Facilitating Change

Designer wanted for book on urban ecology, activism, local history

We are looking for a print designer to create a 40- to 70-page book to be published in April 2009. The book, Memorial of Weeds: Wildest Dreams for Our Urban Cores, will document “Sprout Out Loud!” (an environmental art project) alongside community reflections about a controversial piece of land soon to be developed by the [...]

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Contribute to the Memorial of Weeds

Memories, stories, dreams, visions, photos, newspaper clipping, city plans, archives — you name it, we want to include it in an upcoming book: Memorial of Weeds: Wildest Dreams for Our Urban Cores. I’m helping Montreal artist Emily Rose Michaud, the force behind the Mile End’s Roerich Garden, to produce a book that will document community happenings [...]

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Jim Jarmush: Nothing is original

Before I share my thoughts on RIP: A Remix Manifesto, I want to pass on this quote that some lovely person posted on the Boing Boing post discussing it. It’s Jim Jarmusch’s fifth rule of film-making: Nothing is original. Steal from anywhere that resonates with inspiration or fuels your imagination. Devour old films, new films, music, [...]

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RiP: A remix manifesto

Thanks to Patrick (once again), I scored a ticket to the premiere of Brett Gaylor’s new film: RiP: A remix manifesto. I learned about the film on Véro’s blog a few weeks ago and really wanted to see it. Lately I’ve been thinking more and more about things open, creative commons, and remix (read/write) culture. So [...]

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Jesse Dylan + Creative Commons

This three-minute film by Jessie Dylan is a wonderful introduction to Creative Commons. Via Lawrence Lessig’s blog. He rocks.

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