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Captain Afghanistan

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The Department of Telecommunication, Information Studies, and Media at Michigan State University is seeking an innovative, dynamic individual to fill a full-time, tenure stream position in Games and Interactive Media at the Assistant professor level.
Candidates will join an enthusiastic, multidisciplinary faculty team and should be able to contribute through design experience in one or more of the following fields: digital games, serious games, virtual worlds, computational media, computational art, user-centered design, and interactive media. Experience in the field may take the form of creative practice and/or scholarly research. Expertise or experience in other disciplines is also welcome.
Candidates will be expected to gain visibility through juried creative works and/or peer-reviewed academic research publications. Faculty are expected to pursue external funding to support their creative and research activity.
Multidisciplinary approaches are encouraged to teach two courses a semester in our undergraduate and graduate programs, as well as advise graduate students on projects [...]

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[b]BLUE SKY PROJECT OF DAYTON, OHIO SEEKS ARTIST’S PROPOSALS FOR SUMMER RESIDENCY.[/b]
[b]CREATIVE PROFESSIONALS: VISUAL ARTISTS, ARTISTS/ACTIVISTS, FILMMAKERS, WRITERS, DANCERS, MUSICIANS, THEATER PERFORMERS, AND PEOPLE WORKING IN OTHER CREATIVE MEDIA ARE ENCOURAGED TO APPLY.[/b]
As a Blue Sky Project Artist-In-Residence, you will cross-pollinate with other practicing artists, collaborate with teens, expand your ideas and add artistic breadth and depth to the Dayton community.
Relocated for 2009 to Ohio from our original location in Illinois, artists gather for eight weeks from mid-June to mid August at the University of Dayton, located 2 miles from downtown Dayton. Monday – Thursday, from 10-3:30 are devoted to intensive collaborations between each individual artist and a small group of six to eight local teen participants, culminating in a final exhibition. Artists-in-Residence invent the remaining structure, working together or individually on projects. Our hope is that the projects will seep out, intervene, enhance and impact the community.
Your [...]

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As our cities get bigger, our buildings grow taller, but our farms and gardens shrink. Trendy clothing stores and greenwashed corporate slogans are working double time to convince us that green is the new black, but what are our real strategies for building and staying green? A group exhibition at San Francisco’s Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, entitled “The Gatherers” addresses this question by presenting projects that merge art and activism to address urban environments. This includes work by Fallen Fruit, Amy Franceschini with Wilson Diaz, The National Bitter Melon Council, Oda Projesi, Marjetica Potrc, Public Matters, Ted Purves and Susanne Cockrell, Rebar, roomservices, and Åsa Sonjasdotter–some of whom use parody to point out the absurdity of existing (non)strategies, while others take a more proactive approach. On a micro-level, LA-based collective Fallen Fruit maps the free fruit in their city’s neighborhoods and encourages public consumption and awareness at “Public [...]

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Were the World Mine – TrailerWere the World Mine has played over 75 international film festivals around the world to sold-out audiences and has garnered numerous awards, including the Audience Award at the Florida Film Festival, the Heineken Red Star Grand Jury Award at Outfest L.A. and Best Music at the Nashville Film Festival. If you had a love-potion, who would you make fall madly in love with you? Timothy, prone to escaping his dismal high school reality through dazzling musical daydreams, gets to answer that question in a very real way. After his eccentric teacher casts him as Puck in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, he stumbles upon a recipe hidden within the script to create the play’s magical, purple love-pansy. Armed with the pansy, Timothy’s fading spirit soars as he puckishly imposes a new reality by turning much of his narrow-minded town gay, beginning with the rugby- [...]

