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Global Short Films at SXSW: From Afghanistan and Poland to HK and Israel

By Renee Blodgett on March 19, 2011 in Afghanistan, Asia, Bangladesh, Canada, China, England, Europe, Events, Featured, Hong Kong, Israel, Italy, Kabul, Middle East, North America, Occupied Palestinian Territory, Photos, Poland, Scotland, Videos

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One of the first series of films I saw at SXSW this year was close to two hours of shorts, ranging from 5 minutes long to about 20. The global short 'series' covered a number...

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Not Okay to Laugh at Charlie Sheen

By Renee Blodgett on March 19, 2011 in Featured, North America, Photos, USA

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By Guest Blogger, Mary Schmidt, Marketing Troubleshooter.I’ve always been a bit uncomfortable laughing at Two and A Half Men. Hey, It’s not real life…until it is. I grew up surrounded by bad, sad alcoholics (luckily, my parent weren’t….but...

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SXSW Music Fest: SX San Jose and Yard Dogs

By Deborah Crooks on March 19, 2011 in Austin, Events, North America, Photos, Texas, USA

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A trip to SXSW is always a bit of a barometer of the year for me: where I'm at as well as what's happening in the music world at large. This year, I'm here for...

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Photographer Kurt Markus is Visionary Filmmaker Behind It’s About You

By Renee Blodgett on March 18, 2011 in Austin, Events, Festivals, North America, Photos, Texas, USA

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Kurt Markus, whose work as a still photographer has put him in the front ranks of contemporary American visual artists, is the visionary filmmaker behind It’s About You. The film premiered as one of the featured selections...

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Yohji Yamamoto at the V&A

By Rosa Abbott on March 18, 2011 in British Isles, Dublin, Europe, Ireland, Japan, London, Paris, Photos

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Having kicked off this weekend, a major retrospective of the Japanese avant-garde designer Yohji Yamamoto will run until July. There are few fashion designers who could carry off a large scale exhibition of their designs...

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French Filmmaker Previews URBAN WOLF

By Renee Blodgett on March 18, 2011 in Europe, Events, Festivals, France, North America, Photos, USA

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I had an opportunity to meet URBAN WOLF director LAURENT TOUIL-TARTOUR in Los Angeles this past weekend, a French filmmaker whose new film premiered recently on Sony’s multiplatform website Crackle.URBAN WOLF is a 15 part...

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Something like a Dream: Within Infrared, There’s Stillness

By Linh Vien Thai on March 17, 2011 in Asia, Cambodia, Photos

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Something like a dream. That was my first thought when I saw infrared photography as child. I could not figure out how images could look so illuminated. How the leaves became so washed in whites...

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Designing Dublin: 100 Hidden Gems

By Rosa Abbott on March 17, 2011 in British Isles, Dublin, Europe, Ireland, Photos

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Now that UpStart's posters have come down, you may feel the city's streets are missing a little magic they once had. But fret not: Designing Dublin have produced a nifty little map revealing some of...

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Rosa Abbott

Rosa Abbott is an arts, fashion and culture obsessive originating from Yorkshire, England, and currently living in Dublin, Ireland. On top of being a student at the illustrious Trinity College, she is a freelance journalist, writing for a number of Irish publications, and also edits the visual arts section of entertainment magazine Totally Dublin.

When she’s not up to her eyeballs in writing, Rosa works as an assistant to stylist Aisling Farinella and volunteers at various art galleries. Her musings on life, style and art can also be found over at her blog, Too Gallant.

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Global Short Films at SXSW: From Afghanistan and Poland to HK and Israel

SXSW Music Fest: SX San Jose and Yard Dogs

Photographer Kurt Markus is Visionary Filmmaker Behind It’s About You

Yohji Yamamoto at the V&A

French Filmmaker Previews URBAN WOLF

Something like a Dream: Within Infrared, There’s Stillness

Designing Dublin: 100 Hidden Gems

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