Entries from July 2009

July 31, 2009

I <3 LA

I love LA for its eclectic mix of randomness.
Billy goats grazing in the middle of Downtown LA greeted me one Wednesday as I emerged from the Pershing Square Metro Station.

How about a hipster karaoke competition  at Royal-T, where the waitresses look as if they walked out of an anime novel? There was this crazy good [...]

July 20, 2009

NMP Audrey Wong calls for Arts Groups to dialogue with her

Letter reposted from Arts Community Yahoo Group, sent to list on July 19, 2009:
Dear all,Tomorrow I will be taking my oath of allegiance in Parliament alongside the 8 other NMPs recently appointed. We received our instruments of appointment from the President on Thursday. As I start this new journey, I feel duty-bound to write this [...]

July 14, 2009

Portable Screening Day

Tell me, isn’t this cool?!  Portable Screening Day, organized by the The Portable Film Festival:
The Portable Film Festival, now in its third year, is an international festival of film and user created content. It works in the same way as other film festivals – the only difference is that it is delivered completely online and distributed [...]

July 12, 2009

宋冬 @ MOMA NYC

There’s an amazing installation at the MOMA NYC  by Beijing based artist 宋冬 Song Dong called 物尽其用 or Waste Not. The breathtaking display of his elderly mother’s entire collection of material possessions (including the wooden frame of the house) covers the entire space of the second floor atrium.
Visitors are invited to walk through clear paths spliced through [...]