Acquilibrio? [ CHANYA HETAYOTHIN: Aqualibrae - MPEG-4 clip] "Aqualibrae explores the unending cycles of nature through beautifully drawn animations." (Source: Brooklyn Arts Council) A short movie by Chanya Hetayothin. Music and sound design by Phiboon Phinakendr. Made at the UCLA Animation Workshop. "Aqualibrae esplora il ciclo senza fine della

The lady starts to sing, but she ain't no disco dancer She learned to shake her thing, in between my toes. [ The Brighton Port Authority: Toe Jam - MPEG-4 clip] The video formerly known as "Censor Bars Art". The Brighton Port Authority is Norman Cook, formerly known as Fatboy Slim. The full story (?) is on BPA's blog

MEDUSA (Mob Excess Deterrent Using Silent Audio) is a device that uses microwave pulses to beam sound directly into someone's head. In development by the Sierra Nevada Corporation originally under a US Navy contract, MEDUSA can apparently fill your head with incapacitating "shockwaves" or possibly even whispered messages. From New Scientist: (

First it steals your mind And then it steals your soul. [ Re:volve 2008 - MPEG-4 clip] Andy Gordon, in association with Flexifoil, Redbull Chiemsee and SMI, presents Aaron Hadlow and Jason Furness in Re:volve. It's an unconventional about kiteboarding, a surfing discipline involving the use of a kite. The short is a viral promo video for the

Wild is as wild does. [ Mitsubishi Lancer: Safer in a Wild World - MPEG-4 clip] "Mikey sits in the back of his mother's Lancer as she drives him home. The streets turn into a wild forest with monsters emerging from the shadows..." Safer in a Wild World is one of the shorts "produced as part of the Mitsubishi Lancer Supershort Series,

I'm giving a public reading and talk in Seattle this Tuesday as part of the excellent Clarion West reading series, through which all six instructors do free appearances (you can meet the Clarion West students at these, too!). There's also a public party on Friday. Where: University Book Store, 4326 University Way NE in Seattle When: Tuesday,

Jim sez, "MiniBooksExpo is a neat matchmaker service for publishers who want to get review copies to interested bloggers and bloggers who want to review books. It's Canadian, and it's a model I'd like to see more of as an occasional reviewer and an indie publisher." Link (Thanks, Jim!)

Toronto's Edward Day Gallery has a wonderful response to Canada's proposed new copyright law, Bill C-61, which mirrors (and exceeds) the American DMCA. They've hung a show called Appropos featuring art that the new bill criminalises. The locks will prevent artistic, legitimate and legal uses of media. The Appropriation Art Coalition,