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Arts

Madness, Civilization and Media

Antonio Lopez

Jaycee Dugard's abduction story is part of a larger media myth and the story of civilization. Is there a link between mass mediated madness and kidnapping? (more)

9-10-09

Arts

Mediacology: Media Networks, Deep Ecology and the Dream of the Planet

Antonio Lopez

Are we evolving an ecologically oriented global consciousness, or just a technologically efficient corporate brain? It depends on whether or not we can decolonize the future. (more)

7-9-09

Psyche

The Ancient Future of Servant-Leadership

Antonio Lopez

Chakaruna -- bridgers -- weave between the sacred realm and complex realities of global organizations, working as “servant-leaders.” From Buddhism, to punk, to corporate boardrooms, servant-leaders are necessary catalysts of the emerging evolution. (more)

4-29-09

Commons

Target Markets

Antonio Lopez

Ann Elizabeth Moore's Unmarketable challenges hipsters and artists to reconsider selling out communities to corporations. Can culture jamming survive cooptation? (more)

4-28-09

Arts

Battlestar Galactica Mystique

Antonio Lopez

Can media tap into a kind of liminal space like shamanism? By leveraging the collective intelligence and participatory components of the contemporary pop commons, Battlestar Galactica illuminated the historical tension between humans and their technological tools. (more)

3-31-09

"Speeding forward, future hopping, always dreaming never stopping..."

Antonio Lopez

The "consumer sublime" is the idea that people seek increasingly more stimulating media to "awe" their senses in the same way we once encountered the sublime within nature. So what happens when we experience the Grand Canyon in an Imax theater instead of the real thing? (more)
3-12-09

Eco

Browning the Greens

Antonio Lopez

Van Jones argues that the division between environmental and social justice activists falls into three polarities: ecology versus social justice; business solutions versus political activism; and spiritual/inner change versus social/outer change. Can his call to replace the “versus” with a “plus,” help build a new coalition for social justice and the environment? (more)

2-24-09

Commons

Poverty (Un)Consciousness

Antonio Lopez

As the economy shrinks, Americans need to reevaluate prosperity to generate new meaning in their lives. Are we always aspiring to a utopian future rather than being grateful for what we have? (more)

12-30-08

Commons

Community Is Not a Demographic

Antonio Lopez

If cool hunters are appropriating subcultures, than we need to reaffirm ourselves as ethical communities. If advertisers want to sell us products regardless of their social and environmental impact, perhaps we should exile them to a place where they will no longer hurt anyone. (more)

11-20-08

Commons

The World Exhales

Antonio Lopez

When I discovered yesterday morning that Obama had won, I wept. And wept. Is it an exaggeration to say the global village's heart is opening up?
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11-6-08

Eco

Aliens in the Home World

Antonio Lopez

Photos of the so-called "lost" tribe of the Amazon generated a huge mediasphere buzz. But now that the images have been called a "hoax," it's worth probing what these images say about us, and not the people depicted in them. (more)

6-27-08

Arts

Media Permaculture

Antonio Lopez

How can we harmonize our approach to media with the principles of ecology? It's time for a more holistic understanding of media. (more)

6-9-08

Eco

Guerilla Gardening

Antonio Lopez

Adidas plants thought bombs with a viral video about urban gardening. (more)

5-22-08

Arts

Bread and Circuits

Antonio Lopez

The release of a controversial video game whacks the piñata of media fears, causing a wave of hsyteria and debate. Enter Grand Theft Auto IV. (more)

5-12-08

Arts

Shift Happens

Antonio Lopez

An exciting documentary project highlights an emergent global culture and its push for change. (more)

5-9-08

Deep inner peace circuitry

Antonio Lopez

Neuroscientist Jill Bolte Taylor talks about her stroke and how it taught her the brain's access point to inner peace. (more)
5-7-08

Commons

Propaganda as Institutional Self-Deception

Antonio Lopez

Over time, even the slickest propaganda cannot hide murder, torture, or illegality, especially when a global society is increasingly transparent. But we often forget that propaganda makers are susceptible to their own deceptions. (more)

4-25-08

Commons

Multitude Reading Group

Antonio Lopez

Decentralized networks, smart mobs, collective intelligence, open source software, biopolitics, the emergent social Web and the integration of love percolate the New Edge, yet how do we use all these sexy, geeky, quasi-spiritual concepts to deconstruct the global empire of control and build a movement in response? Welcome to the first Reality Sandwich reading group, featuring Multitude: War and Democracy in the Age of Empire by Antonio Negri and Michael Hardt. (more)

3-6-08

Commons

The Obama Virus

Antonio Lopez

Will.i.am's video tribute to Obama is making the Internet rounds. But does it say anything of substance? (more)

2-21-08

Arts

Pangea Say

Antonio Lopez

On May 10, Pangea Day will combine music, film and visionaries around the globe. If the world were watching, what story would you tell? [video]
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2-19-08

Commons

The Authenticity Paradox and The Perils of Youth Marketing

Antonio Lopez

Marketers want to claim the aesthetic of the "real," but their intentions don't fulfill the promise. (more)

12-31-07

Life

Against The Stream: DIY Spirituality and Rebellion

Antonio Lopez

According to Noah Levine, "Sid" (Siddhartha Gautama a.k.a. Buddha) was history's earliest punk. Like punk, Buddhism's user interface is decidedly personal and open source. Akin to the proverbial Sniffin' Glue punk dictum – "Here's a chord, here’s another, now go start a band" – Buddha said, here’s the Dharma, now go get enlightened.(more)

12-18-07

Commons

Stuffing Ourselves to Death

Antonio Lopez

Annie Leonard's stunning hybrid animation-lecture documents the journey of the stuff we use and throw away.(more)

12-6-07

Tech

The Transported Man: Phantasmagoria, Tesla and Magic

Antonio Lopez

The foreground of The Prestige is a war between two rival professional magicians. But on another level it explores the roots of modern media as seen through the 19th century concepts of illusion and electricity. (more)

12-4-07

Tech

Reality 2.0

Antonio Lopez

A trip into the new borderless realm, which is not bound by geography, but rather by technology. (more)

11-1-07