Publicity to promote the importance of culture that I directed with a production team called LES ENFANTS.

Gente di Terra Madre (SOTTOTITOLATA IN ITALIANO) Prodotta da Slow Food slowfood.it terramadre.org Terra Madre Rete delle comunità del cibo. Terra Madre ... (More)

Gente di Terra Madre
(SOTTOTITOLATA IN ITALIANO)

Prodotta da Slow Food
slowfood.it
terramadre.org

Terra Madre
Rete delle comunità del cibo.
Terra Madre riunisce tutti coloro che fanno parte della filiera alimentare per difendere insieme agricoltura, pesca e allevamento sostenibili e per preservare il gusto e la biodiversità del cibo.

Terra Madre
The Food Communities Network
Terra Madre brings together those players in the food chain who together support sustainable agriculture, fishing, and breeding with the goal of preserving taste and biodiversity. Find out more about the Terra Madre 2008 event.

realizzato da/realized by
Stefano Scarafia / Paolo Casalis (regia/montaggio/camera) / Fabio Mancari (camera) / Federico Bertoli (fotografia) / Pietro Jona (suono in presa diretta) / Damiano Gravili (produttore esecutivo).

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Terra Madre è un progetto concepito da Slow Food, frutto del suo percorso di crescita e che oggi ha il suo fulcro nella convinzione che “mangiare è un atto agricolo e produrre è un atto gastronomico”. Da sempre Slow Food si è schierato per i piaceri della tavola e il buon cibo e ha difeso le culture locali di fronte alla crescente omogeneizzazione imposta dalle logiche cosiddette moderne di produzione, distribuzione ed economia di scala. Ed è proprio seguendo fino in fondo queste logiche che Slow Food si è reso conto di quanto fosse necessario proteggere e sostenere i piccoli produttori, ma anche cambiare il sistema che li danneggia, mettendo insieme gli attori che hanno potere decisionale: consumatori, istituti di formazione, chef e cuochi, enti di ricerca agricola, organizzazioni non governative... Divenne evidente che si poteva avere un impatto significativo solo moltiplicando e cumulando azioni locali che seguissero una visione-guida globale.

Così è nata Terra Madre: per dare voce e visibilità ai contadini, pescatori e allevatori che popolano il nostro mondo. Per aumentare, nelle comunità dei produttori e nell’opinione pubblica, la consapevolezza di quanto è prezioso il loro lavoro. Per dare ai produttori qualche arma in più per continuare a lavorare in condizioni migliori, per il bene di tutti noi e del pianeta. Per queste ragioni, costruire una rete mondiale – che disponesse di strumenti di condivisione delle informazioni e che offrisse la possibilità di imparare dalle esperienze altrui e di collaborare con gli altri – è sembrato fondamentale. Il nostro obiettivo è continuare ad avere terre fertili, dove germoglino e crescano piante e animali adatti a quei particolari ambienti, piuttosto che dopati con sostanze chimiche che li fanno fruttare o ingrassare artificialmente. Il nostro obiettivo è continuare ad avere persone che custodiscono terre, saperi e cibi che hanno il gusto della nostra infanzia.

La rete di Terra Madre è stata lanciata nella riunione inaugurale del 2004 a Torino. Quel primo incontro ha radunato 5000 produttori da 130 paesi e ha attirato – come mai prima di allora – l’attenzione dei media sulle loro problematiche. La seconda edizione dell’incontro internazionale si è tenuta nel 2006 e ha coinvolto anche 1000 cuochi – dai più celebri ai più semplici –, tutti profondamente consapevoli delle responsabilità nei confronti dei produttori di qualità. Nel 2006 hanno partecipato alla riunione generale anche 400 ricercatori e accademici, nel tentativo di riavvicinare la teoria alle buone pratiche.

Un progetto così ambizioso non si sarebbe mai potuto realizzare senza il contributo di un gruppo di sostenitori molto motivati. Slow Food ha mobilitato istituzioni pubbliche, enti locali, regionali e nazionali per formare insieme la Fondazione Terra Madre. L’associazione ha anche favorito partnership con compagnie private e reti solidali, alcune delle quali si sono costituite appositamente per l’evento.

