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How long is now?

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‘Be Here Now’ reads the title of the famous 1971 book on spirituality and meditation by Ram Dass – but do we all agree on what is meant by now?

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Ars Electronica

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Professor Erkki Huhtamo invites us for a tour of the 30th anniversary of ‘Ars Electronica Festival’, held in Linz, an Austrian city that may still today be infamous for some as the planned site for Hitler’s Führermuseum.

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The animal and the human being –objectified and bestial?

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The peak event of the Night of the Arts is just about to begin in Helsinki, at the Senate Square towards the end of August 2009.

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Butterfly hunter

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Memories of events that transpired before our births are impressed on us via pictures, stories or writings; but what of the medium that transmits these to us, is there not something spectral in that? McLuhan’s statement of the medium being the message immediately comes to mind when considering Klea McKenna’s project The Butterfly Hunter.

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How do we survive the future?

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The word visionary has several definitions. It may refer to someone marked by an impressive imagination or foresight, one who sees into the future.

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Massively magnificent wonder art

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During the Summer of 1988, I set off for voluntary work in England.

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Who was this near-genius?

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People often think that by throwing things away, they can make them disappear, make them be forgotten.

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(suomi) Muotoilijat vesisodassa

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(suomi) Pullotettu lähdevesi on tuttu elementti ranskalaisessa ruokapöydässä niin arkena kuin juhlana, kotona ja ravintolassa. Viime vuosina pulloveden kulutus on kuitenkin laskenut.

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