Al Gore's Inconvenient Truth is going to be staged as an opera! The Italian composer Giorgio Battistelli has been commissioned to produce an opera on Gore's international multiformat hit, for the 2011 season at the Milan opera house, La Scala. The Guardian, Huffington Post, TruthDig, all over the place. … [Read more...]
Art Exhibit RE: Waves
Waves - The Art of the Electromagnetic Society Phoenix Halle Dortmund, May 10-June 29 2008 Wireless communication is, in this day and age, a given in all realms of society. Yet what manner of artistic potential is presented by the electromagnetic waves perpetually enveloping us today? And how might these influence our psyche? Waves presents nearly 30 (media) artworks … [Read more...]
Introduction to Basic Divination Guest Lecture 5/25/08
S.P. Weather Station Guest Lecture Series presents: Introduction to Basic Divination A workshop by Stephanie Rothenberg Sunday May 25th, 3pm (free and open to the public) SP Weather Station, 46-01 5th Street, Long Island City, (go to side entrance on 46th Ave between 5th Street and Vernon Ave) About the Workshop: Divining, or dowsing as it is often times called, is … [Read more...]
Iceberg Song
From Discovery News: April 18, 2008 -- The grinding together of vast Antarctic icebergs in the Ross Sea creates a growling subsonic song that seismologists compare to the ringing of a wine glass. The newly discovered iceberg song has been detected traveling through the ground and oceans. The discovery began when seismologists at ocean listening stations as far north as … [Read more...]
Haruspication
Haruspication: fortune telling (e.g. weather forecasting) using animal innards From environmentalgraffitti.com: Paul Smokov, an 84 year old cattle rancher from Steele, N.D., claims that he has forecasted the weather with 85% accuracy by observing the shape of pig spleens. The National Weather Service, with their millions in high tech equipment, is about 60% … [Read more...]