PROPORTIO - EXHIBITION PROPORTIO from May 9 to November 22, 2015 Venice, Palazzo Fortuny _ PROPORTIO, an exhibition organised by the Axel & May Vervoordt Foundation and the Fondazione Musei Civici di Venezia opens this May to coincide with the 56th International Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia. Curated by Axel Vervoordt and [...]
MAP OF MUSIC GENRES www.everynoise.com How We Understand Music Genres explains how this thing got started. A Retromatic History of Music (or Love) follows these genres across years. The Spotify New-Release Sorting Hat uses them to cluster this week's new releases. We Built This City On follows them to their cities [...]
BATTLES - THE YABBA Battles is an American experimental rock group, founded in 2002 in New York City by Ian Williams (formerly of Don Caballero and Storm & Stress). The current line-up is guitarist/ keyboardist Ian Williams, guitarist/ bassist Dave Konopka (formerly of Lynx), and drummer John Stanier (formerly of Helmet). [...]
DESIGN&THINKING Design & Thinking" is a documentary exploring the idea of "design thinking"! How do we fully engage organizations to think about the changing landscape of business, culture and society? Inspired by design thinking, this documentary grabs businessman, designers, social change-makers and individuals to portrait what they have in common when [...]
NY77 THE COOLEST YEAR IN HELL A reminiscence on life in New York City during the year 1977. It chronicles the decay of a city plagued by economic decline, rampant crime, the Son of Sam killings, and the July 13-14 blackout. Source from: Wikipedia
CHARLIE PARKER STORY Charles Parker, Jr. (August 29, 1920 – March 12, 1955), also known as "Yardbird" and "Bird", was an American jazz saxophonist and composer. Parker was a highly influential jazz soloist and a leading figure in the development of bebop, a form of jazz characterized by fast tempos, [...]
