Archive for October, 2007
October 29, 2007
Energie in Motion is an urban light-drawing project spearheaded by Lichtfaktor, an artistic collective that includes graffiti artists JIAR and 10X and resident VJ and Photographer of the Drum & Bass label Basswerk, Marcel Panne. The resulting images are beautiful, conceptual, abstract and wonderful.

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Lack of innovation, fruity color combos, and mass overexposure on the blog scene has created a stale and tired sneaker culture. As a result, our interests at the AP have shifted away from sneakers and gravitated towards strange loafers and obscure footwear brands that rework traditional classics with a fresh take on materials and identity. [...]

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October 28, 2007
Over the last year and a half, I have been exposed to the infectious and upbeat musical stylings of Champeta. Although largely unknown in North America, Champeta is an Afro-Caribbean music that has been blowing up the spot for over 30 years throughout the Caribbean coast of South America.
Born in the city of Cartagena, [...]

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As artist-designed interiors gain popularity among Vancouver’s more aesthetically minded residents, it’s only natural that the culture would eventually give birth to some form of rogue competition.
Enter Graham Oatman. Originally from Dallas, Texas, Oatman relocated to Vancouver after he kerouac’d his way across the continental United States, ultimately choosing Vancity as the place to hang [...]

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Ben Missler from Mass Tram America envisions this large-scale elevated monorail as the future of public transportation. The tramcars are fabricated from salvaged airplane fuselages, and once attached to the rail system are propelled by motorized wheels that draw their power from solar panels or wind turbines attached to support towers.
Does this seem unrealistic? Missler [...]

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