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Strange Days is a 1995 science fiction film directed by Kathryn Bigelow. On the eve of the new millennium, Los Angeles is in chaos. Protesters believe they are living in a police state, and famous rap artist and activist Jeriko One has been murdered. Lenny, an ex-cop, deals in clips – the memories of individuals who record their experiences with a device called a SQUID. Lenny and his close friend Mace learn through one of these “clips” that the LAPD murdered Jeriko One. Lenny and Mace hope to prove this. What’s fascinating about Strange Days is that it depicts a future of oppression – a common dystopic science fiction premise – but it purposefully eschews the trope that usually links them all together. In a sci-fi dystopia, something common is scarce – either through a lack of resources or because it is illegal. Not something like the black market science fiction technology of Strange Days. Something everyday.

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This machinima, shot in Second Life, documents L1Aura Loire’s SL6B virtual art installation. The first part is the narrative of the installation; it is the year 2499 on the gloomy meteor. The second part of the machinima draws on the artist statement for the installation.

The installation was originally for the sixth birthday celebration of Second Life, which took place on a “meteor” that was far from the sun. In making my piece, I imagined what role virtual worlds would have for the poor, stuck meteor people, and that is what is documented in this video. My own vision of the future is much more optimistic, and although I see the compensatory function of virtual worlds (and popular culture in general) as an important one, I have also come to see the act of toggling, or switching, between different modes of subjectivity that will become more prevalent as augmented reality forms proliferate to be just as interesting.

Presentation at Fiteiro Cultural in Second Life, shown live at Mercosul Biennial of Porto Alegre, Brazil, November 2009, and shown live at Utopics Swiss Sculpture Exhibition, Biel/Bienne, Switzerland, August 2009.

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Faithless We Come One Rollo & Sister Bliss Remix

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Original Bleach Soundtrack
On the Precipice of Defeat

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A photo montage of the most amazing and peaceful places on the earth.
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Chill!

The theme song is Royksopp — In Space

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Essa é uma execução do Hino Nacional Brasileiro em um instrumento musical “esquisito” ou “estranho” aos brasileiros, chamado o ‘steelpan’/’steel drum’ ou “TAMBOR DE AÇO”. Ele é original de Trinidad e Tobago no Caribe.

O visual relembra um disco voador, não é mesmo!? 🙂 Mas, e aí? O que você achou do som? Concorda que ele é um tanto ….”exótico”?

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Some of my favorite sets of this decade, wrapped into one video.

LIST OF BBOYS
0:00 SHORTY FORCE (R16 Korea 2015)
0:38 ISSEI (Silverback Open 2016)
1:29 ALKOLIL (Undisputed World BBoy Masters 2015)
1:50 THESIS (Reign Supreme 2013)
2:28 WILLY (Red Bull BC One 2017)
2:50 MORRIS (World BBoy Classic 2011)
3:24 LIL ZOO (BBIC 2018)
3:54 ZOOPREME (Groove Session 2017)
4:24 DYZEE (Freestyle Session World Final 2015)
4:48 TAISUKE (DANCE@LIVE 2012) *maybe i should’ve used the set from BBIC instead?
5:21 SHIGEKIX (Ichigeki Anniversary 2019)
5:53 KAZUKI ROCK (Silverback Open 2018)
6:24 GRAVITY (Red Bull BC One 2010)
6:51 WING (Freestyle Session World Final 2018)
7:26 BLOND (Red Bull BC One 2014)
8:00 KILLA KOLYA (Red Bull BC One 2019)
8:36 MENNO (United Styles 2019)
9:15 AYUMI (Freestyle Session World Final 2016)
10:04 BORN (The Notorious IBE 2010)
10:33 NORI (Red Bull BC One Asia Pacific Qualifier 2013)
11:05 KID DAVID (Freestyle Session World Final 2011)
11:34 LIL G (Red Bull BC One Camp Nagoya 2016)
11:55 KILL & POCKET (City War 2013)
12:47 VERO (Red Bull BC One Asia Pacific Qualifier 2011)
13:07 KID COLOMBIA (World BBoy Classic 2017)
13:30 NEGUIN (Red Bull BC One 2016)
14:08 ROO (Gangjin BBoy Masters 2014)
14:42 SUNNI (The Notorious IBE 2015)
15:22 BRUCE LEE (Chelles Battle Pro 2014)
16:13 LILOU (The Notorious IBE 2010
16:40 HONG10 (Red Bull BC One 2013)
17:18 HEADY (BBIC 2017)
17:47 VICTOR (The Legits Blast Winter 2018)
18:17 ROXRITE (SEC 23rd Anniversary 2017)
18:51 WING ZERO (Freestyle Session World Final 2016)

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Ames window illusion illustrates how we don’t directly perceive external reality. Special Holiday deal! Go to https://ift.tt/2MrYkBv and use code VERITASIUM to get 68% off a 2 year plan plus 4 additional months free. It’s risk free with Nord’s 30 day money-back guarantee!

