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	<title>.ACU. Sampling Culture</title>
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		<title>Reimagining public space, one plant at a time</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2009 11:29:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As part of our series on unique artists, Amanda Connon-Unda discovers how a pair of artists &#8211; Sean Martindale and Eric Cheung &#8211; 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.
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		<title>Escaping the mundane: 1930s fashion</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Dec 2009 19:04:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A photography exhibit featuring the work of Edward Steichen is taking place at the Art Gallery of Ontario until January 3, 2010. “High Fashion, the Condé Nast Years, 1923-1937” is an exhibit that is rich in historical figures. Great actors and models grace the photos that Steichen became famous for while he worked as a [...]<br /><a href='http://amandaconnonunda.wordpress.com/2009/12/05/escaping-the-mundane-1930s-fashion/'><img width='160' height='120' src='http://cdn.videos.wordpress.com/QRgBXmhf/edward-steichen-dec4_std.original.jpg' alt='Escaping the mundane: 1930s Fashion' /></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=amandaconnonunda.wordpress.com&blog=6878651&post=341&subd=amandaconnonunda&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Speaking in Code</title>
		<link>http://amandaconnonunda.wordpress.com/2009/11/13/speaking-in-code/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 04:23:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ACU</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s my interview with the director of a new film called Speaking in Code:

Documentary film director Amy Grill has just completed a new film called Speaking in Code. It&#8217;s a documentary about the world of techno music that follows a series of characters over a few years. The film audience gets a cinema  vérité slice-of-life [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=amandaconnonunda.wordpress.com&blog=6878651&post=336&subd=amandaconnonunda&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The art of VJing</title>
		<link>http://amandaconnonunda.wordpress.com/2009/10/13/the-art-of-vjing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 03:43:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Exploring the art of veejaying, a new trend in the live concert experience
Excerpt of my article from the CBC Arts website:

 
&#8220;[VJing] was an open system, and it was accepted as an experimental thing,&#8221; says Greg Hermanovic, a long-time software designer and visualist.
Johnny DeKam, who has his own live-visuals company in Los Angeles, remembers VJing [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=amandaconnonunda.wordpress.com&blog=6878651&post=329&subd=amandaconnonunda&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Enlighten Up! the movie</title>
		<link>http://amandaconnonunda.wordpress.com/2009/09/05/enlighten-up/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Sep 2009 03:09:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ACU</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=amandaconnonunda.wordpress.com&blog=6878651&post=274&subd=amandaconnonunda&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Synth-pop ladies</title>
		<link>http://amandaconnonunda.wordpress.com/2009/08/29/synth-pop-ladies/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Aug 2009 20:35:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ACU</dc:creator>
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Remember the tunes of Britain&#8217;s Goldfrapp or Norway&#8217;s Annie (who releasedthe Anniemal album in 2004)?
I remember rocking out to Robyn&#8217;s singles &#8216;Show me love&#8217; and &#8216;Do you know (What it takes)&#8217;  in 1997 when I was 14.  Well the women of this diverse brand we call synth-pop have evolved and grown up since that time [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=amandaconnonunda.wordpress.com&blog=6878651&post=269&subd=amandaconnonunda&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Chef Andrew George</title>
		<link>http://amandaconnonunda.wordpress.com/2009/07/31/chef-andrew-george/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 05:10:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[He dreams of Aboriginal fusion cuisine across Canada

Canadian readers of the Globe and Mail may have learned in May 2009 that Aboriginal foods are going to be highlighted at the 2010 Olympic Games in Vancouver.
In her article, “Aboriginal cuisine preps for the world stage&#8221;, Alexandra Gill wrote about what will take place. All eyes and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=amandaconnonunda.wordpress.com&blog=6878651&post=257&subd=amandaconnonunda&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>First film inspired by twitter</title>
		<link>http://amandaconnonunda.wordpress.com/2009/07/30/first-film-inspired-by-twitter/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 04:47:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ACU</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Frank Kelly]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Pale Stone Productions Ltd.]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[
“at location, here we go, 140 of use get ready, 5 minutes till Action!!!”
11:57 AM June 21st from mobile web
What happens when a large number of people from around the world participate in a social experiment? How does knowing that we share similar experiences of using online technology shape our identities?
In the making of a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=amandaconnonunda.wordpress.com&blog=6878651&post=242&subd=amandaconnonunda&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Lost in Cyburbia</title>
		<link>http://amandaconnonunda.wordpress.com/2009/07/30/lost-in-cyburbia/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 04:27:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ACU</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Finding connection online


Hal Niedzviecki’s new book The Peep Diaries boldly proclaims, “In the age of peep, core values and rights we once took for granted are rapidly being renegotiated, often without our even noticing.”
Here are two cautionary tales about the erosion of social values on the internet. Both authors warn us that social networking may [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=amandaconnonunda.wordpress.com&blog=6878651&post=235&subd=amandaconnonunda&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Little Boots vid exploits LA&#8217;s poverty</title>
		<link>http://amandaconnonunda.wordpress.com/2009/07/30/pop-music-videos-lately/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2009 07:49:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ACU</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Little Boots pop music video for &#8216;New in town&#8217; deals horribly with the serious issue of poverty


While in San Francisco, a beautiful city with plenty to do in what is an urban playground to those with an income, I saw many homeless people on
Market Street.  It was very sad.  I saw this right [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=amandaconnonunda.wordpress.com&blog=6878651&post=205&subd=amandaconnonunda&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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