UNPLUG ! Sundown, Friday, March 4th to sundown, Saturday, March 5th #TwitterAddict #Connected

J’ai découvert ce manifesto en regardant “Un autre midi” avec Victor Robert. Alors je ne perds pas de temps pour le partager…

Yelp: With Apologies to Allen Ginsberg’s « Howl »

connectedthefilm | 17 février 2011 |
Official Selection Sundance 2011
Guggenheim Museum/Youtube Video Biennial Short List
« It’s rather brilliant, » The Washington Post
« very cool film, » NYTimes
« We’ve chosen our top films, » Huffington Post
Technology can be addictive. In a tribute to Allen Ginsberg’s classic 1956 poem, we created a short film lampooning the addictions of our generation. It’s narrated by Peter Coyote.
The filmmaking team behind « Yelp: With Aplogies to Allen Ginsberg’s Howl, » also made the 2011 Sundance documentary « Connected: An Autoblogography about Love, Death & Technology. »
You can learn more about both films at : connectedthefilm.com
Credits:
written by tiffany shlain & ken goldberg
directed by tiffany shlain
edited by tiffany shlain & dalan mcnabola
original animations by stefan nadelman
narrated by peter coyote
produced by carlton evans
If you want to join us on the next National Day of Unplugging, it will be sundown, Friday, March 4th to sundown, Saturday, March 5th.
For More info. Visit: http://www.sabbathmanifesto.org/unplug/
Catégorie : Films et animations

Yelp (With Apologies to Allen Ginsberg) narrated by Peter Coyote

connectedthefilm | 8 juin 2010 |
« This video has been shortlisted for YouTube Play. See the shortlist at youtube.com/play.  »
Shabbat is a very old idea — 5000 years old. Just take a break one day a week. I desperately needed a « technology shabbat. » Recently addicted to tweeting, I became that person I hated who pulled out her iPhone while actually talking to someone — sneaking email fixes in bathroom stalls. It was getting ugly.
Sophocles once said, « nothing vast enters the life of mortals without a curse, » and this couldn’t be more true of technology.
My husband (artist & robotics professor Ken Goldberg) and I were thinking about the « curse » part. We both love technology and have devoted our careers to experimenting with it, but could we unplug for one day a week? So Ken and I decided to try to truly power down one day a week. Inspired by this concept, we reworked Ginsberg’s « Howl, » into « Yelp. » Then I made a little film about it and Peter Coyote lent his great voice.
twitter/tiffanyshlain
http://www.tiffanyshlain.com
written by tiffany shlain & ken goldberg
directed by tiffany shlain
edited by tiffany shlain & dalan mcnabola
original animations by stefan nadelman
narrated by peter coyote
produced carlton evans
Catégorie : Films et animations

Et par la même occasion, voici le lien vers the 2011 Sundance documentary « Connected: An Autoblogography about Love, Death & Technology.
Connected receives Women in Film Award from National Geographic
« With a tightly synchronized dance between her powerful images and insightful words-with humor, and with a creativity all her own, Tiffany illuminates the issues that affect us all… » —Al Gore