: Shantell Martin with Liz Armstrong
With Scott Draves and the Electric Sheep, Sweatshoppe, DJ $mall ¢hange, and Babycastles all night
Tickets: $20 at door / $10 Museum members / Free for Silver Screen level and above. Silver Screen members should call 718.777.6800 to reserve their tickets.
Details HERE.
SCREENING & LIVE EVENT
Signal to Noise
Saturday, January 15-16, 8:00 p.m.-2:00 a.m.
ADD TO MY CALENDAR
TICKETS AVAILABLE AT THE DOOR
The Museum's inaugural Signal to Noise party will take over the building with a three-ring circus of live electronic music, moving image performances, and interactive art. Artists, hackers, musicians, and filmmakers will activate every area of the Museum late into the night.
Nick Yulman and his robotic orchestra will accompany silent films (including Georges Méliès's 1900 The One-Man Band and Maya Deren and Alexander Hammid's 1943 Meshes of the Afternoon); Martha Colburn performs live double-projections accompanied by Thollem McDonas, Greg Saunier, John Keay, Mike Evans, Laura Ortman, Matt Marinelli, Tom Carter and Marc Orleans; chiptune artists Bit Shifter and Nullsleep electrify the dance floor with their hacked Gameboys, with outpt and Paris holding down the visuals; laptock rock band Project Jenny, Project Jan rattles the walls; Scott Draves and the Electric Sheep evolve on screen; Victoria Keddie, with Bradley Eros and Lary 7, lead a Kodachrome funeral with prepared violin; DJ $mall ¢hange lays down the beat; Fall On Your Sword accompany their mashed-up videos of William Shatner and David Hasselhoff with live electro-jams; VJ Shantell Martin extracts partygoers' digital auras with Liz Armstrong on the decks; Sweatshoppe passes out video paint rollers; and Babycastles drops their DIY art game cabinets and unleashes a roving cyborg arcade.
8:30pm: Nick Yulman
9:00pm: Bit Shifter (outpt and Paris on visuals)
9:00pm: Martha Colburn with Thollem McDonas, Greg Saunier, John Keay, Mike Evans, Laura Ortman, Matt Marinelli, Tom Carter and Marc Orleans
9:30pm: Victoria Keddie, with Bradley Eros and Lary 7
10:00pm: Nullsleep (outpt and Paris on visuals)
10:30pm: Martha Colburn with Thollem McDonas, Greg Saunier, John Keay, Mike Evans, Laura Ortman, Matt Marinelli, Tom Carter and Marc Orleans
10:30pm: Nick Yulman
11:00pm: Fall On Your Sword
11:30pm: Victoria Keddie, with Bradley Eros and Lary 7
12:00am: Project Jenny, Project Jan
12:00am: Shantell Martin with Liz Armstrong
With Scott Draves and the Electric Sheep, Sweatshoppe, DJ $mall ¢hange, and Babycastles all night
Tickets: $20 at door / $10 Museum members / Free for Silver Screen level and above. Silver Screen members should call 718.777.6800 to reserve their tickets.
Details HERE.
Friday, January 14, 2011
Museum of London free talks and events
Anyone that's going to be in or near London should definitely check out the offerings below. They offer talks or tours and most of them are free, which is nice for a change. It's a great chance to learn about the past and speak with the experts who have dedicated their lives to it.
Beatrice Behlen, Senior Curator, Fashion and Decorative Arts @ Museum of LondonOn the last Wednesday of every month, enjoy free daytime talks by Museum of London curators, conservators and archaeologists. Find out what our experts get up to behind-the-scenes and what current research or recent finds they are working on.
FREE
Dates and times
Wednesday, 23 February, 15.00 – 16.00
Mike Seabourne, Senior Curator of Photographs and Curator of the London Street Photography exhibition @ Museum of London
On the last Wednesday of every month, enjoy free daytime talks by Museum of London curators, conservators and archaeologists. Find out what our experts get up to behind-the-scenes and what current research or recent finds they are working on.
