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TIFF 2010 - Wednesday - You Are Here
This time, though I'm better rested, I'm talking about one film over the others because the others were disappointing. Which is not to say that You Are Here isn't good. It is that, as well as ambitious, artful, and on a non-trivial subject. It is also done well on the technical side, with good sound, sure framing, movement, acting, pacing, colour, ( Read more... ) -
TIFF 2010 - Tuesday - Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale
Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale You know the Scott Pilgrim promotional phrase "An Epic of Awesome Awesomeness" or something like that? That was what came to mind at various points while I was watching this film. I highly recommend it to those with the right sensibilities. From the description, mrissa and matociquala would likely be interested. Having watched it, I ( Read more... ) -
TIFF - First Sunday
I'm at, I think, six hours of sleep, split into three parts, in the past 78 hours. So while I saw other interesting screenings, three with standing ovations, I'm just going to make sure to talk about "Trigger". My tweet immediately after leaving the theatre read: "Holy holy holy. "Trigger" is human, painful, and beautiful. It is what it should be. ( Read more... ) -
TIFF 2010 begins
A year when I not only didn't volunteer at, but didn't even see a single event at any of Toronto Fringe, Summerworks (similar to the Fringe in format, but juried), or Inside Out (queer film festival), seems like not a bad one to go back to the Toronto International Film Festival after years of absence. Especially when they're doing their big ( Read more... ) -
Fourth Street: Fantasy Convention: Day 1
That's day one for me anyway. Officially the convention hasn't started yet, but I'm counting from the day I arrive in sunny, then rainy, then sunny, Minneapolis/Saint Paul and get to have conversations that have 4th Street nature. Today that meant meeting
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All knowledge is contained etc...
So, I'm looking for a thermal mass to use as a moderator for my fanless (or minimal fan use) computer setup. What I'm thinking is a water volume of around 18 litres (0.085 kilowatts x 2 hours = 0.17 kwh, or ~146173 calories. Mass of water needed in kg = 146.173 / ∆T. In this case 8 K, gives ~18.27 kg. Water weighs ~1 kg per liter.). Ideally this ( Read more... ) -
Ame Henderson's - relay -
For the past two evenings, I've gone to see Ame Henderson/Public Recordings production "relay". It's a dance/theatre work that has a lot of potential conceptualizations for different audience members. To me, it invites the audience to think about how social cohesion, communication of memory/experience, consensus forming, joint decision making, and ( Read more... ) -
Quick arts updates, Blind Date
I didn't see the Magnetic Fields. I did go to Dance Ontario's DanceWeekend 2010, which led to my seeing Andrea Nann's choreography for The Flying Bulgars (Formerly The Flying Bulgar Klezmer Band) production "Tumbling Into Light" at the Young Centre, and running into Lauren, an old and dear friend, and her husband (who was also there with his mother ( Read more... )