писанка: a collection of traditional Ukrainian folk design on egg shells ahead of 8 April Orthodox Easter
walking simulator: virtual tourist have free range over the landscapes created for immersive gaming experiences—even the old, abandoned levels and worlds from long shelved titles
worldcon 76: finalists announced for the 2018 Hugo Awards for science-fiction and science-fantasy plus the 1943 Retrosepctive Hugo Awards, via Super Punch
rotten tomatoes: the US has decided it will no longer regulate genetically-edited crops if it can be show that the tweaks are just a short-cut to selective breeding programmes, via Slashdot
fermi’s paradox: an illustrated lesson in astrobiology from Maki Naro and Matthew Francis
tears of a clown: downfall of a once flush service-sector career field
a is for attenborough, b is for brexit: design agency counters with an alternative abecedarium of twenty-six coins to the Royal Mint’s rather pedestrian release of the A to Z of Britain
Monday, 2 April 2018
7x7
my god, it’s full of stars
On this day fifty years ago, Stanley Kubrick’s theatrical adaptation of the Arthur C Clark science fiction novel had its initial release at the Uptown Theatre in Washington, DC.
The cultural impact of this work is nearly impossible to gauge in totality but among the many ground-breaking firsts of the film (previously here, here and here) was the appeal to the possibility of space-tourism (projected already for the turn of the millennium) and product placement and brand tie-ins with the hotel-restaurant chain Howard Johnson’s (effectively defunct in 2006) presence on the station with its Earthlight lounge. Back on Earth, there was a 2001-themed kids’ menu for years after.
Sunday, 1 April 2018
we all live in a gaudí submarine
Architectural photographer Anthony Lindsey captures the handiwork of several artists-in-residence studying at Granny’s University of the Imagination in order to renovate the master bath in the fashion suggested by Terry Gilliam’s 1985 film Brazil what would happen if the Yellow Submarine were to crash land on the beach house of Antoni Gaudí i Cornet (previously inspiring here, here and here). Their alma mater is the private home of Jaina Bee who presented a restoration project to some creative and crafty friends who’ve transformed the campus into an ever evolving artistic expression. Visit their home page at the link above for a virtual tour of all the rooms and perhaps arrange a tour in person.