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The Class – TrailerFrançois and his fellow teachers prepare for a new year at a high school in a tough neighborhood. Armed with the best intentions, they brace themselves to not let discouragement stop them from trying to give the best education to their students. Cultures and attitudes often clash in the classroom, a microcosm of contemporary France. As amusing and inspiring as the teenaged students can be, their difficult behavior can still jeapordize any teacher’s enthusiasm for the low-paying job. François insists on an atmosphere of respect and diligence. Neither stuffy nor severe, his extravagant frankness often takes the students by surprise. But his classroom ethics are put to the test when his students begin to challenge his methods…Directed by: Laurent CantetStarring:

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Reclaiming the Blade – TrailerThe Medieval and Renaissance blade, a profound and beautiful object hand- crafted by master artisans of old. An object of great complexity, yet one with a sin- gular use in mind – it is designed to kill. The truth of the sword has been shrouded in antiquity, and the Renaissance martial arts that brought it to being are long for- gotten. The ancient practitioners lent us all they knew through their manuscripts. As gunslingers of the Renaissance they were western heroes with swords, and they lived and died by them. Yet today their history remains cloaked under a shadow of legend. Directed by: Daniel McNicollStarring: Viggo Mortensen, Karl Urban, Bob Anderson, John Howe

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Let the Right One In – Film ClipA fragile, anxious boy, 12-year-old Oskar is regularly bullied by his stronger classmates but never strikes back. The lonely boy’s wish for a friend seems to come true when he meets Eli, also 12, who moves in next door to him with her father. A pale, serious young girl, she only comes out at night and doesn’t seem affected by the freezing temperatures. Coinciding with Eli’s arrival is a series of inexplicable disappearances and murders. One man is found tied to a tree, another frozen in the lake, a woman bitten in the neck. Blood seems to be the common denominator – and for an introverted boy like Oskar, who is fascinated by gruesome stories, it doesn’t take long before he figures out that Eli is a vampire. But by now a subtle romance has blossomed between Oskar and Eli, and [...]

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The Secrets – TrailerNaomi, the brilliant and pious daughter of an ultra orthodox rabbi finds herself at a crossroads of life choices when her mother dies and she is expected to immediately marry her father’s prodigy. Distressed yet determined, she begs that her father allow her one year to study at a women’s religious seminary in Safed, the birthplace of the Kabala in order to prepare herself for the sacrifices she will make as a wife. Her father relents and Naomi’s life begins to take an unexpected turn. Devote but lively, Naomi and her new friend Michelle befriend a beautiful, mysterious older woman, Anouk, (Fanny Ardant) who is ill and living nearby who may or may not be Jewish, and may have committed a crime of passion. Naomi devises a series of rituals which will somehow “purify” Anouk and purge her of her sins, but as these stretch [...]

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Flashbacks of a Fool – Traileraniel Craig delivers a startling performanceas Joe Scot, a washed-up Hollywood star adrift in a haze of sex, drugs and squandered fame. But when he receives news of the sudden death of his childhood best friend, Joe flashes back to his younger self (played by Harry Eden of OLIVER TWIST) in his small English seaside village and the summer of innocence and tragedy that would change his life forever. Olivia Williams (THE SIXTH SENSE), Claire Forlani (CSI: NY ) and Grammy Award Winner Eve co-star in this powerful drama about love, loss and one man’s journey to redemption, executive produced by Daniel Craig and featuring songs by Scott Walker, David Bowie and Roxy Music.Directed by: Starring: Daniel Craig, Harry Eden, Eve, Olivia Williams, Claire Forlani

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Plague Town – TrailerNo synopsis provided by the studio.Directed by: David GregoryStarring: Josslyn DeCrosta, Erica Rhodes, David Lombard, Lindsay Goranson, James Warke

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Johnny Got His Gun – TrailerA new ‘live on stage, on film’ version of the National Book Award-winning novel, DALTON TRUMBO’S JOHNNY GOT HIS GUN takes place in the mind of a young American soldier hit by an artillery shell on the last day of WWI; a quadruple amputee who has also lost his eyes, ears, nose, and mouth. Regaining consciousness, Joe Bonham (Ben McKenzie) discovers that while his brain is healthy and able to reason, the rest of his body is irreparably shattered, leaving him trapped forever within the confines of his own imagination. He struggles to find some way to communicate with the outside world. Tapping his head in Morse code, he breaks through and pleads with his caretakers to be put on display as a living example of the cost of war.Directed by: Rowan JosephStarring: Ben McKenzie

