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Not my life.

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If there is one movie you should watch today, it’s Robert Billheimer’s “Not my Life” which premiered yesterday on occasion of the 6th EU Anti-Trafficking Day. Giving a very good insight into the Human Trafficking situation all over the world – including Europe and the US – this documentary will be available for free for online-streaming via the Sida website for a month. It’s in English with Swedish subtitles and is so spot on it made me cry several times – reminding me about harsh realities one so easily forgets about. Slavery is not a thing of the past.

Watch it. It should also be embedded in this post but it takes a minute for it to load, patience…

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What does the Fox say?

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How did I miss this? I’ve seen a million references to this online the past month but it took me until today to actually google “What does the fox say?” and find the original source. It has almost 148 million views which is very impressive as it doesn’t include nudity, violence or, actually, any sort of substance. Anyway, it’s being watched and enjoyed by millions so it’s obviously brilliant in one way or another. Who am I to judge?

No matter how insanely ridiculous and sometimes rude and politically incorrect today’s pop culture is, I love what the Internet does to creativity and humour. Reddit, 9gag and other online never-ending flows of ideas, references and meme spin-offs show that today’s kids really like playing word-games, show off their talents, and come up with hilariousness and well crafted, often inappropriate, sarcasm. Keeping up with the updates is almost impossible with the thousands of references and meme personalities out there – it’s a new culture of humour, a global uncensored forum open for anybody to contribute to, get recognition from and inspire other people at. It’s a different kind of intelligence, requiring innovation, quick ideas, a skill in digging up relevant images, and a broad sense of humour and general knowledge. One can’t just sell anything anymore, as you have to compete with the entire world for the likes and votes. It’s participatory, democratic and inclusive, and these kids are ingenious – a wonderful (and of course time consuming) trend.

One of my favourite memes are the spiderman comics with fake titles. This is what I do between all the seriousness. Laugh at sarcasm and looping references. Once a nerd, always a nerd, and I feel this is for keeping myself in the loop of humour. If that requires me to know what the fox says, I now do.

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spiderman floor is lavaspidey french

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Dark Stuff: Jaar ft. Harrington


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Psychic (2013)

Nicolas Jaar and Dave Harrington released the album Psychic two weeks ago under the moniker Darkside. Here’s a live session of the track Paper Trails, filmed and edited by Resident Advisor. But please, please – only press play if you have patience, speakers with a proper bass and after changing to HD quality. This live version is twice the lenght of the original, so try appreciating the hazy tunes and Harrington’s classic rock guitar the way they deserve to be appreciated – turn the volume up, relax, wait for the bass, and let yourself be taken to a darker place. The closed eyes, arms up, swaying kind of dark.

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Inspiring Hula Hoop

Sometimes, I think that I should have chosen a more designy direction in life. Being able to create beauty such as in the video above would have been wonderful, as I really love shapes, surrealism and creativity. But then again, I love what I do, (whatever that is..) and I guess I just have to find enough spare time to be able to indulge in the arts, contrasts and details that other people create. And then there’s my photography thing, of course, and the option to include more design in whatever it is I am doing for a living. That’s very much an option, actually. Maybe.

Etereas – Short Film (2013)

# Director: Daniela Villanueva, Mara Soler
# Dancers: Brecken Rivara, Tiana Zoumer
# Production: César Moheno Plá
# Camera: Pamela Albarran
# Music: Julian Placencia / Teen Flirt
# Animation: Daniela Villanueva, Mara Soler, Alejandro Caballero, Marco Garfias, Fernando Sica, Luis Núñez

PEARL winnerfilm/ Pool-festival, Berlin. Top ten in Cinema Perpetuum Mobile Film Festival. Official selection: ANIMA 2013, Argentina, Baixada Animada Brazil, Cut Out Fest, Mexico, Female in Film Industry, Mexico.

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Hunger is a Tyrant

Here’s a fantastic animation directed by Damian Nenow from Poland, marking the occasion of World Food Day on October 16th. The voice-over is by Dakota Fanning, and the video is part of a campaign by EndingHunger.org, an outreach and education project of the UN FAO.

Hunger kills more people every year than AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis combined. There are 842 million undernourished people in the world today, that’s almost one in eight people not getting enough food to lead a healthy and active life – or being able to reach their full potential as human beings.

I don’t work for the World Food Programme anymore, but I still consider proper nutrition being one of the most important questions in the world. The days during a woman’s pregnancy until the second birthday of a child have a profound impact on the development of the child – if the mother and her baby don’t receive adequate nutrition during this period, the effects are irreversible. In other words – this means this child will never be able to grow, learn and live properly. Always a little bit slower, a little less intelligent, a little more sick – and very likely to suffer from premature death.

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Breakfast can wait

So Prince, yes, the 55-year old “Artist formerly known as Prince” Prince, has released a new single – and it comes wih a hilarious video directed by beautiful Danielle Curiel, who also appears in the video – as Prince himself. Confused? Just enjoy the dancers. “Hotcakes smothered in honey? I’m gon’ have to pass.”

Prince – Breakfast can wait (2013)

I was never a huge Prince fan, until seeing him live at the Way out West festival in 2011 – still the sexiest and most engaging concert I’ve ever been to. It was amazing to sing along to Purple Rain!

Remember that 2004 Dave Chappelle sketch about Prince? Well, as if all of this wasn’t funny enough, they used a screenshot of Dave Chappelle from that sketch to make the artwork for the single. It’s so ridiculously bad it makes me love it even more. “Fresh cup of coffee, no, no. I’d rather have you in my glass”