Well, we missed posting for the big day that CERNs LHC finally got switched on, but, in an effort to do it justice (since it is now a piece of history), I will give you some information about it.
The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is the world’s largest and highest-energy particle accelerator Its main purpose is to explore the validity and limitations of the current theoretical picture for particle physics. It is theorized that the collider will confirm the existence of the Higgs boson, the observation of which could confirm the predictions and missing links in the Standard Model, and could explain how other elementary particles acquire properties such as mass.
The LHC was built by the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), and lies underneath the Franco-Swiss border near Geneva, Switzerland. It is funded by and built in collaboration with over eight thousand physicists from over eighty-five countries as well as hundreds of universities and laboratories. The LHC is now fully operational. The first beams were circulated through the collider on 10 September 2008, and the first high-energy collisions are expected to take place after 6-8 weeks. Want to read more?
Unfortunately, there is no telling whatsoever that this machine will work. Steven Hawking is betting that it won’t find anything. I have to say, I too am somewhat skeptical. Also…anyone else agree that this thing sort of resembles the sun? ….and didn’t people use to worship the sun as god? Im sure there are plenty of philosophical meanings you can attach on to this one…..hmmmmm
Kenichi works/products are pretty amazing. His experiments bend and enhance time, in an almost fantastical way. Changing your perspective on the world around you.
I thought I would take a moment and make a quick post about Jules de Balincourt. Jules de Balincourt’s I Infect You, You Infect Me posits the tensions of abstract painting as a ground for warfare. Flanked on either side by slogans in hand rendered techno font, De Balincourt’s composition is unleashed with parodic authoritarianism. Rendered with the hard edged graphics of primitive special effects, coloured bands explode towards each other, colliding in the centre in a ball of spindly chaos. With its humble aesthetics, De Balincourt’s painting portrays aggression with a pathetic sympathy, outlining the unspoken rules of basic human interaction.
The Visual Music of Mary Ellen Bute…. Her work is pretty close to amazing. Bute was a pioneer and an innovative female filmmaker and animator whose work is still not widely known. Much of her early films function a bit like music videos. She called them “visual music” - she creates graphics through analog means in order to accompany a piece of music. More on Mary Ellen Bute link. One more video for the road….
I just found out…just now…that a piece I co-directed at Shilo went on to make the shortlist at the Cannes Lions Film Festival! Im kind of speachless. It is a PSA piece showing the world’s support for the situation in Burma. If youd like to see it, Ive provided a link here.
A shout out, also, to the Shilo kids. www.shilo.tv
These are shots from our pass it on project. For those of you who havent heard of PSST…heres a link. We were on our marry way towards the completion of our PSST3 piece. It was going to be “end all” I tell ya. However, we ran into rough waters as a member of our group (the artist ahead of us) dropped out. Our idea had to do several 180s (maybe a 720 or something) in order to facilitate this issue. The final piece will have elements of our past idea but, be completely different storywise. Whatevs….