Audience: Adults only
FREE
Dates and times
Wednesday, 30 March, 15.00 – 16.00
Tours of Mortimer Wheeler House
Location: Mortimer Wheeler House, 46 Eagle Wharf, Hackney, London, N1 7ED
Visit the London Archaeological Archive and Research Centre (LAARC) to see and handle some of the thousands of finds that haven't yet made it into our galleries. There are plenty of surprises in store for visitors to our Archaeological Archive and Research Centre, one of the largest purely archaeological stores in Europe. Along the 10 km of shelves - which laid end to end would run from St Paul's to Marble Arch and back - you will find over 5,000 shoes, 3,000 pins, 500 needles and records concerning 8,500 excavations, the earliest dating back to 1830. The tours will be led by some of our volunteers - over 600 of whom have worked in the Archive at various times over the past ten years. Take the chance to chat to them, and to Museum staff, about their favourite finds. They might even let you touch a 600-year old shoe or a Roman wine jar!
Fee £5: advanced booking required.
Dates and times
Friday, 1 April, 11.00 – 12.30
Friday, 1 April, 14.00 – 15.30
Saturday, 2 April, 11.00 – 12.30
Saturday, 2 April, 14.00 – 15.30
Expanding City, 1670s – 1850s @ Museum of London
Alex Werner, Head of History Collections at the Museum of London discusses the creation of the Expanding City gallery in the Museum's new Galleries of Modern London. Refreshments are available from 6pm.
FREE
Dates and times
Tuesday, 19 April, 18.30 – 20.00
Francis Marshall, Senior Curator of Paintings, Prints and Drawings and Curator of the London Cries exhibition @ Museum of London
On the last Wednesday of every month, enjoy free daytime talks by Museum of London curators, conservators and archaeologists. Find out what our experts get up to behind-the-scenes and what current research or recent finds they are working on.
FREE
Dates and times
Wednesday, 27 April, 15.00 – 16.00
Tom Wareham, Curator of Maritime History and Curator of Pirates: the Captain Kidd Story exhibition @ Museum of London Docklands
On the last Wednesday of every month, enjoy free daytime talks by Museum of London curators, conservators and archaeologists. Find out what our experts get up to behind-the-scenes and what current research or recent finds they are working on.
FREE
Dates and times
Wednesday, 25 May, 15.00 – 16.00
Rebuilding the Cutty Sark @ Museum of London Docklands
The architects leading the current conservation work on the Cutty Sark, the world's sole surviving extreme clipper and legend in her lifetime, have been faced with many challenges. Christopher Nash, Partner of architectural practice Grimshaw, speaks about the trials, tribulations and triumphs of the project. All ticket holders will receive a free glass of wine on entry.
Fee £6 (concs £4.50): advanced booking required.
Dates and times
Thursday, 2 June, 19.00 – 20.00
Sarah Gudgin, Curator Oral History & Contemporary Collecting @ Museum of London
On the last Wednesday of every month, enjoy free daytime talks by Museum of London curators, conservators and archaeologists. Find out what our experts get up to behind-the-scenes and what current research or recent finds they are working on.
FREE
Dates and times
Wednesday, 29 June, 15.00 – 16.00
Ian Blair, Senior Archaeologist for the Museum of London Archaeology Service @ Museum of London
On the last Wednesday of every month, enjoy free daytime talks by Museum of London curators, conservators and archaeologists. Find out what our experts get up to behind-the-scenes and what current research or recent finds they are working on.
FREE
Dates and times
Wednesday, 27 July, 15.00 – 16.00
Dates and times
Wednesday, 23 February, 15.00 – 16.00
Mike Seabourne, Senior Curator of Photographs and Curator of the London Street Photography exhibition @ Museum of London
On the last Wednesday of every month, enjoy free daytime talks by Museum of London curators, conservators and archaeologists. Find out what our experts get up to behind-the-scenes and what current research or recent finds they are working on.
