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Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:47:20 -0500

Katajjaq - Arctic Quebec, Belcher Islands, Baffin LandVocal game, both ludic and musical....

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 16:30:00 -0500

Katajjaq - Arctic Quebec, Belcher Islands, Baffin Land

Vocal game, both ludic and musical. Two women face each other usually in a standing position and holding each other’s arms. One singer leads by setting a short rhythmic pattern, the other singer fills in the gap with another rhythmic pattern.

The sounds are both voiced and unvoiced through inhalation or exhalation. The sounds may be actual words or nonsense syllables or created during exhalation. Often, the singing is accompanied by a shuffling in rhythm from one foot to the other. At one time, the lips of the two women almost touched, so that one singer used the mouth cavity of the other as a resonator, but this is less common in present day.

The game stops when one of the women runs out of breath or laughs. Even if the ludic dimension of the game remains predominant, the partners are nevertheless appreciated for their endurance and for the quality of the sounds they produce.

Das Mineralreich in Bildern, J.C. Kurr, 1858.

Sat, 31 Oct 2009 02:25:00 -0400

Das Mineralreich in Bildern, J.C. Kurr, 1858.

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 02:17:00 -0400

Time keeping motions, 1879.

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 17:50:00 -0400

Time keeping motions, 1879.

Mountains: elna frederick

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 16:47:00 -0400

Mountains: elna frederick

The best kind of infestation.

Sun, 25 Oct 2009 21:12:00 -0400

The best kind of infestation.

Soon, a singing sawyer.

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 02:07:00 -0400

Soon, a singing sawyer.

Every evening, before going to bed, Pater- and Materfamilias set up an electric camera-obscura over...

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 22:05:00 -0400

Every evening, before going to bed, Pater- and Materfamilias set up an electric camera-obscura over their mantel-piece, gladden their eyes with the sight of their Children at the Antipodes, and converse gaily with them through the wire.

Paterfamilias. “Beatrice, come closer. I want to whisper.”
Beatrice. “Yes, Papa dear.”
Paterfamilias. “Who is that charming young Lady playing on Charlie’s side?”
Beatrice. “She’s just come over from England, Papa. I’ll introduce you to her as soon as the Game’s over!”

Telephonoscope. Late 19th century concept of a videophone. And the Telectroscope. A term also used in the 19th century to describe science-based systems of distant seeing. The first conceptual model of a videophone. A friend recently drew a connection between the Miraya project I am helping with and this. (Thanks Matthew)

Autoprose: A Picture of You, Viewed in TextPad ≤É&ì¬£t6“U ‚eÚ≥Ñ√”u„ÛF’î§Ö¥ï ‰Ù•µ...

Sun, 18 Oct 2009 18:47:00 -0400

Autoprose: A Picture of You, Viewed in TextPad

≤É&ì¬£t6“U ‚eÚ≥Ñ√”u„ÛF’î§Ö¥ï ‰Ù•µ ≈’ñ∂∆÷Êˆ7GWg wáóß∑«◊Á˜ ≤É&5¬“Dì T £dE U6te‚Ú ≥Ñ√”u„ÛFî§Ö¥ ïƒ‘ˇˇˇΩ6S SQ™^^6.ø.÷—SA%œ1¿ìµøI Ó˛C ëıó≠ e≥w⁄ﬂM g ëC XÉ?·?IvˇƒDh)3 ûZÁYS•“›Ù»ˇΩ3Ùnl7” ≥˚¡ªn“◊’∏VGÔ2 ∆˛Û?¬Ô˙ ª ÉLá 4Óh ◊≠v º˘Çf~

Sat, 10 Oct 2009 20:16:00 -0400

September 21, 1927. George R. White, former aviator during the war, on the beach at St. Augustine...

Fri, 09 Oct 2009 00:14:00 -0400

September 21, 1927. George R. White, former aviator during the war, on the beach at St. Augustine where he attempted to make the first successful bird-like flight in history. White is in his foot-propelled, wing-flapping, motorless ornithopter which weighs 118 pounds, is 8 feet in length, and has a wing span of 29.5 feet. It crashed on the test flight.

Enemy tracer bullets weave an intricate pattern as they shoot towards the planes of the Royal Air...

Thu, 01 Oct 2009 00:54:00 -0400

Enemy tracer bullets weave an intricate pattern as they shoot towards the planes of the Royal Air Force during a night attack on Hamburg. (Moon River)

Flying houses / herons.

Fri, 18 Sep 2009 01:25:00 -0400

Flying houses / herons.

Wed, 16 Sep 2009 22:32:50 -0400

Sat, 05 Sep 2009 22:33:00 -0400

Wed, 02 Sep 2009 21:53:00 -0400

ditto didymo diatom: mire muck mud img: Haeckel

Sun, 23 Aug 2009 19:30:00 -0400

ditto didymo diatom: mire muck mud
img: Haeckel

…so that’s where you went.

Thu, 20 Aug 2009 19:46:00 -0400

…so that’s where you went.

Declare invalid (pt.1): Cutlery.

Wed, 19 Aug 2009 19:09:00 -0400

Declare invalid (pt.1): Cutlery.