This was for me a stunning news… the french company Motor Development International (MDI) is about to start the mass production of a car which is only driven by compressed air! They claim the car can drive for 100 km with a single air tank, and producing zero emissions! I have to admit, we often… Continue reading What are you driving with? Oh, I run on air!
Author: chris car
Human clock
The site has every minute a new photo showing the current time… See it here.
A purple optical illusion
For those of you who like this kind of trick, check out this optical illusion. Disclaimer: we are not responsible for your dizziness afterwards!
Face Hunter
I love street fashion photography, and Face Hunter is one of my favorite web destinations to see what’s being worn on streets in Europe.
Physical Networking
I think next time i attend a conference or party i’ll bring Ethernet cables with me, so to try to create an image of a physical network, to connect to people and do what is so popular nowadays: “networking”…
Fuck For Forest: eco-porn, a new trend?
Finally a blog post about pornography. This should bring a huge load of visitors to Vu d’ici! 😉 Fuck for Forest is a very idealistic project aiming in saving the rain forest and nature… in a… *aehm* very unconventional way. 😉 They publish “home-made” pornographic movies for paying members on their web site. They claim… Continue reading Fuck For Forest: eco-porn, a new trend?
New Rave kids, blog invaders
Since the band The Klaxons started this New Rave (or Nu Rave for insiders) music trend around 2005, there is a growing number of kids who use blogs to push their music remixes and party photos to the web. I am fascinated (do I over-use this word???) by the fact that these kids seem to… Continue reading New Rave kids, blog invaders
A decision to die
First I did not wanted to blog about that but I told m-c this story yesterday and she said that it would be interesting for Vu d’ici. It’s a tragic story which happened in Germany and I read on the Spiegel magazine about it. Last year in November 2007, a 58 year old man got… Continue reading A decision to die
Let it shine !
Lichtfaktor is an artist collective from Cologne (Germany) who create amazing light drawings and graffitis in an urban landscape at night. Love it! Flickr photo stream Their blog
Zero-waste cutting edge city experiment
The United Arab Emirates began to build on the Masdar City project, which will be a zero-carbon, zero-waste city using cutting-edge solar power technology in the middle of the deserts of Abu Dhabi. Finished by 2015 this city will be inhabited by 50,000 people and a showcase of how cities will look like in the… Continue reading Zero-waste cutting edge city experiment
Hey, decadent fashionistas!
Visual pleasure on a Monday morning for all people interested in avant-garde fashion photography can be found on Foto Decadent.
Hi it’s us !
In the last days, I’ve been surfing around the web to find what we as humans have been doing in order to get in contact with extraterrestrial beings. Here is what I have found on my way so far… The photo shows a part of the so-called Pioneer plaque which was placed on board of… Continue reading Hi it’s us !
In memorial: Falco
Hey, Falco died exactly 10 years ago. He remains – even nowadays – the most famous Austrian pop star, known for the international number one hit “Rock me Amadeus”. But I prefer songs like “Jeanne” and especially “Der Kommisar”, which has a pretty cool beat. “Alles klar, Herr Kommisar? Check it out.
Solar Cycle 24
On January 4, 2008 a new sunspot appeared on the sun which signaled the start of Solar Cycle 24. Sunspots are just spots on the sun, but they always come with solar winds which hit the magnetic field of the Earth and can cause so-called “geomagnetic storms”, which can lead to power outages. Scientists at… Continue reading Solar Cycle 24
Tofu curry with rice
This is my very first cooking recipe I am writing about. And it is actually one of the very few recipes I am able to cook. For your information: I am not a great cook at all (and my name is not Jamie Oliver). But I am patient and I am learning, especially from m-c’s… Continue reading Tofu curry with rice
Something to daydream
This photo is for you to daydream. It was created by Austrian architect and artist Hundertwasser and it is called Waldspirale (translated it means “spiral forest“).
The science of enjoying life
“Amidst all the attention given to the sciences as to how they can lead to the cure of all diseases and daily problems of mankind, I believe that the biggest breakthrough will be the realization that the arts, which are conventionally considered “useless,” will be recognized as the whole reason why we ever try to… Continue reading The science of enjoying life
Love relationships in 2008
I saw this on the status updates of Facebook and was fascinated. We are in 2008; that’s how it looks nowadays, if you break up with someone and jump into a new love relationship.
