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03 August 2004link to 'Between body and memory' in the archives
Drift is featured in a special dance program Between body and memory of the Korean film festival Senef. Check them movies.

14 July 2004link to 'Snapshots of Bekijk het Maar' in the archives
For those of you, who don't plan to go anywhere near the Hague this year. Here are some snapshots of the exhibition on visual communication of which I was guest curator. Open until 20 march 2005 in the Communications Museum, the Hague.
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25 June 2004link to 'zazzasazhum' in the archives
Suffering from information overload? To much clicking? RSI in the head? The EMPTY WEBSITE ® might be your remedy.
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18 June 2004link to '10 Years Sandberg Design Expo' in the archives
No time to write this text, too busy with another exhibition.

10 Years Sandberg Design Expo
Corporate design still sucks
18 june 2004 - 25 june 2004
Post CS Oosterdokskade 3-5
Amsterdam

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29 May 2004link to 'I want a fat android to do my taxes.' in the archives
I want a fat android to do my taxes.
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18 May 2004link to 'Bekijk het Maar / See for yourself' in the archives
The past year I've been guest curator of an exhibition in the Dutch Communications Museum. Our goal was to unveil the triviality of seeing. Among the exhibits are a globalisation burka, Spiderman, an upside down bathroom, the biggest collage in the world, a see-through butterfly guy, a stack of wood, a darkroom, the most expensive coat in the world made out of clothing labels and clothing labels only. It is all about looking and being looked at. Sounds like a mess? It's not. The expo will run for almost a year. I will probably post some pictures later. (update: pictures are here)

Bekijk het Maar!
Museum for Communication
18 may 2004 - 20 march 2005
Zeestraat 80-82
the Hague

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07 May 2004link to 'Kunstvlaai 5' in the archives
Is it an art exhibit? Is it a fancy fair? None of above! Kunstvlaai is an untidy art fair in Amsterdam. Contributions from Iceland to China.

Kunstvlaai 5
organised by the Sandberg Institute
08 - 16 may 2004 12:00-18:00
Westergasfabriek
Haarlemmerweg 8-10
Amsterdam
entrance: 4 euro

25 April 2004link to 'Window Poll' in the archives
We all know those little clickbuttons you use to close or scale windows on the computerdesktop. I've made some new different versions. They look alike, but when you use them the differ in their feel. Please try them and vote for the one you like the best. Thanks!
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17 April 2004link to 'Work at klein theatre' in the archives
My Work section was shuffled and updated. Also: some work will be presented at a multimedia festival in Klein Theatre next Wednesday 21:30.

Theater Het Klein
Multimedia Festival
20-25 April
Paradijslaan 4a
Eindhoven

02 April 2004link to 'I'll be in Spain for the comming week' in the archives
Pablo Picasso was once asked why he did not paint people 'the way they really are.' Pablo asked the questioner what he meant. The man pulled a snapshot of his wife out of his wallet and said, 'That's my wife.' Pablo responded, 'Isn't she rather small and flat?'
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15 March 2004link to '400.000 Visitors' in the archives
Visitor 400.000 wins a T-shirt.
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04 March 2004link to 'Next Nature' in the archives
Nature! We all love it. But what is it? Real nature is untouched by humans, but paradoxally humans evolved out of nature themselves. Nowadays our environment is entirely determined by ourselves. The roof above your head, the chair you sit on, there is nothing natural to it. Look around you and try to find the most natural object in the room. It is you.

I wonder, what it means to be human in our next nature and initiated a project: Na ons de Mens. (alert: lots of letters.. and Dutch!)
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20 February 2004link to 'Future Rainbow Poll' in the archives
Please pick your preferred rainbow for the future.


B.

A.

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06 February 2004link to 'First Five Rules of Interpassive Cinema' in the archives
First Five Rules of Interpassive Cinema:

1. An interpassive film can be viewed in two ways: leanback and leanforward.

2. When leaned forward, the viewer acts upon and influences the film. Viewers action is rewarded at any moment.

3. When leaned back, the interpassive film acts like a regular film: linear from the beginning to the end.

4. The viewer can fluently switch between the two modes at any time during the movie.

5. The viewer decides the mode, not the movie (explicit requests to change mode or infinite local loops, that force the viewer to leanforward, are forbidden).
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27 January 2004link to 'Drift at Transmediale festival' in the archives
This weekend, my interpassive dance film Drift is part of the transmediale conference in Berlin. Theme of the event: There is hope, fly Utopia.

Transmediale conference
Sunday February 1th 2004
20:00-22:00
Haus der Kulturen der Welt
John-Foster-Dulles-Allee 10
Berlin
free admission

24 January 2004link to 'Stifo@Sandberg workshop at IFFR' in the archives
This thursday at the International Film Festival Rotterdam, we present the results of a workshop on interactive documentary making. Five teams of designers and filmmakers have been sweating for some months, developping their interactive documentary concepts. Expect beautiful results, me babbling, and cake afterwards.

Film Festival Rotterdam
Stifo@Sandberg Workshop
Thursday January 29th 2004
12:00-14:00
Stadschouwburg
Schouwburgplein 25
Rotterdam

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11 January 2004link to 'Context is Content' in the archives
Lev Kuleshov was an early Russian filmmaker who believed that juxtaposing two unrelated images could convey a separate meaning. In his experiment he filmed Mozhukhin, a famous Russian actor, and shots of a bowl of soup, a girl, a teddy bear, and a child's coffin. He then cut the shot of the actor into the other shot; each time it was the same shot of the actor. Context is content. Viewers felt that the shots of the actor conveyed different emotions, though each time it was in fact the same shot.
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01 January 2004link to '4holes for 4balls' in the archives
4holes for 4balls is a tiny game I've created to keep you occupied. The rules are easy: there are four balls and four holes and you want to put the balls in the holes and then you start hating gravity. Enjoy.
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