Friday 27 March 2009

What The Future Papers Say

Those clever folk at Reclaim The Sheets have been busy distributing copies of FT2020 in London today. With their special link up to journalists living in 2020 - that's the future to you and I - Reclaim The Sheets have managed to tele-transport several copies of FT back to 2009. Pick up your copy from the streets or view online. News from the future is here.

A message from the future
From: Terence Hofmann, FT, 1Apr20 Capitalism isn’t really democracy - official

"“Capitalism doesn’t work in a free market ... To function, it needs regulating, and to thrive it requires manipulation.”
Britain’s break with dominator culture started at the 2009 climate talks, though the Copenhagen Consensus deleted all reference to it. Instead, that deal was framed as “sustaining ethical business, going forward.”
Today’s propaganda release is more forthright, describing post-ideology as “a framework-based market, not the market-based framework” of times past.
“If you gave more than you got you were always a loser,” the statement concludes. “But we were only winning by claiming our economies were ‘growing’, and to do that we had to take much more than we gave.”

COPYLEFT Not The Financial Times 2020 All wrongs reserved."


Further Info:
FT2020 / Reclaim The Sheets

Wednesday 25 March 2009

ArTea Party 2 Photos

Below is photographic evidence that ArTea Party took place earlier this month at The County Arms in Wandsworth. Guests and hosts alike enjoyed an afternoon of tea, cake, art, raffle prizes and tombola - what better way to spend a Saturday in March!

Together we raised over £230 for WFTC which will be put to good use on upcoming projects taking place in the borough soon! Keep and eye out, stay up to date and find out how you can be a part of the Wandsworth Fairtrade Campaign here.

A HUGE THANK YOU to everyone who took part behind the scenes and on the day: planners, artists, bakers, Wandsworth Guardian, Chris Gray, Divine Chocolate, The Co-operative, Abel & Cole, family and friends, WFTC, The County Arms and all our guests for coming down, eating cake, having fun and supporting the cause - it was lovely to meet you all - Cheers!

See you at the next one!

Photos by:
Thomas Woods @ Woowar & Rose Woods | Edited by Racheblue
Chris Gray @ Pikture Perfect

The Generation That Bought More Shoes...



Via: Unreliable Witnessed

Tuesday 24 March 2009

Little Red Riding Hood


SlagsmÄlsklubben - Sponsored by destiny from Tomas Nilsson on Vimeo.

Is this the future of reading fairy tales and stories to our kids and grand kids? Probably. If we allow this wasteful consumerist society to continue. Let it go! Now.

Source: Nathan, Flowing Data, 23Mar09

Ada Lovelace Day 09

From Ada Lovelace Day
"Ada Lovelace Day is an international day of blogging to draw attention to women excelling in technology. Women's contributions often go unacknowledged, their innovations seldom mentioned, their faces rarely recognised. We want you to tell the world about these unsung heroines. Whatever she does, whether she is a sysadmin or a tech entrepreneur, a programmer or a designer, developing software or hardware, a tech journalist or a tech consultant, we want to celebrate her achievements."

Thursday 19 March 2009

Home Office Lunacy!

From: Visiting Artists and Academics Petition

"The UK Home Office has introduced new bureaucratic procedures for organisations that wish to invite non-EU artists and academics to the UK ... we are dismayed by these new regulations - which will curb our invitations to non-EU artists and academics to visit the UK for talks, artist residencies, conferences and temporary exhibitions.

The system is costly to both the host organisation and to the visitor, and has already meant a number of cancelled exhibitions and concerts. All non-EU visitors now must apply for a visa in person, and supply biometric data, electronic fingerprint scans and a digital photograph ... visitors must show that they have at least £800 pounds of personal savings, which have been held for at least three months prior to the date of their application; the host organisation must keep copies of the visitor’s passport and their UK Biometric Card, and a history of their contact details; and if the visitor does not turn up to their studio or place of work, or their whereabouts is unknown, the organisation is legally obliged to inform the UK Border Agency..."


Please read the full petition and sign here if you agree.

Wednesday 18 March 2009

Robins's Clogs By Kotki Dwa


Watch Robins's Clogs by kotki dwa in Music

Love this work by Kotki Dwa! Reminds me of Gondry's movie The Science Of Sleep. It must have taken ages to make that beautiful set full of brightly coloured everythings, including buttons, candles, crayons, paper plants and houses, real daises, live and naughty gingerbread men (quick! eat them!) and a whole plethora of loveliness - ahhh!

The tune's pretty cool too - enjoy! More info about Robin's Clogs can be found here and for further details on Kotki Dwa try this.

Friday 13 March 2009

The Age Of Stupid Release

The Age Of Stupid film from Spanner Films is almost here.
UK Release Date 20 March 2009 | Venue 35 cinemas across the UK



From: The Age Of Stupid
"If the first week's release is a success, the film will expand to more cinemas in the second week. It all depends on the box office receipts, so please take 10 friends, or your hockey club or your school class."

Further Info:
The Age Of Stupid