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More on Games from Spark
Further to Thursday’s post, this week’s episode of Spark is a repeat from last season. It’s a special theme issue on games, and it was one of our favourites from last year. You can listen online here, or subscribe to the podcast. Thanks!
First Spark of the New Season
Today, we launch season five(!) of Spark, my CBC radio broadcast/podcast. You can listen to it online here, or subscribe to the podcast.
Yes, That’s Right, It’s a New Post
A while back, I visited experimental architect, Philip Beesley, in his studio in Toronto’s west end. I went to talk to him about the enormous, beautiful, installation piece he’s taking to the Venice Biennale of Architecture, representing Canada. It’s a remarkable work, called Hylozoic Ground. You can see some images here. Hylozoism was the concept [...]
How Soon Is Now?
Sending a note to yourself in the future is nothing new. We’ve long called a voicemail message to home, or made use of some of the many ‘send me a message in the future’ online services, such as Future Me. Consider, though, Futuris.tk. (via Crunchbase). The premise is that you can message yourself, or others [...]
Back Again
We finished making the pilots for a proposed new show for CBC Radio called Spark. I worked with the producers of And Sometimes Y, which was fabulous. They’re really smart, funny, creative people. It makes such a big difference to any type of creative process.
