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Digital Storytelling

Why Richard Renaldi Makes Strangers Touch Each Other

April 16, 2010

Tagged as: Photographers, Photography, Richard Renaldi

The premise for this is beautiful.“A chasm between. An awkward lean. Arms draped around shoulders… loosely.

While most photographers sweat to make their subjects appear casual, their camera invisible, Richard Renaldi went another way.
He approaches strangers of all walks of life, and he asks them to touch each other.
Viewing the photos without knowing his setup, [...]

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Awesome Historical Archive of Electronic Dance Music – 40 Dj Mixes, 407 Tracks

April 11, 2010

Tagged as: archive, dj, Electronic Music, history, house, rave, techno

When people ask me what kind of music I like I usually just say ‘techno’, but electronic dance music is hard to describe to people who don’t already ‘know’. It’s got such a long history of being the soundtrack to young people transgressing the boundaries of modern, urbanized life – creating something new, something their [...]

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Thomas Sully

January 28, 2010

A photo I found online of a painting my great, great, great grandfather painted, The Torn Hat (1820), remixed by me nearly 200 years later. I could even remix his Wikipedia entry if I wanted.
Famous for his portraits of young people, Philadelphia painter Thomas Sully discarded eighteenth-century conventions representing children as miniature adults. Instead, he [...]

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Touring Eyebeam

September 11, 2009

Tagged as: Arts, fab lab, New York, Open content, opensource, technology, wobt

Image via Wikipedia

This August, I was fortunate enough to have a paid flight to Massachusetts AND place to stay (thanks to Ben Sheldon!) for the recent NAMAC Conference – which was a blast! Thanks NAMAC! While in Boston, I also decided to visit New York for friends and research for We Operate Best Together.
On [...]

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The Center For Digital Storytelling is Looking for an eCommerce Solution – Any Leads?

July 13, 2009

Hi Internet,
The awesome Center for Digital Storytelling is looking for some help choosing an eCommerce solution. I’m wracking my brain and can’t think of any. Might any of you have any leads?
Here’s the requirements direct from them:
“…we were wondering if you have a recommendation for another possibly more extended service that might catch all our [...]

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Siddhartha

July 3, 2009

Tagged as: siddhartha

Cover of Siddhartha

This reading was a reward for Jan Stewart. She upped her pledge to my project and tweeted out and helped me win. Thank you!
“They listened. Softly sounded the river, singing in many voices. Siddhartha looked into the water, and images appeared to him in the moving water: his father appeared, lonely, mourning for [...]

Siddhartha reading for Jan Stewart [2:37m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (2068)

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I Believe That We Operate Best Together: Let’s Prove This!

June 27, 2009

Hi internet! In the next 10 3 days, I am trying to raise $1500 (now just $1360 $819 thanks to Ellen, Aleem, Jan, Belinda, Anne, Ben, Tom, Paul, Laura, Mark, Darryl, Liz, Jo’el, Ryan, Mary, Elvia, Taylor, Emily and Kristin to fund an independent travel project through Europe.
It’s called We Operate Best Together. And it’s [...]

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Lightheart: A Symbol That’s Important To Me

January 5, 2008

Some people may carry around images of their family. Other people may wear crosses or get tattoos. I have this:

This is an image that I have had in my head and heart for a long time. It’s like a personal icon and for me and represents what I would like to see in the world. [...]

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A Girl Named Kai

December 10, 2007

Tagged as: Asian, identity, lgbt, videos

Kai Ling Xue – A Girl Named Kai
This is hands down, one of the most moving pieces of media I have ever seen. Poetic, profound, inspiring and beautiful. I live to see things like this created in the world.
This piece (taken from YouTube obviously) was created by Kai Ling Xue and submitted to [...]

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My Favorite Places in the Bay Area

November 16, 2007

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In My Language

February 26, 2007

I found this video after watching the CNN special on Amanda Baggs. I thought it was one of the more profound statements about humans I’ve ever seen. I was attracted first to the noises (being the sound artist that I am) but after watching it through to Amanda’s final commentary, I was left [...]

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The Putu Man

November 12, 2006

Tagged as: bicultural, culture, food, Indonesia, putu

I used to live in Indonesia in s small village called Gunung Sari. Everyday in the early evening, the putu man would come walking along a path that came near our house…

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Renuka’s Story

February 26, 2006

I currently work for the Media Arts Center San Diego’s Digital Storytelling Station, helping people tell their stories. I had the fortunate pleasure to meet an amazing young woman by the name of Renuka McGovern. Her story, ‘Why You Have a White Grandma’ can be seen below. It’s probably been one of [...]

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Part of Me

January 11, 2006

This is a digital story I made while working as a CTC VISTA at the San Diego LGBT Center. In it, I explored the noise I sometimes see in the world around me. Where are we going? What is important?

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