http://craigswann.com/blog the life and times of a techNomad Wed, 20 Jun 2007 21:18:49 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Never having the chance to see them live before - figured I better do it soon - these guys aren't spring chickens anymore! That said - they put on a high energy show and played through a lot of material. I personally am digging their brand-new instrumental stuff they debuted ... http://craigswann.com/blog/2007/06/20/beastie-boys-sonar/ Cornelius rocked. Period. This is the only clip I can really put up as the other tracks they did were just too loud for my poor little camera. The visuals they crearte for their tracks are simply wonderful vignettes - and the live performances synched to them - certainly a ... http://craigswann.com/blog/2007/06/20/cornelius-sonar/ Environmental artist HA Schult recently brought his TrashPeople exhibit to Barcelona in Plaça Reial. TrashPeople is an army of trash soldiers that have traveled the earth since 1996 visiting such locations as The Great Wall Of China, The Giza Pyramids, The Red Square in Moscow and many other significant locations ... http://craigswann.com/blog/2007/06/12/trashpeople-barcelona-2/ Found a series of powerful awareness advertisements for Amnesty International. This is what the power of communication is about. (to me) When you can successfully enter the personal space of a viewer and interact with their own consciousness at a deep and intimate level you can connect and communicate beyond what ... http://craigswann.com/blog/2007/06/11/powerful-communication-for-amnesty-international/ The sights, sounds and tastes of a Tainanese Night Market. I had the pleasure of experiencing this while here in Tainan, Taiwan while speaking at the Sound and Motion Conference and thought I'd share a bit of this experience. http://craigswann.com/blog/2007/06/02/tainan-night-market/ I was interviewed by Marcelo for Nice To Meet You! while in Barcelona for OFFF. We spoke briefly about an installation piece I worked on called Exposure. WATCH. http://craigswann.com/blog/2007/06/01/ntmy-interview-barcelona/ Nice teaser video for Microsoft's apparent Surface technology. A mix of some Jeff Han's Multi-Touch Interaction Research and Apple's new 'patented' multi-touch interfaces as previewed on the iPhone. Either way this is certainly the future. I'm sure Windex loves this too ;) http://craigswann.com/blog/2007/05/30/microsoft-surface/ I'm here at Hong Kong International Airport waiting for a connecting flight to Taiwan. It's been a crazy day flying from Barcelona to London, 9 hour layover, 12 hour flight and now another 3 hour layover before I arrive in Taiwan where a car will be waiting to take me ... http://craigswann.com/blog/2007/05/29/hong-kong-skies/ Well - I have decided to try and retro-fit this blog with happenings years old. Digging up old news and placing it in one place. I suppose trying to put together a 'definitive' sort of online space that can house thoughts, work, prototypes, concepts, travels, speaking engagements etc. Now here ... http://craigswann.com/blog/2007/05/28/how-best-to-retro-fit-a-blog/ Spent a couple of days in - Sunny when i got there , Raining when i left - Glasgow to check up on some hardware installations and projector tests as part of an Interactive Installation we are working on. The Pacific Quay building is truly magnificent, something to behold. ... http://craigswann.com/blog/2007/05/23/onsite-at-bbc-pacific-quay-glasgowscotland/