Things people are into in the Unites States: Cupcakes, vampires and unicorns. Why?
Filed under: dispatches, subverting dominant paradigms , cupcakes, rhetorical questions, unicorns, vampires
August 30, 2009 • 10:56 pm 0
i have an idea, and it’ll solve road rage.
Filed under: subverting dominant paradigms, theory , saskia waxing poetic
August 13, 2009 • 4:26 pm 0
WTF are they up to in Jamaica?
This is called ‘daggering‘, in case you didn’t know.
And then – it inspired this discussion:
And then – to top it all, this dude made a video about it:
And then – if you want to see what originally inspired this post, look up Major Lazer’s ‘Pon de Floor’.
Filed under: subverting dominant paradigms , daggering, instant message conversations, Major Lazer, Mr. Vegas, timothy j. palmer
August 11, 2009 • 11:40 pm 0
Slave Hunter & Cambodian Children’s Painting Project
Went to see Aaron Cohen tonight at Book Soup on Sunset Blvd in LA. He was reading from his new book ‘Slave Hunter‘. His rehearsed delivery notwithstanding, one is struck by the sheer bravery of the dude, and the enormity of what he is trying to undertake.
Aaron Cohen reading at Book Soup
In any case, seeing Mr. Cohen speak reminded me to remind you to support, if you can, a non-profit in Cambodia called the Cambodian Children’s Painting Project. It’s run by a heroic young Spanish-American fellow (and a friend of mine) by the name of Felix Brooks-Church, and serves young Cambodian kids who spend their days selling trinkets on the beach.
Naturally, small children selling stuff to tourists in a rough and tumble beach town has its dangers- which I’ll leave to your imagination (or this website). CCPP takes the kids off the beaches and gives them a safe place every day, teaching them art and language classes. Then, CCPP sells the paintings the kids make in art class to the tourists and backpackers coming through for $4 a pop, giving the kids money to help support their poverty-stricken families while gaining an education. Pretty brilliant, and worth a donation, dontcha think?
So: The website for Cambodian Children’s Painting Project is here, and they can use your help.
And, if you wanna meet some of the kids, here’s a video I made when I was there…
Filed under: Travel, an obsession, subverting dominant paradigms , Aaron Cohen, cambodia, Cambodian Children's Painting Project, Child Slavery, Felix Brooks-Church, Slave Hunter
August 4, 2009 • 12:52 am 0
New (to me) site for filmmakers to do the whole ad thing
And I quote…
“Poptent is the best place for independent and freelance videographers to build their portfolios, connect with companies and brands for commercial work. [...] Poptent members can [...] collaborate with other creators, leverage our deep set of features, and best of all make money doing what they love.”
So, in practice, it means they have assignments that they set with their partner advertisers. Then, little mediamaker *you* can participate. Then, you can potentially make some money.
Filed under: video , advertising, crowdsource, opportunities for filmmakers, poptent
August 1, 2009 • 10:03 pm 0
DIY Days: Creative Collaboration Panel
Otherwise known as the last supper. From L to R: Kevin Shah, Zak Forsman, Saskia Wilson-Brown, Hunter Weeks, Scott Macauley, Zeke Zelker, Arin Crumley, Tom Quinn, Eugene Martin.
Filed under: saskia's on a panel , saskia wilson-brown, DIY Days, Arin Crumley, Creative Collaboration, Scott Macauley, Zak Forsman, Kevin K. Shah, Hunter Weeks, Zeke Zelker
