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This is a pretty interesting and exciting day for the US and the world.

Welcome to YourPR this week, I am Benjamin Bottorff based out of Geneva, Switzerland. Today’s show explores the theme of time and its influence on the human creative process.

· How are the Gorillas in the Congo? Interview with Pierre Peron, an administrator of Verunga National Park. Pierre is a trained zoologist and has worked at the BBC as a journalist. Now he applies his skills in Goma, DR Congo. Follow the blog and watch the videos at www.gorilla.cd.

· What is the word on the streets of Washington DC? Interview with GenevaPRs political correspondent based in Washington DC. Erica Frantz is on the ground following the inauguration.

· Speeches by Martin Luther King Jr. and Barack Obama.

Happy New Year LA Artists and Beyond!

Just a heads up that Create:Fixate accepts submissions on a rolling basis!

We are always looking for new artists, photographers, bands, DJs, and
independent fashion and jewelry designers to showcase at our events.

We are currently planning our March event! To be considered please send in a
submission no later than this Thursday, January 8th!

For submission guidelines, please visit the submissions section of our
website at: http://www.createfixate.com

Happy New Year!

Create:Fixate

One of the most popular ongoing projects that WCAD has been involved
in has been THE PAPERBOATS.

MAKE A PAPERBOAT WITH A MESSAGE OF HOPE IN IT

http://www.communiversity.org.uk/WCADpaperboats2009.htm
Our modern twist on this ancient craft has continued to develop and last year saw an exhibition at The Three Harbours Arts Festival, where a further 2000 paperboats were produced.
We now now have a small touring exhibition of this growing project which is at present at Castleview Primary School, Craigmillar for this years WCAD.

Here are some great examples of PAPERBOATS

http://www.flickr.com/groups/622771@N24/
http://www.communiversity.org.uk/irena.htm
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=gGrhOARv2Ww
http://www.communiversity.org.uk/rocca.htm

YourPR has posted a new item, 'JimbobPR'

This week’s episode of YourPR is titled JimbobPR and is produced by Jimbob Peltaire. Here are a few words from Jimbob on the episode that kicks off the YourPR New Year:

check out our new collaboration blog...

http://whackular.blogspot.com/

Jeff

Binaural U.S. Tour 2009
Lectures | Workshops | Concerts
January, 21st ­ February, 17th 2009
http://www.binauralmedia.org

Binaural is a Portuguese media arts collective that promotes the exploration
and research in sound, visual and new media arts, focusing on the crossing
of media and languages and on the articulation between artistic production
and the surrounding context, particularly through its activities in the
rural space of Nodar.

Binaural runs Nodar Artist Residency Center, located in an ancestral rural
mountain community of northern Portugal. Through an annual program of
residencies, are organized and produced the development of media arts
projects from international artists, followed by public presentations in the

Happy Holidays one and all!

Jeff

Vol. 5, Issue 18 of The Poetry Victims is now online.

Featuring Art by Pierre Francillon and Poetry by Jan Oscar Hansen.

http://thepoetryvictimsvol5.blogspot.com

Enjoy!

Jeff

This also was posted on the Art4Development listserv. I love reading about the intersection of art and environmental action.

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Eco Sculpture Points Way to Improving Air Quality in Cities

DUNDEE.- A new `eco' sculpture was unveiled in Dundee, by award-
winning artists Dalziel + Scullion. Catalyst, the life-size model of
a car, weighing 13.6 tonnes, has been cast in a remarkable form of
concrete that converts the airborne pollutants caused by traffic into
oxygen and nitrates, and can thereby reduce atmospheric toxins. "The
material was originally developed for use on pavements in congested
urban areas to improve air quality," says Matthew Dalziel, one half
of the artistic partnership, which is based at the University of