Terra Madre is a project conceived by Slow Food, the philosophy of which evolved over the the organization’s history and crystallized at its realization that “eating is an agricultural act and producing is a gastronomic act.” Slow Food had always stood for the pleasures of the table, for the importance of good-tasting food, and for the defense of cultures facing growing homogenization as a result of today’s so-called modern rationales regarding production, distribution, and economies of scale. It was where these “rationales” were leading that brought Slow Food to realize the need to protect and support small producers, and to change the systems that put them in danger by bringing together those players with decision-making power: consumers, educational institutions, chefs and cooks, agricultural research entities, NGOs, etc. It became clear that it is only through repeated, cumulative, local action, following a guiding global vision, that a significant impact can be achieved.

Thus Terra Madre was born: To give voice and visibility to the rural food producers who populate our world. To raise their awareness, as well as that of the population at large, of the value of their work. To sustain their ability to work under the best conditions, for all of our good and for the good of the planet. For these reasons, constructing a global network—with information-sharing tools, the means to learn from each other, and opportunities for collaboration in many ways—seemed invaluable. We must continue to have fertile lands, lands on which sprout and grow plants and animals appropriate to those environments, rather than needing to be pumped full of chemicals to make them thrive artificially. And we must also continue to have the people capable of stewarding these lands, to have their know-how, so we can have food that still carries the tastes of our youth.

The inaugural gathering of Terra Madre launched the network in 2004 in Torino, and was on an unprecedented scale. This first edition brought together 5000 producers from 130 countries and shone global media attention on their crisis. The second edition was in 2006, and incorporated an additional 1000 cooks, from renowned to modest, but all aware of their role relative to high-quality food producers. Also in attendance were 400 researchers and academics, seeking to bridge the theory of their work with hands-on practice.
A project of this scope could never have come into being without a dedicated core of partners. Slow Food rallied public institutions as well as local, regional, and national bodies to collectively form the Terra Madre Foundation, further partnering with private companies and numerous like-minded networks, some of which were established specially for the event. (Less)

Part Two in "Death of a Neuron," an anti-drug trilogy. In this paranoid odyssey of adolescent change, three best friends try to make their first feature ... (More)

Part Two in "Death of a Neuron," an anti-drug trilogy. In this paranoid odyssey of adolescent change, three best friends try to make their first feature film. As they progress with this fantasy, reality fades into the absurd. An ironic and naturalistic critique of suburban youth culture. Metaphorical, surrealist and lewd, the film breathes randomness.

While a great deal of absurdist fiction is humorous in nature, the hallmark of the genre is not humor, but rather the study of human behavior under circumstances that are highly unusual. Unlike many other forms of literature, absurdist works will not necessarily have a traditional plot structure (i.e. rising action, climax, falling action). Similarly, the “moral” of the story is generally not explicit, and the characters are often ambiguous in nature. It would be accurate to describe absurdism and absurdist fiction as an "acquired taste." The genre is a favorite among scholars because it lends itself so well to interpretation, discussion and debate.

Created for an avant-garde film course. It is an experimental piece.

Written and Directed by Jesse Barack. Music by Daniel Forberg, FLEX, Sunset Cruisin and Greg Tessitore (aka DJ Kyle Rayner).

