Love this: Secret Cinema turns to Lawrence of Arabia

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Excerpt from WiredUK:

"Walking into a Secret Cinema event is akin to walking into a festival that exists only to celebrate a single movie. This time artificial streets, market stalls, attractions -- even sand-filled deserts and real camels and donkeys -- became the set upon which performing actors and, of course, thousands of attendees, got to spend a costumed evening exploring in the build up to a screening of the three-and-a-half hour British cinema epic.

As with the Blade Runner event, the attention to detail was impressive, even if it did feel a little bit like wandering through a sandy version of Camden Market. I ventured past stalls, examining anything from snakes in jars to fortune tellers. I spent a while sat by a sandy desert mirage, drinking beer, before being pushed aside by one of the many in-character actors reenacting a chase through the markets. Good job there was a procession of belly dancers slithering their way through the faux streets to calm my would-be anxiety afterwards."

I want to go there...

Supercool! OK Go - White Knuckles Remix Contest - Indaba Music

Welcome to the "White Knuckles" remix contest. Like everything OK Go, this is no normal remix contest. This is a summon your inner Prince, turn your fans' knuckles white, get your mix on the Rock Band network remix contest. The band that redefined the way music is represented on the internet is turning yet again to the web's tremendous depth of talent. OK Go is encouraging everyone to get creative with the track. Redefine the feel and genre if you choose. Ready? OK, go crazy!

OK Go will be picking weekly winners to feature on OK-Go's web presences starting on September 21st, so get started now!

Multimedia Project 'Colorful but Colorblind: Roma Beyond Stereotypes' aims for social change

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From the website:

"Colorful but Colorblind: Roma Beyond Stereotypes

Colorful but Colorblind is a project aimed at remedying anti-Roma stereotyping through the creative use of multimedia in reporting minority issues in new member states of the European Union in Central and Eastern Europe (Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania and Slovakia) and internationally. Conceived by Transitions (TOL), a Prague-headquartered media development organization and Internet publisher, the project is implemented in close cooperation with four partner organizations in the target countries, the Center for Independent Journalism (CIJ) in Budapest, the Center for Independent Journalism (CJI) in Bucharest, the Media Development Center (MDC) in Sofia, and MEMO 98 in Bratislava. Leading specialists in multimedia storytelling and production from the School of Communication at the University of Miami took part in the project as trainers and producers."

Crowdfunded Doc 'The Guarani Project' well underway - aim to raise awareness to protect vital aquifer

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From the site:

“5 reasons to support the Guarani Project”

1. We can’t live without water

2. The Guarani Aquifer is being polluted now

3. The Guarani Aquifer is a potential source of conflict

4. There has never been an English language documentary about the Guarani Aquifer

5. Quality journalism doesn’t pay for itself

A Recent article from Johns Hopkins has more deets on the importance of the Guaraní Aquifer:

http://globalwater.jhu.edu/index.php/magazine/article/the_guarini_project/