Mythos — Stephen Fry

Operation Night Watch begins today. Not your average restoration:

”Imaging techniques, including macro-XRF and RIS, will help determine its current condition, and macro X‑ray fluorescence scans will analyze the chemical make-up of the paint literally millimeter by millimeter.”

Jim Jarmusch: ‘I’m for the survival of beauty. I’m for the mystery of life’

Film — The Guardian

”According to Lorenz, the same visual cues can arouse us to equally intense caregiving when we encounter them in exaggerated and distilled form in animals, such as birds and puppies, and even in dummy models, such as teddy bears.”

Why the power of cute is colonising our world

”For the 2019 film, it would take between 60 and 160 hours just to render a single frame.”

Toy Story 4’ Closeups Show How Much Pixar Has Perfected Its Craft In 24 Years

”After decades of rightwing dominance, a transatlantic movement of leftwing economists is building a practical alternative to neoliberalism.”

The new left economics: how a network of thinkers is transforming capitalism

Some true gems to be found here! WARP take over NTS radio with 100 hours of Eno, FlyLo, Autechre…

Plants are the oldest sensors in the world. Could they be the future of computers?

Some postmodern thoughts for the weekend. So much to comprehend!

”No other idea from the humanities had so massive, if murky, an influence”

The Birth, Death, and Rebirth of Postmodernism

Manton Reece — Open gardens