Pop Culture | Jun 29, 2009

Video of the Week: Civilization

Every Monday, the KQED Arts blog features a new Video of the Week to start the work week off right. Avoid that whole death thing and see what hell, purgatory, and heaven look like through the eyes of video artist, Marco Brambilla. By Emmanuel Hapsis

Pop Culture | Jun 22, 2009

Video of the Week: Deadline

Every Monday, the KQED Arts blog features a new Video of the Week to start the work week off right. Bang-yao Liu uses stop-motion animation and an army of colorful post-its to make stressing out about work almost look fun. By Emmanuel Hapsis

Pop Culture | Jun 15, 2009

Video of the Week: Guess Who

Every Monday, the KQED Arts blog features a new Video of the Week to start the work week off right. If you want to trounce your little sister in Guess Who, the popular game from the '80s, just ask: Is your person from an underrepresented minority? When latent racism is at play, everybody wins! By Emmanuel Hapsis

Event | Jun 11, 2009

RoboGames 2009

Hosted at Fort Mason, the sixth annual RoboGames, formerly known as the ROBOolympics (the Olympic Committee had some copyright issues), showcases the best and brightest autonomous and remote-controlled robots in a variety of weird and amusing challenges. By Harry Gregory

Pop Culture | Jun 01, 2009

Video of the Week: Bach on a Giant Piano

Every Monday, the KQED Arts blog features a new Video of the Week to start the work week off right. In this week's clip, two girls run up and down the keys of a giant piano to rock out a rendition of Bach's Toccata and Fugue in D minor. By Emmanuel Hapsis

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