scott mitchell's blog, "objects in flux" which looks at modification of everyday objects. it is witty, well written and illustrated, and you can learn DIY tips and tricks too!
http://hypertext.rmit.edu.au/~blogs/scottmitchell
Flight to a Floating Horizon, an amazing concertina-style publication which as yet only exists in web format. This has to be seen to be believed! Chris (togther with Cathy Parry – http://cathyparry.com) is a recipient of a NUCA UNCO Grant.
http://chrisguest.net
Christian Capurro and his collaborators have spent over 267 hours erasing a copy of Vogue Magazine. Its an exhaustive/exhausting project and what I find intriguing is the sequence of talks and dialogue which Christian has organised surrounding the disappeared object.
http://www.christiancapurro.com
More for my own reference than anything else, here are a few articles which refer to expanded cinema, as published in the online journal "Senses of Cinema":
A lecture by Valie Export called "Expanded Cinema as Expanded Reality" http://www.sensesofcinema.com/contents/03/28/expanded_cinema.html
An overview of the "Shoot Shoot Shoot" programme, written by George Clark http://www.sensesofcinema.com/contents/02/21/shoot_shoot_shoot.html
An interview with Aussie experimental filmmaker Albie Thoms by Danni Zuvela http://www.sensesofcinema.com/contents/03/27/albie_thoms.html
An essay entitled "The Last Picture Show: Film and Video Installation in the Late '60s and Early '70s" by Genevieve Yue http://www.sensesofcinema.com/contents/03/28/last_picture_show_installation_60s_70s.html
A history of avant-garde and experimental film in France by by Nicole Brenez and Christian Lebrat http://www.sensesofcinema.com/contents/00/6/jeune.html
also some pictures of Stan Vanderbeek's "Movie Drome," a "spherical theater where people would lie down and experience movies all around them." – built in the late 1950s/early 1960s…
http://www.medienkunstnetz.de/works/movie-drome/images/1/
and an essay on Stan Vanderbeek which (among other things) discusses his activities in relation to new media work today…
http://www.hfac.uh.edu/MediaFutures/vanderbeek.html
…and an expanded cinema festival held in Dortmund in Sept 2004, curated by Mark Webber:
http://www.hartware-projekte.de/programm/inhalt/ex.htm
Last night Mickie and I went down to mememememe gallery near central station to see the Wild Boys show. Wild Boys is a Mardi-Gras event starring Tim Hilton, Richard Gurney, Trevor Fry and guests. These self-styled faggotty luminaries occupy the space for 3 weeks. The idea is: the show begins with nothing, grows over time, and (sort of) culminates in a closing event on the 4th March at 6pm.
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