About the nature and global warming… again
When I saw the title and link to this article (“Facing the Facts about Climate Change”), I thought, oh no! not again! I cannot hear about the subjects global warming and nature and pollution again. But I gave it a try and finally I found it very informative and it provoked some new thoughts within… Continue reading About the nature and global warming… again
Made in China – Assembled in Montréal
I took another series of photos on my current work. I have so much fun working on my sculptures! 🙂 Oh yeah, most of the latest additions to that piece were made by listening to “old” Techno records on the Harthouse Frankfurt compilation. So these are rather “Techno Objects” now… 😉 Link to my Flickr… Continue reading Made in China – Assembled in Montréal
Female Icon Personator
Flickr Set How to: *Print and cut out your favorite female icon’s face *take a photo *save as jpg file (no larger than 600×600 pixels) *mail it to info @ geuzen.org or *use your own flickr account and tag the picture as follows: melikeher + marilynmonroe (if you are impersonating Marilyn Monroe) For other De… Continue reading Female Icon Personator
German DJs and their living rooms
Excellent photos of personal work spaces of some german DJs (DJ Koze, Ritchie Hawtin, Ellen Allien, DJ Hell and many more; I know, not all are from Germany, but they live in Berlin, at least, and that for a good reason ;-)). Link
The new punk?
update by m-c : As strange as this might sound after writing in previous posts about feminism, and trying to better define today’s “Feminism” by a new term, such as suggested with “Equalityism”, i just found out about The International Mens Fashion Freedom Network. Since chris posted this article about men clothes being boring, many… Continue reading The new punk?
French speaking group
I am searching for a “French speaking group” in Montréal, since I am currently refreshing my french skills… with books in theory so far. So I would like to meet with other people (for example who learn French as well) to speak French for an hour per week, at a nice coffee or outdoor somewhere.… Continue reading French speaking group
Support “Google Will Eat Itself”
The art project GWEI (= Google Will Eat Itself) has been fully censored by Google, which means it has been removed from all Google Search-Indexes worldwide. The idea behind GWEI is simple: Google Will Eat Itself generates money by serving Google text advertisments on a network of hidden Websites. With this money GWEI automatically buy… Continue reading Support “Google Will Eat Itself”
Size 34, 36 or 38 ?
The fashion industry is very good at establishing wrong stereotypes of beauty, which are far away from reality. If you have a look at fashion stores, most of the clothes sizes are tailored for ultra thin women. The effect is that more women try to do everything to fit into this false reality – on… Continue reading Size 34, 36 or 38 ?
Gilles Peterson Worldwide
I am a huge fan of DJ, BBC radio moderator, Talkin’ Loud label founder and (since recently) podcaster Gilles Peterson. He is always digging a little bit deeper in sound archives than his collegues and he has an excellent feeling for new music and upcoming artists on a worldwide level. He is “Searching for the… Continue reading Gilles Peterson Worldwide
Success
When I was living in Germany, I had a subscription for the fabulous german magazine Brand Eins. By reading the magazine for 2 years, it changed my mind not only once. I learned so much from the well-written and critical articles about economy, society and psychology. It was one of my most important sources of… Continue reading Success
New clothes collection by Walter Van Beirendonck
I just stumbled accross Walter Van Beirendonck‘s newest clothes collection. I like this guy for his sense of humor and criticism in his collection. I made some screenshots from his website… Link to the collection. I definitely should have a look at where his clothes are sold in North America.
Cirque du Soleil live videos from backstage
We will be backstage to record live videos of Cirque du Soleil – Delirium artists at around 3pm, Stay tuned!. We encourage fans as well to record videos and get in touch with the artists. Click here to see or record a vid!
Impressions: Mutek at Friday night
They played definitely not the sound I like (hardcore techno?), but anyways, I liked the visuals. (by Chris)
Mutek 7 impressions: Modeselektor
Modeselektor from Germany set the dancing crowd in Montréal on fire!!!! The following Modeselektor mp3 files are looping in my player: Silikon, Dancing Box, Hasir. Link to official Modeselektor page. posted by chris car.
Mutek 7: Video interview with Modeselektor
Click to play! Produced on Stars-of-the-Web | Record your own vid – these vids on youtube: here and here; – Modeselektor on Myspace. Posted by Chris Car.
Hello! this is a test
Hello yeah, this is a test. For the following days Chris will be blogging with me over here from Mutek where we’ll be hanging around – dancing, drinking, chatting – all about fun. Couverture en français sur le Bap blogue. And guess what, the weather is just perfect – Happy Mutek fest! m-c