Trailer Music:
"The Vision of Lightning" by FLEX
© Copyright 2009 FLEX
www.myspace.com/flexnet

Produced by Films Royale LLC.
http://FilmsRoyale.com/

© Copyright 2009 Films Royale LLC.
All Rights Reserved. (Less)

Vision. Leadership. Expertise. Monster. Who the hell is running things anyway? Is he man or beast, machine or god? Toronto, New York, London, Tokyo – ... (More)

Vision. Leadership. Expertise. Monster.
Who the hell is running things anyway? Is he man or beast, machine or god? Toronto, New York, London, Tokyo – BUSINESS AS USUAL invites you along for a psychotic ride through the financial power capitals of the world. Described as an art-film version of ‘The Corporation’, BUSINESS AS USUAL presents unusual representations through a more than usual character; the generic businessman. Gestures were filmed in front of stock exchange buildings in TORONTO (TSX), NEW YORK (NYSE), LONDON (FTSE) AND TOKYO (TSE) and edited as a collage-in-motion, combining location, gesture and image manipulation.
BUSINESS AS USUAL reveals the grotesquely human nature of the executive citizen and questions the threatening prevalence of global economic markets as the new world culture. (Less)

Experimental animated film by Clinton Neighbor. A surrealistic exploration of another culture. A selection of the 2007 YoungCuts Film Festival. www.... (More)

Experimental animated film by Clinton Neighbor. A surrealistic exploration of another culture. A selection of the 2007 YoungCuts Film Festival. www.YoungCuts.com. (Less)

http://www.a3film.com - In mid- to late-'60s Britain, an unusual yet colorful subculture sprang up and thrived as a product of the upswing in British pop ... (More)

http://www.a3film.com - In mid- to late-'60s Britain, an unusual yet colorful subculture sprang up and thrived as a product of the upswing in British pop music, only to meet its doom within a few short years. Though the BBC functioned as the country's main source of news and music, its programmers offered very little airtime to rock & roll -- which left an overwhelming need unfulfilled. In response, small bands of "pirate" radio enthusiasts set up broadcasting towers on boats just outside of English boundary waters, and transmitted signals to an estimated 25 million listeners, 24 hours a day and seven days per week. Unsurprisingly, the DJs who took charge of these broadcasts could rival just about anyone in terms of flamboyance and outsized personalities. With The Boat That Rocked, writer-director Richard Curtis (Love Actually) travels back to the Swinging Sixties and takes a headfirst plunge into this colorful realm. The story opens in 1966, aboard a rusty fishing trawler christened Radio Rock and equipped with pirate broadcasting equipment. Here, the slightly daft elitist Quentin (Bill Nighy) presides over a motley crew of joint-toking, s*x-hungry disc jockeys including Dave (Nick Frost), a heavyset boob who nevertheless considers himself a hot property with women and loves to chase skirts; "The Count" (Philip Seymour Hoffman), an American DJ who aspires to be the first person to drop an F-bomb over the British airwaves; the gloom-laden Irishman Simon (Chris O'Dowd); bonked-out hipster Thick Kevin (Tom Brooke); womanizer Mark (Tom Wisdom); Angus (Rhys Darby), a New Zealander whom nobody likes; and the only female member of the group, lesbian cook Felicity (Katherine Parkinson). These misfits pull off quite a show -- enough of one that they attain the status of national idols for the youth culture -- but the super-conservative government minister Dormandy (Kenneth Branagh) detests the whole business and will do almost anything in his power to shut them down. ~ Nathan Southern, All Movie Guide

Studio: Universal
Release Date: August 28, 2009. (Less)

A Unique Documentary Experience. Mythic Journeys is an inventive fusion of documentary, story, artwork and animation. Despite the fact that myth has ... (More)

A Unique Documentary Experience.
Mythic Journeys is an inventive fusion of documentary, story, artwork and animation. Despite the fact that myth has always existed, surprisingly few people today are aware of even the classic myths or the potential myths have to impact their lives. Myths are the reservoir of human wisdom - the story and the meaning of life. Every human being has asked the questions who am I, what is my purpose, why am I here? The answers are in the myths that have been passed on from generation to generation. Mythology is a tool that can bridge cultures, communities and generations. Through this film we hope to inspire people to activism and show that by helping others we ultimately help ourselves.

There is a saying, "Love without action is meaningless, but action without love is irrelevant." It's time to act, it's time to evolve. We are the ancestors of the future. Thousands of years from now we are going to be those handprints on the cave walls. And people will look back and say those were our ancestors; what did they do? They say they lived their lives to the fullest. So, it doesn't matter how we die, it only matters how we live. Every life is a story and that story can change the world.

