http://alissapajer.org Fri, 15 Jun 2007 00:57:34 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en http://alissapajer.org/archives/56 It’s like a vacant lot with those little bits of grass growing greener in the cracks in the yellow sun. It’s the tiny bits of contrast; grass on asphalt: the desperate attempt to create something out of apparent nothing. And the bottle smashed in the corner by some kid who knows he’s better, knows he’s more important, ... http://alissapajer.org/archives/55 there once was moose in nebraska that walked his way there from alaska over mountains and rocks past the plains of the ox he journeyed on through to itasca* *a lake in northern MN http://alissapajer.org/archives/54 This will be my last blog post for awhile. Tomorrow I leave Berlin and begin my wanderings around Europe. For the next few weeks I will have nothing electronic with me; I'll just bring some clothes, my passport, my wallet, my train pass, a toothbrush, and of course a towel. ("A ... http://alissapajer.org/archives/53 I went to a soccer game at the Olympic Stadium. The fans for the Berlin team cheered loudly for the entire game. I got to the game a couple minutes after kickoff, and I could hear the fans from outside the stadium. I felt like I was part of something ... http://alissapajer.org/archives/52 I have finished my final project titled Amsterdam. I'd recommend that you watch the video before reading the rest of this post. The video will play by itself, and there is no controller. The file is 25 MB, so it should load relatively quickly over most Internet connections. Also, while ... http://alissapajer.org/archives/51 Hollywood's special effects have jaded me. When I watch an action movie with a high speed car chase or a sci-fi movie with aliens the special effects do not impress me. Since I am so used to seeing Hollywood effects, I need to remember that video art, avant garde cinema, ... http://alissapajer.org/archives/50 Berlin has a history that I find impossible to ignore. There is a line of bricks across the city that lies where the Berlin wall used to stand. There is a holocaust memorial that spreads out over a block. There are bullet holes in the buildings from the second world ... http://alissapajer.org/archives/49 Yesterday we heard a talk by Jan Edler of realities:united about urban screens. He discussed projects his company has realized. Today we heard a talk by Mirjam Struppek who studies urban screens. Both Edler and Struppek use urban screens for artistic purposes and not for advertising, although the majority of ... http://alissapajer.org/archives/48 As I flew to Berlin from Amsterdam, I saw Amsterdam from the airplane window. Now I am in Berlin. It is so windy here that when I lean into the wind I don't fall over. After spending one day here, three words come to mind: old, intricate, and oxidized. Today I took ... http://alissapajer.org/archives/47