The Lunar New Year is upon us. Celebrated by many people of Chinese origin, each lunar year is attributed to a sign of the zodiac. 2013 is the Year of the Snake. The Snake is not reviled, but revered by the Chinese and considered to be both beautiful and wise. Throughout China and in Chinese communities around the …Read More…
On the day that we officially recognise the birth of Australia as a modern national entity, we can be proud to acknowledge some of the Australians who have carried the name of Australia to the world. Whether an individual appointed manager of the New Yorker magazine at the age of 26, a company providing technology …Read More…
In the age of CGI virtual reality, a veteran cinematographer analyses the very real technical issues with faking a moon landing television broadcast in 1969. A reasoned response to conspiracy theorists by a pragmatic filmmaker. View video on the YouTube channel of S G Collins, postwar.nl
Although built in Macau on reclaimed land, this has nothing to do with subsidence, and everything to do with a large scale 3D video-mapping spectacular designed and operated by Australian company Laservision. Projected onto the facades of multiple Venetian buildings on the “Cotai” strip, the imagery includes a flock of birds, a gondola and an array of …Read More…
This weekend in Hong Kong, (and in Chinese and Vietnamese communities around the world), the Mid-Autumn Festival is being celebrated. Festivities include sharing balmy evenings under a full moon, lanterns (in traditional or contemporary shapes), incense, match-making and moon cakes, to relive the millenia-old harvest festival imbued with the mythology of Houyi and Chang’e, court …Read More…
