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TV Wall on display at EIA

As part of the McLuhan Centenary 2011, the Vintage TV Wall is now on display in the departures area at Edmonton’s International Airport. The Wall plays back a variety of clips from McLuhan’s legacy, encouraging patrons to reflect on his well-known themes of “the medium is the message” and “the global village”.

Originally put together to promote the final Wave installation, the TV wall was shown at the Cool Media event at the Art Gallery of Alberta. TVs and equipment were contributed from Kevin Lau’s personal collection, and content and design were my responsibility. The display case created for the airport was put together by Cezary Gajewski, an industrial designer at the University of Alberta.

The display is in the domestic departures area past security, so you’ll need to take a flight sometime between now and November. After that it will be viewable in Enterprise Square downtown until January, alongside the final Wave installation.

Be sure to check out the Flickr set I’ve posted of the entire process, along with a video or two on the YouTube channel.

Whiteboard of the Week – 20

 

This week is another guest artist WotW, this time by the Mishax. A few notable sections:

 

  • Trademark Misha tarp
  • A wild Kevin appears with his clipboard and pen
  • Only after drawing did he find my black marker (which needs replacement)
  • The Tundra is apparently outfitted with Apple wheel hubs
  • John Cheese (Cleese) is finding Basil the Rat (Fawlty Towers – S2 E6)
  • Darth Vader antenna reference (See Duck Podcast 13)

 

Duck Podcast: Episode 13 (in HD!)

You may have already noticed, but the Duck Podcast has returned from it’s rather long hiatus, and it’s back with attitude! Or… High Def! Be sure to check out all the action on the official Duck Podcast website, http://duck.jole.ca.
Also, I’ve padded my YouTube account with old goodies from jolevideo, and some new stuff from my video archive. Be sure to check it out. I’ve been contemplating whether to promote jolevideo or just kill it off in favour of YouTube, since ol’ Google has certainly made progress with the popular video service over the past few years. I’ll be keeping both in service, but YouTube will be the primary public distribution area, with jolevideo being reserved for rejected videos.

Whiteboard of the Week – 10

 

So I’m hoping you can identify my drawings from other people’s by now. The printing party and wetting house radio is of course mine, and the rest are my sister’s. There was also this hideous blingy smile, but I was so disgusted seeing it this morning that I had to erase it. Sorry Laura.

My favorite of Laura’s is the guy creeping out from the frame eating a cupcake off the house. Awesome.

Printing party is a reference to Kevin’s “My 5Si is going to have a party printing this document”, referring to his epic typefest, writing up all of Grease: School Version…just for convenient access I guess. The wetting house is what you get when you take the “s” of your White-Westinghouse Radio. A radio that showers your house.

Stay tuned for a wonderful whiteboard animation of “La Neige en Deuil” by Henri Troyat.