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Archives: Arts

Look What Happens When Censorship Comes to a Familiar Street

When two innocents are censored inappropriately, hilarity ensues.

  • By Kent Anderson
  • Apr 5, 2013
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  • Time To Read: < 1 min

The 2012 Tools of Change Keynote — LeVar Burton Uses the Two Most Important Words

LeVar Burton’s keynote from Tools of Change is amusing, interesting, and inspiring.

  • By Kent Anderson
  • Mar 30, 2012
  • 3 Comments
  • Time To Read: < 1 min

Paper and Press — How Vanishing Technologies Become More Precious

Two shops from a bygone era fight for survival in downtown Los Angeles. Moving into the future doesn’t guarantee that things improve or become more edifying, as this video shows.

  • By Kent Anderson
  • Dec 30, 2011
  • 5 Comments
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The Art of the Title Sequence

They’re brief, telegraphic, and wonderful — the title sequences of some favorite movies in a quick-scan review.

  • By Kent Anderson
  • Mar 18, 2011
  • 1 Comment
  • Time To Read: < 1 min

UniPHY Promotional Video — And Who Said Scholarly Publishers Weren't Creative?

A clever marketing video from the American Institute of Physics and their UniPHY initiative.

  • By Kent Anderson
  • Mar 15, 2011
  • 4 Comments
  • Time To Read: < 1 min

King Philip's Autograph Session — A Restored Painting Provokes a Prank

A 400-year-old monarch comes out of retirement to celebrate his portrait’s restoration. And museum-goers want his autograph.

  • By Kent Anderson
  • Mar 11, 2011
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The Upcoming Must-See Documentary — Bad Writing

How can you make a movie about why some writing is good, some bad? This trailer makes it seem not only possible, but interesting.

  • By Kent Anderson
  • Mar 4, 2011
  • 4 Comments
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Redefining Cubism — Rubik Cubism, That Is . . .

Rubik cubes in the hands of an artist — amazing!

  • By Kent Anderson
  • Jun 26, 2009
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