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From articles I’ve written for BOND Magazine Autumn 2011:

“These ‘iconic’ people are usually very intense, obsessed or, I would say, possessed artists, scientists,or saints. Their lives are not the ‘normal’ people’s lives. They live in the ninth degree of intensity in their minds, sensibilities, so their life styles are determined by that intensity. It’s their normal state. Even if, as in the case of many musicians, that intensity has to be sustained by some kinds of outside substance, a good example being Amy Winehouse. For the muses to enter us and to do their work through us, in the arts, very often the body must be eliminated, and all of the doors must be opened.” Jonas Mekas, The God Father of American Avant Garde Cinema

”RITE OF SPRING is about a girl who creates digital worlds which she more and more merges with until she becomes completely absorbed. It is not a sacrifice for the upcoming spring, like in Stravinsky’s ancient concept, but rather the immersion of the ‘chosen one’ in virtuality, her fusion with music and space, as an up-to-date ’sacrifice’ for uncertain future. A metaphor for deliverance and for the anticipation of the eternal happiness, which are promised by new technologies and old religions.” Klaus Obermaier, Choreographer, Composer and Media Artist

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From BOND magazine issue 2 / 2010 where I’ve written interviews with three amazing creative business leaders:

“Society pushes us to label ourselves but you don’t have to do it. As soon as we define ourselves we make borders and limits. I don’t think we are happy the next day with the self-definition. I am not a designer, I am not a programmer, I am not a businessman and I am not a cook and I am not a driver and I also don’t have a company and I am not owner of anything. I am a man on this planet and of indefinable activity.” Juraj Andrascik, online game development company owner famous for multi award winning games across the globe

“Children are our future so the more care we take about their engagement with new technology and the more we research the impact the better. Complex psychological and sociological analysis would be very useful to predict situations so we can act according to results.” Marian Ferko, game development business owner well known for 3D action and strategy games

“The mainstream is films that are “amusement park thrill rides”, lacking any deeper content, packaged harmlessly around a popular message such as world peace or environmental responsibility. Screening in a cinema is insufficient because it’s framed as transient entertainment value. There needs to be a will to discuss films with a deeper social content.” Ondej Svadlena, digital animation film maker

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