31 December 2005
Posters advertise King Kong as being 50 feet high. This is an exaggeration to help sell movie tickets. In reality, Kong was much smaller. For the scenes on Skull Island, Kong is made to appear eighteen feet high. Too small for the New York sequences compared to the giant skyscrapers there and Kong's height was changed to twenty-four feet high for those sequences. Most viewers of the film never notice the change in Kong's height. one comment
23 November 2005
Everybody is a manager, but what type of manager are you?
25 October 2005
Wow. Amazing discovery. Today I found out I am actually not the person I thought I was. I am some kind of puppet. Have to investigate. Hope to know more later.. seven comments
04 October 2005
Creativity is the last thing we have left. But what is it? Who has it? And how do we use it? Fifteen artist, scientists, designers, filmers, and composers present their statements about the power of creativity at the upcoming VISUAL POWER SHOW.
Visual Power Show
Sunday October 23st 2005, 20:00 Effenaar, Eindhoven
entrance €17 (students €10)
tickets at GWK, VVV, Postoffice,
or Ticketline: 0900-3001250 sixteen comments
25 September 2005
This thursday I am the scientific guest in AD HOC Theater, an exploration in the wonderworld of genes, nano's neutrino's, bits & bytes, ceta's and teras. Reality is to interesting to leave it to the realist.
AD HOC Theater Tour sept-dec
29 September 2005, 20:30-22:00
Gaslab, Eindhoven
Entrance €5 (students €2,50)
reservations 040-2474900
15 September 2005
My neighborhood has filled with four-wheel drive wagons. We used to call them jeeps, then ATVs, now sport utility vehicles. It is rare to see these all-terrain vehicles anywhere off the road. There aren't any hills here, nor snow or weather that would warrant a four-wheel drive. But it is cool to be part of the urban safari. 17 comments
08 September 2005 Pleinmuseum is a mobile exhibition pavilion, traveling across different cities. It is a flexible museum that merges within any urban landscape. Next week it visits the Museumplein in Amsterdam. On Thursday I'll show a mini teaser of my new animation film 'Ball of Being' on its fifteen meter wide screen.
Sandberg@Pleinmuseum
15 September 2005
19:52 - 0:00 (after sunset)
Museumplein, Amsterdam five comments
05 August 2005
Now available in the book shops. The NEXT NATURE POCKET. A critical and visual take on culturally emerged nature. Wild systems, genetic surprises, calm
technology, autonomous machines and splendid beautiful black flowers. A paperback full of words and images from designers and thinkers from around the world. Including a typographically boosted version of my essay EXPLORING NEXT NATURE.
01 July 2005
There is more information available at our fingertips during a walk in the woods than in any computer system, yet people find a walk among trees relaxing and computers frustrating. -Mark Weiser, 1991 two comments
01 July 2005
There is more information available at our fingertips during a walk in the woods than in any computer system, yet people find a walk among trees relaxing and computers frustrating. Machines that fit the human environment, instead of forcing humans to enter theirs, will make using a computer as refreshing as taking a walk in the woods. Mark Weiser, 1991 two comments
05 June 2005
The average kid knows more logo's and brands than bird- or tree species. Nature changes along with us. On the longest day of the year, I'll present Paradise by the Laptop Light, an evening with short films, special guests and one laptop.
04 June 2005
Apologies. A portion of the emails sent to Koert was destroyed by Red Robot last week. If you've sent Koert an email and expected a reply, please resent your email (or feel free to use phone technology). one comment
22 May 2005
I have seen. So many things you would not believe. Design from the past, design from the future. Secondhand images. Polygone landscapes, cables in the sky. Come Friend! Let's break some borders. Our moment is now. Holographic elephants with painted pixels for a skin. Anyway, it is such a fine day. Have you noticed what a BEAUTIFUL it is? two comments
22 April 2005
Iniminiminime was a jury member of a contest for the Future of Nanotechnology. Imagine the possibilities and influence on society. Is it Utopia? Is it a monster? Is it a consumer's product? The winner was the humorous, promising, critical and intelligent How to grow an orangina bottle.
15 April 2005
Keep it real. This week I am participating in a debate about Reality TV. We all love reality, but how real is it? Some time ago I made a documentary about young city girl who regularly washes her hair with pine needle shampoo. When her daddy takes her out for a walk in the woods, she says Daddy! the woods smell of shampoo
15 April 2005
Keep it real. This week I am participating in a debate about Reality TV. We all love reality, but how real is it? Some time ago I made a documentary about young city girl who regularly washes her hair with pine needle shampoo. When her daddy takes her out for a walk in the woods, she says Daddy! the woods smell of shampoo
31 March 2005
The eye opening exhibition on visual culture in the Dutch communications museum has been prolonged until the summer. I was the guest curator of this expo and although it might be that they just-don't-have-anything-new yet. I smile.
25 March 2005 Dorkbot is about people doing batty fings wiv electricity. Dey exist around da globe! I am in da house with my geekist wurk at da totally new Dorkbot Eindhovun. Wicked!
10 March 2005
My ears begin to attend in a new way to the songs of birds. No longer just a melodic background to human speech, but meaningful speech in its own right, responding to and commenting on events in the surrounding Earth. Birds are News. three comments
13 February 2005
The Japanese TV show Amazing Mystery came to Holland to make a television item about the amazing datafountain. The audience had to guess the special 'mystery' about the fountain. They didn't guess it. Anyway, we don't mind seeing the Datafountain among the famous Italian Trevi and the Las Vegas Bellagio fountains. three comments
26 January 2005
The VISUAL POWER SHOW 2005 was superduper. If you've missed our first explorations in next nature: Not quite the same, but there is a video stream. Within a few weeks, the Next Nature book will be in the shops and of course bigger biggest visual power shows will follow! four comments
26 January 2005
Hello, Mister Natural is on the phone. Trying to find out which of the following activities is the most unnatural and shoud be banned from our society. Please help Mister Natural.
Working in an office wearing a suit and tie.
Running in the woods wearing sneakers.
Writing a letter in the eavening using candlelight technology.
Building a dyke to protect yourself from water floods.
Genetic engineering of your dna to protect yourself from diseases.
03 January 2005
Blend a powerpoint conference with a popconcert. Shake Shake. You'll get something like the BIGGEST VISUAL POWER SHOW. The 2005 edition theme is Next Nature. Twenty artist, scientists, filmers, designers, and composers present their five minute visions. I will be the nature-lover-host of the evening.
