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Ryan Van Winkle discusses art and citizenship with Igor Štiks, who is investigating the art of the Occupy movement and exploring the relationship between political movements and aesthetics. Presented by Ryan Van Winkle @rvwable and produced by Colin Fraser @kailworm of Culture Laser Productions http://www.culturelaser.com @culturelaser. We acknowledge the financial assistance of Creative Scotland.
Shots from David Levine’s various reenactments of classic Central Park movie scenes such as Bullets Over Broadway (1994), Symbiopsychotaxiplasm (1968), The Out of Towners (1970), Cruel Intentions (1999), and Portrait of Jennie (1948) as part of Drifting in Daylight: Art in Central Park
Three Irish Men: Shaw, Yeats, Joyce (Mentor Books 1957), with portraits by Augustus John.
Banjo's Story
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KX Pond Club from King's Cross, N1C on Vimeo.
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Field books capture essential information for ecological history but are often difficult to track down in scientific collections. The Field Book Project, launched in 2010 by the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History and the Smithsonian Institution Archives, is an initiative to catalogue field books, track their conservation, and make them accessible online.
How Audubon Pranked a Fellow Naturalist with a Bulletproof Fish
French President Francois Hollande said Thursday there were "still difficulties" in the climate talks in Paris, especially on financing. "There are still difficulties, we are aware of them, on financing... There is also some resistance, particularly in relation to compensation for (climate-inflicted) loss and damage," Hollande said. "We also need to ensure the commitments are not too far into the future," he said, referring to pledges that would address climate change in the near-term.
How to Make a Light Bulb Vase