Hungu (animation)

A video inspired by the African legend where a mother is resurrected by her son in the form of a musical instrument, the Hungu.

Fela Kuti (musician)

Fela Anikulapo Kuti (1938–1997), Fela for short, was a Nigerian musician and composer, pioneer of afrobeat music, human rights and political activist. See the interview in the second video about his political influence.

Fela in performance (1971) filmed by Ginger Baker


The Broadway show Fela! shows his music and his political roots

Click HERE to access the Broadway Show site. You can watch some video in the Fela's Music Re-release tab on the right.

(Below: interview from the Colbert Nation. Afterwards have to click on the performance in the video to see the dance and hear the music)

The Colbert Report	Mon - Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c
Bill T. Jones
www.colbertnation.com
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Michel Camilo - Caribe

Michel Camilo is a pianist and composer from Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. He is known as a great jazz, Latin and classical pianist with superb technical ability, and has played and recorded with many world-famous musicians.

For more, incl. free audio and video, click on his home page HERE

Michel Camilo All Star New York Big Band from "Live in Altos de Chavón" concert playing "Caribe" in 2 parts:
Part 1


Part 2


Same tune, only solo, from the 40th anniversary of the Newport Jazz Festival, June 18, 1993.

January 2010 Calendar

Please click HERE to open the calendar page where you can download and print the page.

Mister Cok (animation)

An animation by Franck Dion (2009).
Looking for efficiency and profit in his bomb factory, Mister Cok decides to replace his workers with sophisticated robots, but one worker is not discarded so easily.

LINK to homepage (you can watch the video from there) or click on the arrow below:

Android Heads Talking

I've seen these before, but now they made it to a major art show: Art Basel Miami Beach 2009, where they sell for $75,000. To me they look pretty dead in expression and manifestation, however, the possibility of being confronted with one of them (like at a border or something) seems possible in the not so far future. The heads are connected to computers behind the 3D faces.

2 x 2 = 4 (+ or - something)

So, next time someone insists on a fact, like 2x2=4. ask them to explain this fact

Watch an animation HERE

Liu Bolin (artist)

One of Liu Bolin's art is Human Camouflage. Being Chinese he makes a political statement with being "invisible" as he blends into the pictures. It's done in a time consuming effort by painting the background on his clothes and face.

But he also has other ways of expressing himself, as you can see in the second picture posted.

See more HERE

Desiree Palmen (artist)

Desiree Palmen, a talented Dutch artist, uses camouflage techniques to capture incredible photographs of people blending into their surroundings.

For each photo, the artist designs a new camouflage suit, which again and again has to be made with the greatest precision, or the illusive effect will not work.

Find more of her work HERE

Ivan Maximov (animation)

Russian animation written and directed by Ivan Maximov

David Lynch in Vienna

A passion for the doing ...and he also discusses "time" and how he sees it, "happiness", "movement", "consciousness" and many other issues. The first minute of part 1 is in German, then everything else is in English. Each part is around 9 minutes long and the discussion is based on unscripted questions from the audience.

On November 11th 2007 David Lynch visited Vienna, Austria. In the cinema "Gartenbaukino" he answered questions on his films, work and doing, his method of catching ideas, Transcendental Meditation and his projects "Invincible University" & "The David Lynch Foundation for Consciousness-Based Education and World Peace"

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If I screwed up witn a link please try to find it HERE, and I would also like to thank Director Christian for putting this on the net!

Who is Bobbito Garcia?

Kool Bob Love or DJ Cucumberslice: Basketball player, radio host, author, DJ, actor, consultant, TV host... Maybe the more fitting question is, who isn't Bobbito Garcia? One of Hip Hop's true gems, Bobbito paid a visit to the RH offices while in Chicago last month. Here he talks about his history in Hip Hop, favorite memories from the Stretch and Bobbito show, his perspective on life, and much more.

Filmed and Edited by Anthony Shane and Virgil Solis Interview by DJ RTC via Rubyhornet.com

RH TV: Who is Bobbito Garcia?

Sidenote: This vimeo video is over 200 meg in size

Bobbito's homepage