Tag Archives: rhythm

“Stumbling towards intimacy”: An improvised TED Talk

Posted on September 10, 2019 by agogo22

Marina J TED Subscriber “Imagine yourself on the stage where you have to talk for at least 10 minutes on a subject that was announced to you seconds before you go on the stage while supporting your speech by the … Continue reading →

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For first time, astronomers catch asteroid in the act of changing color – ScienceBlog.com

Posted on September 2, 2019 by agogo22

Last December, scientists discovered an “active” asteroid within the asteroid belt, sandwiched between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. The space rock, designated by astronomers as 6478 Gault, appeared to be leaving two trails of dust in its wake — … Continue reading →

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Jamaican Patois (NOT English!)

Posted on August 31, 2019 by agogo22

Langfocus Published on 14 Jul 2019 This video is all about Jamaican Patois, aka Jamaican Creole, the English-based creole language of Jamaica. Special thanks to Irina Bruce and Derrick Ricketts for their feedback and help with the Patois samples in … Continue reading →

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Paramour: A One-Shot Music Video Filmed From the Perspective of a Toy Train

Posted on August 16, 2019 by agogo22

In Ewan Jones Morris’s music video for Scottish composer and producer Anna Meredith’s music video Paramour, a toy train speeds around a series of prop-filled rooms.[…] Source: Paramour: A One-Shot Music Video Filmed From the Perspective of a Toy Train

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Rainbow-Streaked Interventions by Elsa Tomkowiak Add Intrigue to Covered Bridges and Lakes

Posted on August 5, 2019 by agogo22

Elsa Tomkowiak creates color-focused installations that divide the rainbow into designs that span bridges, light-filled corridors, and large-scale sculptures on water.Tomkowiak’s work is currently exhibited as a part of the second edition of Annecy Paysages in southeastern France. For the … Continue reading →

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Maracatu Mar Aberto | Great Heart Fest 2013

Posted on August 2, 2019 by agogo22

Humble Empire Published on 19 Jul 2013 from day 3 of the 2013 Live in Bellwoods Great Heart Festival presented with Young Lions Music Club

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BBC World Service – CrowdScience, Why do we pull faces when we concentrate?

Posted on July 29, 2019 by agogo22

We tackle the science of scowling, gesturing, and counting Source: BBC World Service – CrowdScience, Why do we pull faces when we concentrate?

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Link between music and speech rhythm in brain could provide language insight

Posted on July 29, 2019 by agogo22

July 29, 2019 by Sandrine Ceurstemont Neuroscientist Dr Domenica Bueti often plays an altered version of the classic aria La donna è mobile when she gives talks about the importance of time perception. Her friend’s piano rendition of Giuseppe Verdi’s composition uses … Continue reading →

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Buster Keaton – The Art of the Gag

Posted on July 29, 2019 by agogo22

Every Frame a Painting Published on 21 Nov 2015 Before Edgar Wright and Wes Anderson, before Chuck Jones and Jackie Chan, there was Buster Keaton, one of the founding fathers of visual comedy. And nearly 100 years after he first … Continue reading →

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The Moon’s Milk

Posted on July 22, 2019 by agogo22

Seven and a half years in the making, The Moon’s Milk is an entirely handmade stop motion animated short about a time when the moon was close enough to be reached by ladder. Narrated by Tom Waits, the film chronicles … Continue reading →

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