-Evil-puppet-hip-hop-superstar Blinky Winky,
-Hula hooping sensation Vanessa Vortex,
-Samba by Carmelita,
-feats of paddleball,
-and Multi-lingual music and comedy from Circus Finelli.

Circus Finelli is San Francisco’s all-women clown troupe, specializing in ridiculous circus comedy with a vaudeville aesthetic.

The idea is simple: Vimeo/Canon supply a still photograph, and contestants then submit short films based on the still. The contest comprises 7 chapters, with each chapter building on the previous one. Kind of like Layer Tennis, only with film.

The inaugural short film, “The Cabbie”, was filmed by Vincent Laforet with—you guessed it—a Canon 7D.

Through romanticized, dark, bold and evocative imagery, Kurtz blurs the line between fiction and reality while drawing on themes of marginalization, conformity, mass-privatization and environmental degradation.

One photographic story, The Human Uprising, follows the mass mobilization of common men becoming modern-day heroes in a struggle of ideals and power. It is a tale of solidarity, resistance, revolution and of a common realization that the future of mankind is at stake.

Concurrently, The World of Tomorrow presents a possible aftermath: a romantic and haunting vision of a post-apocalyptic future seen through the lens of stormy skies, deserted cities and abandoned industry.

Taxi magazine said of Kurtz’s work, “Distinct beauty can be seen in Anthony’s portfolio of wonderful imagery that tugs on the human heart and gnaws on the human conscious, calling for awareness of one’s own existence, thoughts, and surroundings.”

Together, the images presented in It All Came So Close to Never Happening read like cinematic stills or panels from a graphic novel: a hyperrealistic view of the world that contains a sense of mystery, sadness, beauty and romanticism.

To create this alternate reality, Kurtz digitally retouches his original photos by playing with shadow, light and color to form a vibrant mix of documentary and fine art. The resulting images challenge viewers to understand the human condition in modern times and decide if they should be concerned or fascinated by this possible glimpse into our society’s future.

Mara Baldwin (CCA)
Jeremiah Barber (Stanford)
Carlos Castro (SFAI)
Boo Chapple (Stanford)
Rema Ghuloum (CCA)
Jacqueline Gordon (Stanford)
Kelly Lynn Jones (CCA)
Armando Miguelez (Stanford)
Muistardeaux Collective (SFAI)
Elizabeth Pedinotti (SFAI)
Jesse Eric Schmidt (SFAI)
Daniel Small (SFAI)
Rebecca Wallace (CCA)
Kathryn Williamson (SFAI)
Daniel Yovino (SFAI)

Steve Westly, How California can Lead the Clean Tech Revolution
Steve Westly is founder and managing partner of The Westly Group. Mr. Westly previously served as the Controller and Chief Fiscal Officer of the state of California, chairing the State Lands Commission and serving on 63 other boards and commissions. During his term, Mr. Westly led an effort to commit more than $1 billion to clean technology investments. Mr. Westly is a former a Senior Vice President at eBay and author of two books on alternative energy and utilities.

Discussion: How Do We Start a Long-Run Green Boom?
California has long led the country on environmental initiatives — the state has pledged to produce a third of its energy from renewable sources by 2020. Today, California has an estimated 159,000 green jobs, and over the last 13 years, green jobs have grown by 36 percent, while Californian jobs in general have grown by 13 percent. But despite these forward-looking trends, how can policymakers ensure that the green boom doesn’t quickly go bust, or that the boom benefits all Californians, not just those who can buy Priuses? Zócalo and the New America Foundation invite thinkers in the field to consider how best to develop the economy and preserve the environment in the long run.

Lisa Margonelli, Can California Green its Worst Problems?
California was once known for its smog. But an aggressive approach to regulation turned us into a leader for the nation, created jobs, and gave us cleaner air. How can California transform today’s vexing challenges — traffic jams, heat waves, even supporting the aging population — into green opportunities? Lisa Margonelli, director of the New America Foundation’s Energy Policy Initiative and author of Oil On the Brain: Petroleum’s Long Strange Trip to Your Tank, explains how the state can green its gremlins.

Discussion to be followed by a hosted wine reception!

-joel

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The other day I was wandering around some back allies in my town and came across all of these cool poles that had been painted and scraped and repainted over and over again. I thought it gave these grunge textures a very cool feel, almost like an abstract acrylic painting or something. I’ve got all kinds of cool textures coming your way in the next few weeks, so get excited! Enjoy!

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The site for the Colosseo poster is my first production-ready website with HTML5 under the hood. I’ve coded sites semantically with HTML5 class names before (see Jon Tan’s article), but this is the first with legitimate HTML5 elements such as and in the markup.

IE doesn’t yet recognize HTML5, so I’ve added Remy Sharp’s HTML5 shiv script, which forces IE to acknowledge the new elements.

Granted, the Colosseo site is a one-pager, but hey, it’s a start.

Update: It looks like Firefox 2.x doesn’t play well with HTML5, either. Here’s another article from Remy Sharp on getting Firefox 2 to recognize HTML5. (Thanks to Brian over at Monoscope for pointing this out.)