The Knife’s audio visual experience

Recently PitchFork.tv posted a video of The Knife’s live performance.
It reminds me of the Blue Man Group meets psychedelic images meets techno.
This video seems to be from 2006.

Tags: audio-visual, music, The knife, visuals

Tips from eco-entrepreneurs

Several sustainable business owners in Toronto shared their thoughts about being resilient and ecologically responsible during the recession.

Tags: environmentalism

Eco-frugal in Toronto

TORONTO – April 2009
Networked Streets

Reusing, refashioning and building community

As both social entrepreneurs and activists try to save their money, conserve natural resources and build community, eco-frugality appears to be thriving.

Tags: climate change, ecology, environmentalism, toronto

Wine appreciation 101

Wine appreciation is as popular as ever. Wine marketing creates a culture of its own. Wine blogger, Monika Janek uncorks her perspective on the world of wine.
Video produced originally by Amanda Connon-Unda for the Ryersonian.ca

Wine Appreciation 101

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Tags: blogger, gourmet food and wine expo, henry of pelham, monika janek, wine

Video profile: Homegrown Skateboards in Nova Scotia

On Jesse Watson’s trip to Toronto in November, the skateboard company owner spoke about how he has been creating skateboard culture for years in LaHave, Nova Scotia. Homegrown Skateboards makes small runs of skateboards – sometimes only 20 editions of a board. For Watson, his work is craft production in the age of mass production: It’s local, craft-based and borne out of a need to skate. His skateboards link culture, art, and collaborative design.

Watson’s Skateboard designs and his guest-artist series boards were on display at Harbourfront Centre until January 3, 2010.

My VIDEO profile can be viewed on the Ryersonian’s website .

Tags: art show, harbourfront, homegrown skateboards

Reimagining public space, one plant at a time

poster planters Draft2 movie

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As part of our series on unique artists, Amanda Connon-Unda discovers how a pair of artists – Sean Martindale and Eric Cheung – create artistic interventions that compel people to think about their lived environments.

Video Notes:
Produced by Amanda Connon-Unda
Featuring Sean Martindale and Eric Cheung
Some photos provided by Sean Martindale
(http://picasaweb.google.com/sean.martindale/PosterPocketPlants#)
Made in Toronto, Canada, in December 2009.

Tags: art, public space, street art

Escaping the mundane: 1930s fashion

Edward Steichen DEC4

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Tags: 1930s, Edward Steichen, high fashion, photography, visual design

Speaking in Code

Here’s my interview with the director of a new film called Speaking in Code:

Tags: berlin, boston, Speaking in code, Techno music

The art of VJing

Exploring the art of veejaying, a new trend in the live concert experience

Excerpt of my article from the CBC Arts website:

Tags: Canada, visuals, VJ

Enlighten Up! the movie

Is Yoga the way to enlightenment?

When experienced documentary filmmaker Kate Churchill set out on her latest project, Enlighten Up!, she was determined to prove that yoga can transform anyone. Fortunately for her audience, the result was a lot more realistic and less definitive than any kind of film objective can be. Yoga, as it is portrayed, turns out to be something a lot more complex and multifaceted than many yoga enthusiasts may have at first thought.

Tags: spirituality, yoga