... a monthly column presenting five random topics of interest associated with the underlying themes of the site ... music . dance . life . art . culture ...
The Library of Congress recently launched
Citizen DJ, a project by Brian Foo developed during his time as an Innovator-in-Residence at the Library of Congress. Inviting the public to create music using the Library’s public audio and moving image collections, the Library hopes listeners can discover items in the Library's vast collections that they likely would never have known existed. It is an immersive experience quickly increasing in popularity around the world recently, but has been used in a lot of gaming systems over the last couple of years.
Limitations on life open new possibilities for the exploration of accessible classes, projects, and performances across the globe. Ten professional dancers share their insight on what is working, what is not, and the potential for new audiences, while
Dancing Alone Together.
life
One of the persistent questions in cosmology is the
speed of expansion of the universe, and the rate at which it is increasing. A paper last published in Physical Review D, two collaborators reasoned expansion would speed up as more dark matter decayed over time. Currently, with no way to prove the theory, it remains a wait and see situation.
art
Offering a different sort concept tattoo, Sasha Unisex of St Petersburg designs
brightly colored prismatic watercolor skin art. Detailing her process through social media channels, Sasha offers the option of trying out her designs through print or temporary tattoos, before committing permanent ink.
culture
site
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