barcelona music studio

I came across this amazing object a few years ago, and I thought Id give it another bump.

the Corporate Fallout Detector acts like a radiation geiger counter, but instead of sonically representing radiation it sonically reflects the ethics or environmental record of the company behind a barcode. you scan the barcode of a product you might wish to buy and hear varying amounts of clicky noise depending on how nice the company is. an amazing idea, and one that I would desperately love to see implemented into a Java App for mobile phones.

on doing a limited amount of research, it seems that nobody has done it yet, even the maker james patten (from M.I.T.) who has no doubtably thought about it. But reading his site it seems it is more of an awareness art piece and social commentary vehicle – for example, he also criticises the idea that we place our buying awareness and responsibility into the hands of a device, even his. instead he hopes to promote critical awareness and curiosity in our buying.

you can see the video and read more here

Ive always found the graffiti in Barcelona to be some of the best in the world, creative, imaginative, playful and
expressive…

check this site for a compilation of some of the best

www.bcngraffiti.com

I also found this video on You Tube

“PURE EVIL and co. hooked up with CHANOIR and the indomitable 1980 crew in Barcelona for some graffiti action… heres a lo-fi cut+paste video mix of the painting action… raw footage from Lolo video mix by Pure Evil http://www.GRAFFITITV.net music mixed by Buddy Peace from Wheels instead of Hooves.. listen to the full audio mix at http://www.beatsinspace.net”