Imagine: "Let There Be Light" - watch this show!

Last night's edition of the BBC1 arts show Imagine was called Let There Be Light; it dealt with artists whose medium is light, and featured work by Anthony McCall, whose exhibition in the Serpentine Gallery I raved about and James Turrell, who I also raved about, repeatedly.

I loved this show: I think it was made for me. Turrell featured extensively. I wanted to go to Roden Crater for a long time; now, I really, really want to go there. I think I might try to tie in a visit to Houston, too.

I can't recommend this show enough. You can watch it on iPlayer. Watch it. Get your tv-phobic hedgehogs to watch it. It is beautiful.

Edit: one of the artists discussed in the programme is United Visual Artists (UVA). I've been looking at their website. I particularly like this installation at the V&A - look at the video and this dance at Tate Modern. Beautiful.

Imagine: "Let There Be Light" - watch this show!

Last night's edition of the BBC1 arts show Imagine was called Let There Be Light; it dealt with artists whose medium is light, and featured work by Anthony McCall, whose exhibition in the Serpentine Gallery I raved about and James Turrell, who I also raved about, repeatedly.

I loved this show: I think it was made for me. Turrell featured extensively. I wanted to go to Roden Crater for a long time; now, I really, really want to go there. I think I might try to tie in a visit to Houston, too.

I can't recommend this show enough. You can watch it on iPlayer. Watch it. Get your tv-phobic hedgehogs to watch it. It is beautiful.

Edit: one of the artists discussed in the programme is United Visual Artists (UVA). I've been looking at their website. I particularly like this installation at the V&A - look at the video and this dance at Tate Modern. Beautiful.

Google using search terms to track the progress of flu across the USA

On Google.org, "We've found that certain search terms are good indicators of flu activity. Google Flu Trends uses aggregated Google search data to estimate flu activity in your state up to two weeks faster than traditional systems".

Curiously, Hawaii seems to have more flu infections than the mainland USA.

(via nimoloth.)

Google using search terms to track the progress of flu across the USA

On Google.org, "We've found that certain search terms are good indicators of flu activity. Google Flu Trends uses aggregated Google search data to estimate flu activity in your state up to two weeks faster than traditional systems".

Curiously, Hawaii seems to have more flu infections than the mainland USA.

(via nimoloth.)

"Couple arrested for having sex on a train."

Thing is, it was a Virgin train. Nuff said!

(via Arbroath.)

"Couple arrested for having sex on a train."

Thing is, it was a Virgin train. Nuff said!

(via Arbroath.)

Picture Book

I have just been watching the second episode of the BBC's story of the picture book, imaginatively called Picture Book. I didn't see the first episode, but this one I loved - starting with Alice in Wonderland, moving through the Wind in the Willows, Winnie the Pooh, the Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe, to Edward Ardizzone, Quintin Blake and Raymond Briggs, it was enchanting.

Somehow the BBC has decided not to create a proper website, or the BBC's search facility is so poor that I can't find it. On the other hand, the first episode is available on iplayer for another couple of weeks.

And I am about to start looking through some boxes of my own to see if I can find the sketch Blake drew for me thirty years ago. And I might find my autograph book, too...

Picture Book

I have just been watching the second episode of the BBC's story of the picture book, imaginatively called Picture Book. I didn't see the first episode, but this one I loved - starting with Alice in Wonderland, moving through the Wind in the Willows, Winnie the Pooh, the Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe, to Edward Ardizzone, Quintin Blake and Raymond Briggs, it was enchanting.

Somehow the BBC has decided not to create a proper website, or the BBC's search facility is so poor that I can't find it. On the other hand, the first episode is available on iplayer for another couple of weeks.

And I am about to start looking through some boxes of my own to see if I can find the sketch Blake drew for me thirty years ago. And I might find my autograph book, too...