Saturday, September 10
Maybe it's just me, but... does this seem sleazy?
Immediate Opportunities for Students Displaced By Hurricane Katrina
At the Walt Disney World® Resort, our hearts are with the millions of people who have been impacted by Hurricane Katrina... We want to do all we can to help them and return the comfort and support they have provided us.
Toward that effort, the Disney Theme Parks & Resorts College Program is making arrangements to offer students who attend colleges and universities in the affected areas the opportunity to join our Fall Program immediately. This will provide... fully furnished housing, an opportunity to continue earning credit through our education courses and earn money through their work experience in our parks, resorts and other operating areas across the Walt Disney World Resort through Jan. 3, 2006.
Thursday, September 8
Could it be... our own Dan has a theme park/island heretofore unknown????
Negativland show opens in NYC tomorrow night!
Jason "textfiles.com" Scott sez, "Negativland, pioneers in everything from mash-up music to copyfighting, and co-authors of portions of the Creative Commons, are having a 25 year retrospective in New York City starting this Friday, September 9th, at the Gigcantic Artspace. The "theme" is a twisted, insane theme park of Negativland creations both old and new, and if you're within a few hundred miles you have no excuse not to go. As a bonus, pretty much all the members will be there for a reception this Friday."
Viewers will find appropriations of Disney ventures - such as a reconfigured Lincoln from the Hall of Presidents, and a video remix of the Little Mermaid, merged with the angry telephone recording of a Disney studio executive. Anecdotes about the media and entertainment industries are expressed in such work as the discovery of "Howland Island," and ideas of approaching stores such as Petco as an art supplies depot. Other work includes a set of limited edition prints from Negativland's 2002 "Death Sentences" project.
LINK
(stolen from boingboing....)
Negativland show opens in NYC tomorrow night!
Jason "textfiles.com" Scott sez, "Negativland, pioneers in everything from mash-up music to copyfighting, and co-authors of portions of the Creative Commons, are having a 25 year retrospective in New York City starting this Friday, September 9th, at the Gigcantic Artspace. The "theme" is a twisted, insane theme park of Negativland creations both old and new, and if you're within a few hundred miles you have no excuse not to go. As a bonus, pretty much all the members will be there for a reception this Friday."
Viewers will find appropriations of Disney ventures - such as a reconfigured Lincoln from the Hall of Presidents, and a video remix of the Little Mermaid, merged with the angry telephone recording of a Disney studio executive. Anecdotes about the media and entertainment industries are expressed in such work as the discovery of "Howland Island," and ideas of approaching stores such as Petco as an art supplies depot. Other work includes a set of limited edition prints from Negativland's 2002 "Death Sentences" project.
LINK
(stolen from boingboing....)
