acastronovo

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# Episodes
23 episodes
Rating
TV-UN

Episodes of acastronovo

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  Ubiquitous They
  
  Ubiquitous They was conceived as a response to media propaganda related to the war on terror. Two large steel structures are driven by electric motors creating motion and re-generating some electricity. One machine is a circuitous generator in which an electric motor drives a system of belts and pulleys that spin an alternator and charge a car battery. The battery supplies power to an inverter, which creates the AC power to drive the second contraption. The second sculpture uses an electric mo...
  - Release date
    
    Sep 4, 2011
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  Cellular Theatre
  
  Cellular Theatre is a compilation of cell phone videos that were made and submitted for a public showing at Franklin's VDC Copy Center in Columbus, OH. The showing was part of an event, Make Art Accessible, where a public interaction was created through intimate discussions about free internet technologies and accessible resources.
  - Release date
    
    May 17, 2008
  - Runtime
    
    10:00
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  Lapse
  
  Lapse is a time-lapse video that documents the construction process of the large helium balloon structure for Lift. This video was recorded at a rate of one second every minute, and then sped up and compressed. Check out the Lift video to see what the balloon experience was like! www.acastronovo.com
  - Release date
    
    May 1, 2008
  - Runtime
    
    04:22
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  One Lucky Hoe
  
  The classic story of Hans in Luck re-told with a modern flare. This video was recorded in 2002 in Gainesville, FL.
  - Release date
    
    Apr 30, 2008
  - Runtime
    
    04:48
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  Becoming
  
  My friend Andreas was a German exchange student in Florida in 1995. We exchanged various aspects of our cultures, perhaps most notably the practice of shaving designs into our heads and listening to pantera, megadeath, and metallica.....
  - Release date
    
    Apr 29, 2008
  - Runtime
    
    03:46
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  Space form Memory
  
  This video was created from memories of the house I grew up in while very young. I have vivid memories of the interior of this house, in interior passage that was hidden in a closet, which led to an other small room within the house. I visited the house a few years ago, and this drawing was a response to the collision of past and present.
  - Release date
    
    Apr 22, 2008
  - Runtime
    
    01:26
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  Backdrop Construction
  
  This video is a time-lapse documentation of the construction and installation of a Backdrop, a spacial installation and painting by the artist Gaylen Gerber.
  - Release date
    
    Apr 13, 2008
  - Runtime
    
    12:35
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  C.CRED Presents NEW BEGINNINGS
  
  In this weeks exchange, we meet New Beginnings and learn about their fascination with a volcanic island off the coast of Iceland. They are producing a film that will use the strctural form of the volcano to talk about culture, boundries, nationality, and idealism.
  - Release date
    
    Apr 4, 2008
  - Runtime
    
    39:10
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  C.CRED presents...Ola Stahl and Carl Lindh.
  
  Ola Stahl talks about his recent reworking of a small section of piano music by French composer Pierre Boulez. The presentation is followed by a performance of the audio piece by Ola Stahl and Carl Lindh.
  - Release date
    
    Mar 13, 2008
  - Runtime
    
    01:34:19
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  Ralph Youtz talks Math
  
  Ralph Youtz joins Sam Gould's displaced Skype classroom this week to discuss all things math. This will actually be fun. Mr. Youtz, the most unlikely of mathematician's, it would seem at first glance, is currently completely his studies in the field. Along with being a numbers-devotee, Ralph is a reggae enthusiast and dj, as well as a member of the musical outfits ApeShape, and Halo Benders (along with Doug Marsh of Built to Spill, and Calvin Johnson of K Records and Beat Happening). Do look i...
  - Release date
    
    Mar 7, 2008
  - Runtime
    
    22:49