A thunderous introduction by Film + Design called ‘Modern Worship’ shows a time-lapse video image of a dancing King of Pop impersonator in full glitterati, refracting the stage-lights in a multitude of sparkles and starbursts, while slo-mo moonwalking across the black nothingness. Cue the airplane. First the nose of the plane cuts through the left cadre of the projection,
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On Saturday December 17th, The Museum of the Image (formally known as the Graphic Design Museum) organized a symposium about visual culture in Paradiso, Amsterdam. The symposium brought together a crowd of professional, students and industries from the fields of design, art, journalism, neurobiology, fashion, literature and film. This Symposium was the third edition of the yearly symposia initiated by MOTI.
Last Saturday, 19th of December, the venue of Paradiso was dedicated to the symposium of “Me you and everyone we know is a curator.” This symposium addresses questions about quality in an age of visual overload. With an impressive line up of speakers, this symposium set their aim high. In one day time the focus was upon the…