Find Out More At:
http://www.imaginalcellsinc.
com/MythicJourneys.htm. (Less)

(English) Il Sopranista / The Sopranist is a film concerning Faith & Opera. This film deals with a man having an indefinable and divine voice. Il ... (More)

(English) Il Sopranista / The Sopranist is a film concerning Faith & Opera. This film deals with a man having an indefinable and divine voice. Il Sopranista / The Sopranist is set in Italy, in the present-days. Its a completely Italian film and it shows a culture that is slowly vanishing. The Italian Society destroys art & artists. In the 17th century the Sopranists were sacred while nowadays they are humiliated and considered freaks.
(Italian) Il Sopranista / The Sopranist è un film inerente la Fede e l'Opera. Questo film ha a che fare con un uomo dalla voce indefinibile e divina. Il Sopranista / The Sopranist è ambientato in Italia nella contemporaneità. E' un film completamente italiano e mostra una cultura che sta lentamente svanendo. La Società italiana distrugge l'arte e gli artisti. Nel 17 secolo i sopranisti erano considerati sacri, oggi essi sono umiliati e considerati dei freaks. (Less)

Xcorps Action Sports Show #30.) "BMX " - seg.3 - The X cams zoom in on southern California in this episode with guest hosts Rat Sult and Crystal Aldana ... (More)

Xcorps Action Sports Show #30.) "BMX " - seg.3 - The X cams zoom in on southern California in this episode with guest hosts Rat Sult and Crystal Aldana hanging with the All Girl Skate Jam at the Vans Warped Tour in San Diego, BMX bike master Rick Thorne hucking major moves at his private park in east LA and Jason Lazo checks out the opening of the worlds largest skate park - Vans - in Orange Ca.
The show opens with guest host and BMX legend Rick Thorne at his custom BMX park built in his backyard in east LA. See what The Man in Black says about the sport and check the action backed by new tunes and video from Suburban Noize band Mower cranking their song Road Rage. None died in the making of the vid!
Crystal and Rat roll the Vans Warped Tour and cover the All Girl Skate Jam happening at the custom all aluminum ramp painted by the folks at Lost. Cool. Rat interviews female skaters Apryl Woodcock and Mandy Esch. Great shots of them and other girls pulling moves.
After the break the action and music continue with the KottonMouth Kings performing their new video Move cut to more freestyle BMX action featuring Rick Thorne. Nice fit. Rat interviews Rick for the details behind the freestyle zone he calls Fade to Black named after the Metallica song. Cool foam pit flights by rider Sean Stack here also all backed by tunage from Maverick Records - Cookie - doing Hot Night.
In the next segment Rat and Crystal thro it to host Jason Lazo who is at the super-sized Vans skate park called The Block, in Orange California which at 46,000 sq. feet makes it one of the largest skate parks on the planet. X cams rolled the action on the street course complete with ramps, rails, banks and pyramids. Killer shots at the 80 foot vert ramp as well as pros rolling the Combi Pool built from the original Upland Ca skate pool plans. Sweet!
Jason talks to pool legend Salba - Steve Alba. See what he thinks of the place. Mowers remake of California Dreamin rocks the skate action along with video and music from Selectric Records - Cross Culture - jamming their song - Swing - thanks to Rive video.
After the break the cameras find Rat hanging at the AGSJ booth with the cool girls from team MetroMint and he talks to AGSJ founder Patty Segovia about the event.
The show closes out clicking with the KMK band and more sick BMX action from Rick Thorne at his Fade to Black park along with some sound advise from the Man in Black.
Additional music from Ozomatli doing the song Cut Chemist Suite.
Keep it moving! J.S. Edmondson 7/06 TrT - 29:30 Closed Captioned.
©2009 The Xcorps See The Action - Hear The Music - Join The Xcorps! . (Less)