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Curiosity Show – Video on Ames Illusion: https://youtu.be/DkVOIJAaWO0

References:
Ames, A., Jr. (1951). Visual perception and the rotating trapezoidal window. Psychological Monographs: General and Applied, 65(7), i–32. https://ift.tt/3rIXwby

Marcel de Heer & Thomas V. Papathomas (2017) The Ames Window Illusion and Its Variations
DOI:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199794607.003.0014

Oross, Stephen, Francis, Ellie, Mauk, Deborah & Fox, Robert. (1987). The Ames Window Illusion: Perception of Illusory Motion by Human Infants. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception & Performance, 13(4), 609-613.

Behrens, R. (1987). The Life and Unusual Ideas of Adelbert Ames, Jr. Leonardo, 20(3), 273-279. doi:10.2307/1578173

Burnham, C., & Ono, H. (1969). Variables Altering Perception of the Rotating Trapezoidal Illusion. The American Journal of Psychology, 82(1), 86-95. doi:10.2307/1420609

Allport, G. W., & Pettigrew, T. F. (1957). Cultural influence on the perception of movement: The trapezoidal illusion among Zulus. The Journal of Abnormal and Social Psychology, 55(1), 104–113. https://ift.tt/3hwbVTs

Zenhausern R. Effect of Perspective on Two Trapezoid Illusions. Perceptual and Motor Skills. 1969;28(3):1003-1009. doi:10.2466/pms.1969.28.3.1003

Gehringer, W. L., & Engel, E. (1986). Effect of ecological viewing conditions on the Ames’ distorted room illusion. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 12(2), 181–185. https://ift.tt/3o34Mg3

Long, G.M., Toppino, T.C. Adaptation effects and reversible figures: A comment on Horlitz and O’Leary. Perception & Psychophysics 56, 605–610 (1994). https://ift.tt/2Laq2Sk

Gregory RL. Looking through the Ames window. Perception. 2009;38(12):1739-40. doi: 10.1068/p3812ed. PMID: 20192124.

Jahoda, G. (1966). Geometric illusions and environment: A study in Ghana. British Journal of Psychology, 57(1-2), 193–199. https://ift.tt/2WVOsSk

V. Mary Stewart (1974) A Cross-Cultural Test of the “Carpentered World” Hypothesis Using The Ames Distorted Room Illusion, International Journal of Psychology, 9:2, 79-89, DOI: 10.1080/00207597408247094

Margaret Kathleen Cappone (1966) The Effect of Verbal Suggestion on the Reversal Rate of the Ames Trapezoid Illusion, The Journal of Psychology, 62:2, 211-219, DOI: 10.1080/00223980.1966.10543786

Researched and written by Petr Lebedev and Derek Muller
Filmed by Derek Muller and Raquel Nuno
Animations, VFX, and Music by Jonny Hyman
Ames Room VFX and additional Ames Window animation by Nicolas Pratt
Additional Music from https://ift.tt/1AcBEnM “Life in Color” “Singularity”
Large Ames window construction by GW Construction
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With a disco sample and drum machine house music took over the globe .

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House has become one of the most popular forms of electronic music since its inception in the late 80’s.

It began in Chicago, when local DJ’s and music producers experimented with remixing disco vocals over hard hitting drum machines. They would soon play a huge role in popularizing the sound and distinguishing house music as a global music genre.

Chicago gospel singer, Loleatta Halloway, is one of the most widely sampled artists in house music history. Her song “Love Sensation” has been sampled nearly 300 times, including on Black Box’s “Ride on Time”, the notorious hit that became the best selling single in the U.K in 1989.

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Time to Jack: Chip E on the Birth of Chicago House
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I was there when house music took over the world

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