Freitag, 13. Januar 2012

Mittwoch, 11. Januar 2012

"Houston, we have a problem!" (Yugoslavian space program)



This documentary claims to reveal the secret yugoslav space program which fueled the technological advancements of NASA with the help of Herman Potočnik´s unpublished diaries. It presents the supposed hidden (third) side of the Space Race during the Cold War and how Marshal Josip Broz Tito negotiated lucrative deals with the United States and built the biggest underground space centre in Europe, making the Apollo missions and landing on the moon a reality.

Dienstag, 10. Januar 2012

Kanye West - Runaway


Kanye West -- Runaway (Kurzfilm) - MyVideo

Not exactly new, but still an interesting short film directed by Kanye West featuring songs from his 2010 album "My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy".

Montag, 9. Januar 2012

Planet Of The Apes - Russian Cover-Art


Russian illustration of Pierre Boulle´s "Monkey Planet" which was later renamed to "Planet of the Apes" so it would tie in better with the film it inspired.

It bears a touch of Henri Rousseau´s "The Dream"

source: wikipedia

Mittwoch, 4. Januar 2012

Istancool Diary

Istancool Diary on Nowness.com.

Nowness was in Istanbul to document Istancool, The Istanbul International Festival of Culture, which took place in the vibrant and culturally diverse city along the Bosphorus.


Slavoj Žižek on suicide



Slovenian philosopher and cultural critic Slavoj Žižek muses about the esthetic and psychological aspects of suicide and makes some suggestions on the controversial topic.