Animator. Director. Artist. Scapegoat.
YES we do this every week. Good times!
I’ll be demonstrating Free Motion quilting and embroidery at the NY Maker Faire September 17 & 18 (next weekend):
Maker Faire
New York Hall of Science
47-01 111th Street
Queens, NY 11368-2950
Come on down and say hello!
Behold, self-hating Children of Israel! I have a new Kickstarter project, which could become a new film.
Dear Iceland,
I really want to visit your country in early to mid October. A festival in Sweden has invited me to speak around October 14-16, and would like to make a stopover before or after or both. I am greatly intrigued by Iceland’s Modern Media Initiative*. Might there be some way I could speak at a university there, or at least meet Icelanders involved with media reform and free speech issues?
Love,
–Nina
*P.S. OK, not just the Modern Media Initiative. I’m also intrigued by your giant thermal pools.
OK, I need a new web master. My current one is too overwhelmed to fix all the problems Media Temple has been causing, and move me to a new host. I put all my work out for free, and generate no direct income from my sites (no ads) but they are necessary for the Free Culture I so espouse. Anyone want to donate web mastering/tech help to Sita Sings the Blues, Mimi & Eunice, and ninapaley.com? Help me move and I’ll buy you a pizza….
The Public Domain may not be growing (thanks to endless retroactive copyright term extensions) but it still contains a “whopping plentitude.” The biggest challenge to users is simply discovering PD works in the first place. Fortunately the Open Knowledge Foundation (one of the best Free Culture organizations anywhere) has just given everyone a leg up with its new web site, the Public Domain Review. From their About page:
The Public Domain Review aspires to become a bounteous gateway into the whopping plenitude that is the public domain, helping our readers to explore this rich terrain by surfacing unusual and obscure works, and offering fresh reflections and unfamiliar angles on material which is more well known.
Go there to find all kinds of delicious images, texts, sounds, and other treasures that, thanks to our collective cultural amnesia, are as fresh and exciting as anything Big Media tries forcing down our throats today.
Above: Princess Nicotine, and early stop-motion silent film, featured on The Public Domain Review.