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The Reader – Trailer 1THE READER opens in post-WWII Germany when teenager Michael Berg becomes ill and is helped home by Hanna, a stranger twice his age. Michael recovers from scarlet fever and seeks out Hanna to thank her. The two are quickly drawn into a passionate but secretive affair. Michael discovers that Hanna loves being read to and their physical relationship deepens. Hanna is enthralled as Michael reads to her from “The Odyssey”, "Huck Finn", and “The Lady with the Little Dog.” Despite their intense bond, Hanna mysteriously disappears one day and Michael is left confused and heartbroken. Eight years later, while Michael is a law student observing the Nazi war crime trials, he is stunned to find Hanna back in his life – this time as a defendant in the courtroom. As Hanna’s past is revealed, Michael uncovers a deep secret that will impact both of [...]

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The Unborn – Trailer 2Sometimes the soul of a dead person has been so tainted with evil that it is denied entrance to heaven. It must endlessly wander the borderlands between worlds, desperately searching for a new body to inhabit. And sometimes it actually succeeds. Writer/director David Goyer (Blade: Trinity, The Invisible, Batman Begins) gives a terrifying glimpse into the life of the undead in The Unborn, a supernatural thriller that follows a young woman pulled into a world of nightmares when a demonic spirit haunts her and threatens everyone she loves. Casey Beldon (Odette Yustman) hated her mother for leaving her as a child. But when inexplicable things start to happen, Casey begins to understand why she left. Plagued by merciless dreams and a tortured ghost that haunts her waking hours, she must turn to the only spirtual advisor, Sendak (Gary Oldman), who can [...]

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[b]Outside / Inside: Virtual Panoramas of Independence National Historical Park[/b]
[b]Roderick Coover[/b]
APS Museum, Philadelphia
Through 28 December 2008
Visitors are virtual walkers entering into an interactive spiraling panorama. They explore the natural and virtual landscape of a small area of Philadelphia. The area was once home to tanneries, warehouses and a prison, and it is now the grounds of Independence National Historical Park — a park which reveals and conceals its pasts. Against a kaleidoscope of shifting park panoramas, the walker integrates layered fragments of original and historical texts. Weaving among the fragments, reader-viewers discover lessons of exploration, discovery, and loss. These fragments are set against a city-scape on which are layered additional motifs and character performances. In the panorama, reader-viewers discover links to embedded videos — portals of exploration. The work is one of a series of interactive panoramas by Roderick Coover. More information at [url]http://www.roderickcoover.com[/url] and [url]http://www.amphilsoc.org/museum/undaunted/outside.html[/url].

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Irony – check. Careful, considered design – check. Desirable product with cache – most definitely check. Natalia Brilli (http://www.nataliabrilli.fr/)
has managed to create a signature that is immediately identifiable with
her blend of taking the every day and creating a finished product that
appears as if dipped into leather. A laptop bag becomes a functional
leather laptop case that has the keyboard carved out in the leather, a
wallet has the credit cards and coins moulded onto the zip front cover,
a pair of sunglasses are embossed into the leather sunglass case. At
once quirky and humorous but undeniably cool and chic, the latest Men’s
09 Collection is no exception to this designers range and ability. – Kate Vandermeer

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[img]http://www.carmichaelgallery.com/images/carmichaellogonewthumb.jpg[/img]
Carmichael Gallery of Contemporary Art Presents
[i][b]‘Pour Me Some Smoke’[/b][/i]
Charming Baker, Case, Guy Denning, Ian Strawn, TRXTR
1257 N. La Brea Avenue
West Hollywood CA, 90038
Opening reception: November 6th, 2008 / 7:00PM – 10:00PM
Exhibition Dates: November 6th – November 30th, 2008
Please RSVP to rsvp@carmichaelgallery.com
[img]http://www.carmichaelgallery.com/images/november62008thumb.jpg[/img]
(West Hollywood, CA) Carmichael Gallery of Contemporary Art presents one of their most important exhibits to date: Pour Me Some Smoke, a group exhibition featuring the works of Charming Baker (UK), Case (Germany), Guy Denning (UK), Ian Strawn (USA), and TRXTR (UK). Artwork on display will include oil on canvas, linen, paper and wood, hand-touched and layered digital collage, and acrylic on birch panel. Artists featured in this show represent some of the strongest voices in contemporary figurative artwork and have surpassed the delineations of lowbrow or urban into a new fine art movement.
[b]The Artists[/b]