Short Overview: Bello Benischauer - dual-citizenship of Austria and Australia, living in Fremantle/Western Australia, digital media artist. He has ... (More)

Short Overview:
Bello Benischauer - dual-citizenship of Austria and Australia, living in Fremantle/Western Australia, digital media artist. He has exhibited regularly since the late 90's in Museums and Centres for Contemporary Art in Australia, Europe, the United States and Asia. Multiple visits of various countries result today in a deep connection to world-cultures and mankind in general, expressed in his work. His projects explore the relationship between humanity, technology and the natural environment. His DVDs are part of Contemporary Arts Media, one of the leading consultants and suppliers of films and books for Arts Education.
Artist's website - www.artinprocess.com

2009: Solo-retrospective at ACCEA, Armenian Centre for Contemporary Experimental Art, Yerevan, Armenia/South-west Asia: 05.-19.06.09.

2008: ARTECH08 07/08.11.08 - 4th International Conference on Digital Arts, invited installation work, Portuguese Catholic University of Porto/PORTUGAL.
Teacher workshop/Curriculum Council - 22.09.08 - Edith Cowan University Perth/WA.
Artist-in-residence workshop - Mt Lawley SHS/WA - 01.-06.09.08.
ISEA2008 (the International Symposium on Electronic Arts 2008 academic conference) - artist presenter from 25.-31.07.08, Singapore (supported by DCA, Artflight Grant).
Part of the Pool Project, a media-sharing project developed by ABC Radio National.
SOHO Art Festival Vienna/A - mobile cinema - 17-31.05.08.
Artist talk at the Curriculum Council WA, 28.04.08, WACA Perth.
VAC Mentorship Program 2008-2009.

May 2008 - June 2010 IMPACT & FUSION solo-exhibition tours with Art On the Move (supported by DCA WA and Australia Council for the Arts).
2010: tour planned to go to University of Western Sydney Art Collection, Hervey Bay Regional Gallery, QL and other interstate venues.
Touring dates:
Bunbury Regional Art Gallery/WA: April-May 2010.
Australian Prospectors & Miners Hall of Fame, Kalgoorlie/WA: 03.10.2009 - 05.01.2010.
Geraldton Art Gallery/WA: 24.07.-20.09.2009.
Moora Fine Art Gallery/WA: 28.03.-13.04.2009.
Art Gallery Katanning/WA: 02.-16.03.2009.
Mandurah Art Gallery/WA: 05.12.08-12.01.2009.
Shark Bay World Heritage Discovery and Information Centre, Denham/WA: 18.09.-26.10.2008.
The Cannery Arts Centre, Esperance/WA: 01.08.-07.09.2008.
Town Hall, Ravensthorpe/WA: 20.06.-04.07.2008.
Vancouver Arts Centre, Albany/WA: 09.05.-11.06.2008. (Less)

Experimental documentary exploring the nature of familial relationships in Iran and across the Iranian diaspora.

With an ever growing emphasis on Western society's wasteful consumer culture, there has been a need to address the relationships we have with our material ... (More)

With an ever growing emphasis on Western society's wasteful consumer culture, there has been a need to address the relationships we have with our material possessions. Recycling, reusing and re-purposing objects are useful ways to improve our attitudes towards the things we throw-away, and the objects we choose to keep around us. Using everyday objects “The Year 2000 Bug Problem” weaves a short narrative centering around the re-purposing of objects and the problems of ever advancing technology - the “must have” adgets of today are always potentially tomorrows trash - or are they?. (Less)

This year's glimpse of the annual Edinburgh Military Tattoo spectacular. This year includes acts from Scotland, England, Russia, Middles*x, Taiwan, ... (More)

This year's glimpse of the annual Edinburgh Military Tattoo spectacular. This year includes acts from Scotland, England, Russia, Middles*x, Taiwan, Trinidad and Tobago, Canada, Africa and Australia as they celebrate the many cultures of the world. (Less)

When American and Russian Santas accidentally switch sleighs, they must both fulfill their Christmas task in an unfamiliar nation.

