Archive for July, 2010
night fest 2010: big art, tiny island
| July 19th, 2010(Apologies for the video to be lacking in quality but it is the best vid I could find. Does not in any way belong to me.)
Paraboles 2.0 by Compagnie Off (France) & Victor Thng (Singapore) at the facade of the National Art Museum, Singapore.
Paraboles 2.0 was the major live art performance that headlined the Night Festival 2010 which took place over the weekend in sunny Singapore. It does not seem as amazing viewing this on the computer screen, but believe me, there were times I felt like I was elsewhere with their beautiful combination of dreamy + hypnotising visuals, colors and the live orchestra to set the mood right. If you look closely, as part of this grand installation is the hottest conductress i’ve ever seen (grungey/gothic chick decked out in leather pants) guiding the orchestra as well as a pretty ballet dancer to help elevate the mystery of the satellite dishes. My friends and I were coming up with varied explanations/stories as the performance progressed. There was so much going on, there were so many stories we could tell. Why don’t you watch it for yourself and see what comes up in your mind?
The official description of the performance:
“Six giant satellite dishes spring from the urban ground right in front the National Museum of Singapore. At the core of the satellite dishes, stroboscopic light flashes quietly, signalling activity. Under each satellite, we hear faint abstract sounds. It is the music of the stars, solar winds, and radio waves, all mixed together in a surreal, random composition.“
silent night
| July 14th, 2010
trees, they move. from rc cone on Vimeo.
in the dead of the night,
not a soul in sight,
and those lamps, their lights,
your only guide.
Marijuana Infograph
| July 14th, 2010
Via: Term Life Insurance
I like infographs, especially ones about weed. Enjoy some good old reading and possibly learning.
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| July 8th, 2010How much a country’s leader is paid compared to GDP per person?
| July 6th, 2010
Lee Hsien Loong, the prime minister of Singapore, tops the list of selected leaders’ salaries with a salary of more than 40 times the city-state’s GDP per person.
Raila Odinga, Kenya’s prime minister, rejected the pay increase he was awarded by the country’s parliament last week. MPs had granted Mr Odinga a rise to nearly $430,000 a year and this boost would place Mr Odinga among the highest-paid political leaders in the world. It would be some 240 times greater than the country’s GDP per person (measured on a purchasing-power parity basis).
Manmohan Singh, the prime minister of India, reaffirms his reputation for saintliness by taking a modest sum from Indian taxpayers.
-Economist.com, 5 July 2010
