Society Promotions » Unus http://www.societypromotions.org Promoting art experiences that benefit and inspire social change Fri, 03 Sep 2010 21:40:21 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc Saving the Polaroid http://www.societypromotions.org/blog/2010/04/04/saving-the-polaroid/ http://www.societypromotions.org/blog/2010/04/04/saving-the-polaroid/#comments Sun, 04 Apr 2010 22:11:58 +0000 Josh http://www.societypromotions.org/?p=1439

The legacy of Polaroid isn’t dead yet. An Austrian artist, businessman and Polaroid obsessive name Florian Kaps has swooped in to save the day.

Last February when Polaroid announced they would stop making the iconic film, enthusiasts of the instant cameras were distraught at what seemed like the end of an era. But Kaps has devised a plan to re-open the currently dormant Polaroid factory in Amsterdam and begin manufacturing film again. Kaps is also the founder of Polanoid.net, (the biggest Polaroid gallery on the web) and Polanoir, the first ever Polaroid-only art gallery in Vienna.

Read more HERE and HERE.

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A new study from the National Endowment for the Arts finds a notable decline in theater, museum and concert attendance and other “benchmark” cultural activities between 2002 and 2008 for adults 18 and older, and a sharper fall from 25 years ago.

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The NEA SURVEY in .pdf format.

NEA WEBSITE.

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Steampunk is a sub-genre of fantasy and speculative fiction that came into prominence in the 1980s and early 1990s. The term denotes works set in an era or world where steam power is still widely used—usually the 19th century, and often Victorian era England—but with prominent elements of either science fiction or fantasy, such as fictional technological inventions like those found in the works of H. G. Wells and Jules Verne, or real technological developments like the computer occurring at an earlier date. Other examples of steampunk contain alternate history-style presentations of “the path not taken” of such technology as dirigibles, analog computers, or digital mechanical computers these frequently are presented in an idealized light, or with a presumption of functionality.

]]> http://www.societypromotions.org/blog/2009/11/04/steampunk-explained/feed/ 0 In Pictures: Reliving rebel life http://www.societypromotions.org/blog/2009/10/14/in-pictures-reliving-rebel-life/ http://www.societypromotions.org/blog/2009/10/14/in-pictures-reliving-rebel-life/#comments Wed, 14 Oct 2009 17:07:57 +0000 Mike http://www.societypromotions.org/?p=992 LRAThe situation in northern Democratic Republic of Congo where Lord’s Resistance Army rebels operate is getting worse, a medical charity says. These pictures from the BBC, though atheistically pleasing, represent a horrible reality: this is one of the most powerful and meaningful functions of art.

Recent BBC article on the LRA

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AMSTERDAM.- The Van Gogh Museum is the first museum on the European Continent to have developed, in collaboration with Antenna Audio, an iPhone application. The application Yours, Vincent was developed to accompany the exhibition Van Gogh’s letters: The artist speaks. The application offers people with an iPhone or an iPod touch the unique opportunity to get acquainted with Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890) also at home and even while traveling.

Van Gogh takes the users of the application on a tour through his life and his art on the basis of his letters. The facilities offered by iPhone, such as audio, video and zooming in on paintings and letters, will be exploited. That way an iPhone allows the user to get closer to the works of art than would ever be possible in a museum. Yours, Vincent can be downloaded free of charge after 6 October 2009 via the App Store in iTunes and is available in English and in Dutch….READ MORE

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With a spate of suggested new attributions and a theme park devoted to his work, Leonardo da Vinci remains a source of speculation, mystery, and popular appeal…[Read More]

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The interview project is a 20,000 mile roadtrip that produced 4-5 minute interviews with real people in 70 cities. There’s no script, just people. Check it out.

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