Florian Clauss "dogma 95" has announced the idea of super-realistic, authentic, low-fi film production and caused something like a cultural revolution in denmark: *everybody* can be their own directors. (at least that's the idea.) now the activists start wondering what may happen, when the market will be flooded with bad movies. and lars von trier recently complained about people misusing his name on related web sites. convex tv. watched von triers new movie "the idiots" and took a look on the dogma scene.
"the new type of image sits in the bomb" - miklós peternikMicz Flor "the new type of image sits in the bomb", says miklós peternák. and we don't understand yet, how it really works. convex tv. interviewed the director of the C3 medialab in budapest about the problem of war tech changing the way how images are used. the new image is living in the bomb, broadcasts itself over satellite networks and is directing itself into the target in real-time. cut. white noise. some thoughts on the rumanian revolution, the gulf war and the current nato war from beyond the borders of schengenland. this one is in english. (yes, the others are not)
Stefan Schreck the german center for art and media >>zkm<< recently opened its video database on the web. everyone can upload their stuff and there it is. convex tv. checked out the sounds for the new section "global sound pool". listen to a selected video of our choice.
Ulrich Gutmair heinz von foerster is *the* thinker of second order cybernetics. as his books are mainly transcriptions of lectures and talks anyway, the cologne based publishing house "supposé" now released a double cd with the original stuff. von foerster explains his major ideas about the new way of systemic thinking, and displays his very special way of explaining complex problems of epistemology and system theory. did you ever think about the fact, that the etymological roots of science and shit are the same? the indo-european *ski* stands for division and separation.