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Nomadic knowledge is the way we dress… up

by Marco Minuz  |  Dec 21, 2011  |  in Nomadic Knowledge

It may seem a truism to say that every industrialized society lives in a state of torment, great changes and deep contradictions. Every day an enormous amount of information, data and streams of numbers pass through cables or over our heads in imprecise regions between earth and sky. … In my opinion the best contemporary definition of “Nomadic knowledge” is the way we dress.

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Yutaka Makino at the DAAD Galerie in Berlin: pushing you to the limits

by Manuela Castiglione  |  Dec 20, 2011  |  in Nomadic Knowledge, Suggestion

Are you a visual artist?
Or you are a music composer that would like to innovate the conventional character of Berlin´s musical life?
Or you are rather a writer and you want to engage a dialogue between cultures through the verbal mode of communication that you so well know is able to supercede all cultural limitations? … Well, then you should apply for the Berliner Künstlerprogramm to get a scholarship and come to Berlin for one year.

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Partying in London: a melting pot of cultures

by Silvia Vatta  |  Dec 16, 2011  |  in Nomadic Knowledge

In London partying is something that can not be avoided.

In London doing strange things is something that seems more than normal.
In London during the weekend everything can happen, more than anywhere else. … Big part of this ‘nomadic life’ is meeting new people and possibly spending good time together.

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The fascination of the Chinese art scene for an Italian gallerist: Roberto Ceresia of Aike dell´Arco Gallery in Shanghai

by Eleonora Pallavicino  |  Dec 14, 2011  |  in Nomadic Knowledge

Roberto Ceresia is a young Italian man with a passion for art inherited by his family running for years an antique art shop in Palermo. In 2005 he started a contemporary art gallery in his hometown, began focusing on new artistic waves from China and introduced young talented Chinese artists on the Italian scene. Next, in 2008, Roberto felt it was time to be on the move and to settle down in China to pursue his vision.

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The new trend in NY: global nomads meeting in hotels. A new shape for your nightlife in the Big Apple.

by Rita Buonarroti  |  Dec 12, 2011  |  in Last link, Nomadic Knowledge

Remember Studio 54, the legendary New York nightclub where Andy Warhol and Grace Jones partied away the last days of disco until the Aids epidemic brought everything to a screeching halt?
Unthinkable today! There are no legendary night clubs in New York anymore. … That doesn’t mean, of course, that there is no nightlife. It just took on a different shape…

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“Wikipedia for world heritage”

by Editorial team   |  Dec 09, 2011  |  in Nomadic Knowledge

Watch this video message by Jimmy Wales, co-founder of Wikipedia and be part of the petition “Wikipedia for world heritage” in order to get the chartiy institution recognized as one of UNESCO’s World Cultural Heritage Sites.

Message from Jimmy Wales from Wikipedia for World Heritage on Vimeo.

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Nomadic mega bits: digital communities in Berlin

by Manuela Castiglione  |  Dec 08, 2011  |  in Nomadic Knowledge

When friends come and visit in Berlin, from Italy for instance, they always get surprised because of the multitude of young and not-so-young people comfortably sitting in the cafés of Mitte with a tall cappuccino and a computer in front of them. And they ask me intrigued: “What are these people doing? And by the way, why are they so relaxed?”

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25 years of Pixar Animation Studios: how to transfer emotions worldwide

by Irina Zucca Alessandrelli  |  Dec 05, 2011  |  in Nomadic Knowledge

Pixar celebrates over 2 decades of success with an exhibition that opened at MoMa in New York (2005-2006) and it is now travelling Europe, starting from the Milan venue at PAC (until February the 12th).
What is amazing of Pixar production is that there is no country in the world where an animation can’t be fully appreciated in every possible reference and detail. How does Pixar communicate with every type of viewers no matter what his/her culture, language or age is?

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Between WikiLeaks and brain drain: the paths of knowledge

by Ariella Risch  |  Dec 02, 2011  |  in Nomadic Knowledge, Themes

A very controversial issue that makes me anxious. In 2004 when we launched the theme “Nomadic Knowledge”, Wiky Leaks was still very far to come. At that time we did not know this international organization based on the transfer via web of encrypted information, which got so powerful to get his key man Julian Assange into trouble.

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Cloud cities by Tomás Saraceno: soap-bubbles on spider webs

by Manuela Castiglione  |  Nov 30, 2011  |  in Coopetition | 1 comment

Tomás Saraceno Cloud Cities exhibition is one of the most charming examples of interdisciplinary cooperation, I have ever experienced. This visionary young artist actually truly combined architecture, science and art to create a breathtaking installation done out of big bubbles floating in the main hall of the Nationalgalerie in the Hamburger Bahnhof in Berlin.

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Cultivating differences

by Ariella Risch  |  Jan 26, 2012
in Different Cultures, editorial

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Even though at the start of this year there is not much enthusiasm around us – well, as a matter of fact the news are not supporting our mood … the ship sinking at the Island of Giglio, as well as the spread in Italy and the politics in Europe – we at illywords think positively! That´s why we have been working hard to shake up and restart in a big way our cultural research allthrough the themes of the year. … First of all, I would like to welcome our new bloggers Chiara, Steve and Danilo …

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