Dazed and Confused magazine invited me to re mix their January'09 edition on British Youth Culture using photographs by Hedi Slimane. I wanted to ... (More)

Dazed and Confused magazine invited me to re mix their January'09 edition on British Youth Culture using photographs by Hedi Slimane.

I wanted to convey the idea of breaking apart and transforming something into a beautiful, flowing movement of imagery which links and works together to form something new. For the subject matter I've broken apart the helmet photo, forming symmetrical shapes. The idea is to start off with a full helmet and finish with an intricate web of inter connecting shapes made up of elements from the helmet and various other armor.

The technique I've used is to print out the images, photo copy them, then photo copy the copy, and so on until the image forms a completely different shape. These are then scanned back in to the computer and cut put together like stop frame animation. It gives it quite a low-fi organic feel. Various images are then colorised in bright neons every few frames. (Less)

http://www.watcha3.com - Fall From grace - 'Hated Youth' - Fall From Grace is a Hard Rock Phoenix rising from the ashes of adversity. Each of the four band... (More)

http://www.watcha3.com - Fall From grace - 'Hated Youth' - Fall From Grace is a Hard Rock Phoenix rising from the ashes of adversity. Each of the four band members are a walking testament to the saying “that which does not kill you, makes you stronger.” Creating music for the masses, each song is a story of struggle, and triumph.

Fall From Grace formed in the musical hotbed of Seattle Washington. However this punk-rock, foursome does not subscribe to the indie pop culture or grunge persona most are used to from the area. Instead, Fall From Grace live and play in the underbelly of the Seattle scene, hitting the hardcore clubs and breathing life into a new movement they are building, one that is breaking through with the help of acts like Aiden and Amber Pacific.

Fall from Grace’s gritty punk-rock sound is exemplified by their non-stop action packed live show. Front man Tryg commands the mob of psycho scenesters while singing songs with infectious melodies, brutal breakdowns and crowd clap choruses. Their music gives something to everyone. Although the subject matter is dark at times the display is up tempo and incites a dancing riot. This band has come together and faced the darkest of times but has spun it in a way that brings the message of hope and hard-core happiness to all who hear it. (Less)

Cosimo, an Italian immigrant living in South Philadelphia, and his family are winemakers.

These films are part of a series that explores a culture that constantly looks at itself on the television, in personal photos, and overtly self-conscious ... (More)

These films are part of a series that explores a culture that constantly looks at itself on the television, in personal photos, and overtly self-conscious places such as MySpace.com and the "Red Carpet". I am presenting a sentimental and familiar situation in a way that becomes both comic and tragic. An official selection from the 2006 Greater Philadelphia Student Film Festival. (Less)

http://www.a3film.com - Academy Award-winning director Ang Lee tells the story of the Greenwich Village interior designer who inadvertently helped to spark... (More)

http://www.a3film.com - Academy Award-winning director Ang Lee tells the story of the Greenwich Village interior designer who inadvertently helped to spark a cultural revolution by offering the organizers of the Woodstock Music and Arts Festival boarding at his family's Catskills motel. The year is 1969. Change is brewing in America, and the energy in Greenwich Village is palpable. Elliot Tiber (Demetri Martin) is working as an interior designer when he discovers that a high-profile concert has recently lost its permit from the nearby town of Wallkill, NY. Emboldened by the burgeoning gay rights movement yet still tied to tradition in the form of the family business -- a Catskills motel called the El Monaco -- Tiber phones producer Michael Lang (Jonathan Groff) at Woodstock Ventures and offers boarding to the harried concert crew. Later, as the Woodstock Ventures staff begans arriving in droves, half a million concertgoers make their way to Max Yasgur's (Eugene Levy) adjacent farm in White Lake, NJ, to witness the counterculture celebration that would ultimately make history as one of the greatest events in the annals of rock & roll. Imelda Staunton, Emile Hirsch, Liev Schreiber, and Paul Dano co-star. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide. (Less)