[i]Charming Baker[/i]
[img]http://www.carmichaelgallery.com/images/charmingbakerthumb.jpg[/img]
Charming Baker paints beautifully in oil; his pictures are deftly decanted concoctions of familiarity and [...]

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2008: Nov. 9 – 30, [i]Formatting Gaia[/i], [i]Da Vinci Isle[/i],
Reception: November 9, 4pm EST
SL, [url]http://slurl.com/secondlife/Da%20Vinci%20Isle/61/194/301[/url]
The Second Life (SL) gallery [i]Da Vinci Isle[/i] [Sky Gallery] will be hosting the photographic work of Patrick Millard from Nov 9th – 30th. Images selected from the series [i]Formatting Gaia[/i] will be on display for this special SL premier of the artist’s work. Join us at the reception on Sunday November, 4th at 4pm EST for a chance to meet with the artist and experience an artist’s reception in SL, a live DJ will be on hand for your listening pleasure.

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Architects – submit your projects (books/Worlds-Coolest-Houses—Architects/Photographers-submit-your-designs/)

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[IMG]http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c331/marisais/NotGuiltyweb.jpg[/IMG]
LIZ BROWN OMGWTF
November 14th – December 7th, 2008
Opening Reception:
Friday November 14th 6:30-10pm
Smooth Operator Dinner:
November 21st 8pm – RSVP Required
Like the Spice is pleased to present Liz Brown: OMGWTF, an exhibition of the artist’s retro-futuristic paintings and drawings.
Borrowing freely from the history, advertising, sarcasm, fantasy, banality and the technology of our shiny new post-cultural millennium, Brown conflates landscape, advertising layout, and film still, distilling late capitalist popular anxiety into a WTF exuberance. Like a post-apocalyptic shopping scene from a zombie movie, Brown’s works are at once menacing and celebratory.
With one foot firmly planted in our McMansion-by-Macy’s-Martha-Stewart-Collection reality, Brown imagines a world where corporate fantasies become detached from products and inhabit our collective unconscious. With no public place left to hide from corporate titillation, all that is left is to imagine our own adspace, where fantasies are as slick as Disney movies yet as personal as teenage diaries. This seemingly abandoned world [...]

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University of California Santa Barbara
Department of Art
Master of Fine Arts Program
Apply now for Fall 2009
Deadline: Monday, January 5, 2009
The MFA graduate program is an intense two-year course of study emphasizing interdisciplinary
approaches to art making. Students interdisciplinary and intermedia practice may include the
following areas: Painting, Drawing, Photography, Print & Book Arts, Digital Media and Electronics,
Visualization, Sculpture & Spatial Studies, and Theory & Criticism. The program includes formal
studio courses, graduate seminars in theory and criticism, studio critique, and independent study.
The program focuses on the personal growth of students in their pursuit of careers as dedicated,
professional artists. Art department MFA students with a special interest in Media Art can also take classes in the Media Art Technology Program.
Faculty includes Laurel Beckman, Gary Brown, Jane Callister, Kip Fulbeck, Colin Gardner, Lisa
Jevbratt, George Legrady, Jane Mulfinger, Marcos Novak, Marko Peljhan, Harry Reese, Richard Ross and Kim Yasuda.
Recent visiting artists and lecturers include:
Charles Gaines, James Gobel, [...]

