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Tom Ellard: Vivid and Kraftwerk Deserve Each Other

I saw Kraftwerk play live in 1981. It was wonderful. They brought their whole opera stage with them; all those green / yellow Wagnerian boxes and knobs and neon tubes. They seemed to enjoy their show as much as their … Continue reading

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Tom Ellard – Everything You Didn’t Want to Know About MOOCs

Every few years we concoct a new iconic shorthand for the same old modernist drive to social efficiency. It wasn’t too long ago that virtual worlds were the buzz. Micro blogging has been the firm favourite for the last three … Continue reading

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Tom Ellard – Oblique Firefly Overlocker (Sydney Festival version)

3D animation works hard to present the illusion of life – somehow it always falls short. This is a clip is about the disillusion of life. It celebrates those of us who are not as well made. Badly scripted boy … Continue reading

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Severed Heads – Dance

Severed Heads – Dance In honor of the 35th anniversary of the TRS-80 computer, some Severed Heads trivia… Tom Ellard named his first label “Terse Tapes” after the TRS-80. The track Dance (above, 27 seconds in) from the double LP … Continue reading

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Tom Ellard: Andy Warhol’s Mother

Via Tom Ellard: I’ve been thinking a great deal about creativity and curation over the last weeks. I’ve always excused my curmudgeonly ways because despite all my vocal distaste for everything – I still create, still add to the cultural … Continue reading

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