PUBLIC MARKS from sbrothier with tags culture & video

The UK’s Open University has become a dependable source of very short, online video introductions to all sorts of things, from weighty subjects like religion, economics, and literary theory to lighter, but no less interesting fare like the art and science of bike design. With breezy tone and serious intent, their animated “60-Second Adventures” make seemingly arcane academic ideas accessible to laypeople with no prior background. Now they’ve teamed up with writer and BBC broadcaster Melvyn Bragg of In Our Time fame for a series of video shorts that run just a little over 60 seconds each, with animations by Andrew Park of Cogni+ive, and narration by comedic actor Harry Shearer from Spinal Tap, The Simpsons, and, most recently, Nixon’s the One.

FRENCH VIDEAST CONCEIVE AND REALISE SOUND ARCHITECTURE INSTALLATIONS BASED ON CLOSE LINK BETWEEN SPACE AND BODY. SENSES ARE MOBILIZED WITHIN ALL THEIR ACUITY FOR A TOTAL ENGAGEMENT OF THE BEEING. INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITIONS. LAUREATE VILLA KUJOYAMA KYOTO, GRANTS FIACRE CNAP MINISTRY CULTURE…

The coolest in alternative music, streettheatre, film, comedy, visual arts, literature, and entertainment. A township with 55,000 inhabitants, hundreds of performances, dozens of bars and restaurants and no less than eight stages, including a cinema and a theatre. Market stalls, hippie grounds, strange creatures, its own radio and tv broadcasts and a daily newspaper. Plus several luxury campsites. Paradise, anyone?