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THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY
The Ohio State University is one of the nation’s largest, most comprehensive universities. The Columbus campus enrolls more than 57,000 students, 3,600 of whom are international students representing more than 100 countries. Ohio State offers approximately 13,000 courses in over one hundred departments, including graduate programs in virtually every profession. For more information about OSU visit: http://www.osu.edu/
PHOTOGRAPHY AREA
Photography has a long tradition at Ohio State, dating back to the 1880s, when it offered one of the first courses in the medium. The Photography Area is committed to a continuous exploration and redefinition of what it means to use photography as an art endeavor. Part of the strength of our program comes from being part of a very large university community; we encourage cross-fertilization not only with other areas in the Department of Art, but also with areas outside the department.
Students complement studio practice with a [...]

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[b]netEX: calls & deadlines –>November 2008[/b]
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newsletter contents
calls & deadlines
03 Calls: 2008 deadlines internal
08 Calls: November deadlines external
11 Calls: ongoing external/internal
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[b]2008 deadlines: internal[/b]
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Deadline 2 March 2009
Cinematheque – streaming media project environments
call: [b]Flash & Thunder [/b]-
Flash as a medium and tool for artistic creations
[url]http://www.nmartproject.net/netex/?p=408[/url]
extended deadline: 31 December 2008
JavaMuseum – Forum for Internet Technology in Contemporary Art
call: [b]Netart Features 2009[/b]
[url]http://www.nmartproject.net/netex/?p=329[/url]
extended deadline: 31 December 2008
SoundLAB VI – soundart for
[b]soundPOOL – sound compositions – a challenge for imagination[/b]
[url]http://www.nmartproject.net/netex/?p=242[/url]
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[b]November 2008 deadlines: external[/b]
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30 November
49th Krakow Film Festival 2009
[url]http://www.nmartproject.net/netex/?p=400[/url]
20 November
One minute videos for Fugitive Projects New York
[url]http://www.nmartproject.net/netex/?p=394[/url]
17 November
ISEA 2009 Belfast/Northern Ireland
[url]http://www.nmartproject.net/netex/?p=407[/url]
15 November
1st Videoart Festival Damascus/Syria
[url]http://www.nmartproject.net/netex/?p=409[/url]
15 November
Yogyakarta Video Art Festival 2009 (Indonesia)
[url]http://www.nmartproject.net/netex/?p=405[/url]
14 November
Technarte 2009 Bilbao/Spain
[url]http://www.nmartproject.net/netex/?p=386[/url]
1 November
Walled Garden: The new [in]equalities endorsed by technology – Amsterdam/NL
[url]http://www.virtueelplatform.nl/page/11881/nl[/url]
1 November
Zemos98 Audiovisual Festival -Sevilla/Spain
[url]http://www.nmartproject.net/netex/?p=398[/url]
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[b]Ongoing calls: external/internal[/b]
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–>Videos for Bivouac Projects Sumter/USA
–>OUTCASTING – web based screenings
–>Projects for FILE LABO Sao Paulo/Brazil
–>Films and video screenings Sioux City (USA)
–>Laisle screenings Rio de Janeiro/Brazil
–>Videos [...]

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Zack and Miri Make a Porno – Featurette – KevinLifelong friends and roommates Zack (Seth Rogen) and Miri (Elizabeth Banks) are facing hard times and a mountain of debt. When the electricity and plumbing get cut off, they seize upon the idea of making a homegrown porno movie for some quick cash, enlisting the help of their friends. The two vow that having sex will not ruin their friendship. But as filming begins, what started out as a business proposition between friends turns into something much more.Directed by: Kevin SmithStarring: Seth Rogen, Elizabeth Banks, Traci Lords, Ason Mewes, Ricky Mare

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My Name Is Bruce – TrailerLegendary B-movie actor Bruce Campbell plays himself in the new film MY NAME IS BRUCE, which opens theatrically on October 31 in New York. MY NAME IS BRUCE doesn’t have a standard issue release date because we’re doing something for the film that doesn’t seem to be done anymore. Campbell is traveling to every opening city to be at the opening theatre for the first night or two. As such, Bruce is working his way across the country between November and December, in a new city every few days. (Who else nowadays goes on a two month PA tour?) The movie’s opening in a given market is predicated on Bruce’s travel to that city. As examples, after New York, the film opens in Boston on November 5, in Detroit November 21, in Chicago November 28 and winds up in Los Angeles on December [...]

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