Audience: Adults only
FREE
Dates and times
Wednesday, 30 March, 15.00 – 16.00
Tours of Mortimer Wheeler House
Location: Mortimer Wheeler House, 46 Eagle Wharf, Hackney, London, N1 7ED
Visit the London Archaeological Archive and Research Centre (LAARC) to see and handle some of the thousands of finds that haven't yet made it into our galleries. There are plenty of surprises in store for visitors to our Archaeological Archive and Research Centre, one of the largest purely archaeological stores in Europe. Along the 10 km of shelves - which laid end to end would run from St Paul's to Marble Arch and back - you will find over 5,000 shoes, 3,000 pins, 500 needles and records concerning 8,500 excavations, the earliest dating back to 1830. The tours will be led by some of our volunteers - over 600 of whom have worked in the Archive at various times over the past ten years. Take the chance to chat to them, and to Museum staff, about their favourite finds. They might even let you touch a 600-year old shoe or a Roman wine jar!
Fee £5: advanced booking required.
Dates and times
Friday, 1 April, 11.00 – 12.30
Friday, 1 April, 14.00 – 15.30
Saturday, 2 April, 11.00 – 12.30
Saturday, 2 April, 14.00 – 15.30
Expanding City, 1670s – 1850s @ Museum of London
Alex Werner, Head of History Collections at the Museum of London discusses the creation of the Expanding City gallery in the Museum's new Galleries of Modern London. Refreshments are available from 6pm.
FREE
Dates and times
Tuesday, 19 April, 18.30 – 20.00
Francis Marshall, Senior Curator of Paintings, Prints and Drawings and Curator of the London Cries exhibition @ Museum of London
On the last Wednesday of every month, enjoy free daytime talks by Museum of London curators, conservators and archaeologists. Find out what our experts get up to behind-the-scenes and what current research or recent finds they are working on.
FREE
Dates and times
Wednesday, 27 April, 15.00 – 16.00
Tom Wareham, Curator of Maritime History and Curator of Pirates: the Captain Kidd Story exhibition @ Museum of London Docklands
On the last Wednesday of every month, enjoy free daytime talks by Museum of London curators, conservators and archaeologists. Find out what our experts get up to behind-the-scenes and what current research or recent finds they are working on.
FREE
Dates and times
Wednesday, 25 May, 15.00 – 16.00
Rebuilding the Cutty Sark @ Museum of London Docklands
The architects leading the current conservation work on the Cutty Sark, the world's sole surviving extreme clipper and legend in her lifetime, have been faced with many challenges. Christopher Nash, Partner of architectural practice Grimshaw, speaks about the trials, tribulations and triumphs of the project. All ticket holders will receive a free glass of wine on entry.
Fee £6 (concs £4.50): advanced booking required.
Dates and times
Thursday, 2 June, 19.00 – 20.00
Sarah Gudgin, Curator Oral History & Contemporary Collecting @ Museum of London
On the last Wednesday of every month, enjoy free daytime talks by Museum of London curators, conservators and archaeologists. Find out what our experts get up to behind-the-scenes and what current research or recent finds they are working on.
FREE
Dates and times
Wednesday, 29 June, 15.00 – 16.00
Ian Blair, Senior Archaeologist for the Museum of London Archaeology Service @ Museum of London
On the last Wednesday of every month, enjoy free daytime talks by Museum of London curators, conservators and archaeologists. Find out what our experts get up to behind-the-scenes and what current research or recent finds they are working on.
FREE
Dates and times
Wednesday, 27 July, 15.00 – 16.00
Thursday, January 13, 2011
There's an app for that...
Yes, we've all heard that phrase muttered to the point of death, but when you stop and think, there almost is. Enter the British Library with their mobile offering. Over 100 of the library’s most significant items including the world’s oldest bible Codex Sinaiticus, Galileo’s letters and Leonardo Da Vinci’s notebooks are now accessible for an iOS or Android device of your choosing. Pretty neat.
Check out the full story here.
Check out the full story here.
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