RMB City Opera @ The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art

Well, I finally had the chance to get over to the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art this afternoon to get shots of the new RMB City Opera video exhibit that is currently in the Bloch wing. Here’s a little about the exhibit…

This video—RMB City Opera—highlights RMB City’s virtual cityscape. It includes many emblematic sites such as Tiananmen Square and the Beijing Olympic Stadium. During the video, the viewer enters the city, soaring through and amongst its architectural wonders.

In RMB City Opera a man and a woman interact as actors on a stage and as avatars in the virtual world. Inspired by propaganda operas from the Chinese Cultural Revolution, RMB City Opera includes characters in Red Army uniforms. Batman and Batwoman, Superman and Superwoman are also among the cast.

RMB City Opera is rich in content. It explores the idea of play, romance, identity, utopia/dystopia, communication/isolation, the nature of reality and the global, interconnected world in which we live. This is its American debut.

It’s a fascinating work and I highly recommend checking it out. And thanks to my good friend Tim O’Neill, I had the opportunity to develop a simple “virtual guestbook” for the exhibit that also features an interview between the artist Cao Fei and NAMA curator Leesa Fanning.

With regard to the setup, nothing fancy here, really…just a simple adaption of WordPress. But I think the end result hangs together nicely with the rest of the environment. I have to admit — getting the chance to have my work in the museum in support of the exhibit has been quite a thrill. Not to mention having a great time working with the Nelson-Atkins staff. We’re already in the process of working on more digital features for the upcoming Monet exhibit in April!

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North Church // Portsmouth, NH

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The Day’s Delicious

Assorted nonsense and marginally relevant shenanigans via my personal delicious.com bookmarks.

- WhatTheFont!: Still can't remember what font you used? This dealio might help you out…

- Identify Fonts by Sight: Forgot what font you used? This might help.

- Font Squirrel | Create Your Own @font-face Kits: Another tool out there besides Google Fonts for online typography.

- CSS Rounded Corners In All Browsers (With No Images) | Jon Raasch’s Blog: Saving this one for later. I've been dying to try out a lot of non-image based design CSS tricks (and hacks) lately on a few freelance projects that I'm rolling through.

- SCM Music Player – free and open source web music player: Looks like I'm going to need to save this bad boy for later. wOOt!

Arrowhead Stadium // 21 November 2010

Following a disappointing two-game roadtrip against divisional opponents Oakland and Denver that resulted in two tough losses, the Kansas City faithful were ready to welcome their beloved Chiefs back to Arrowhead. The team took every advantage of the opportunity to right the ship against a weak Cardinals team that was a shadow of its former Super Bowl contending glory. Further, the unseasonably glorious late November weather made for yet another incredible game at Arrowhead Stadium.

Arizona Cardinals: 13
Kansas City Chiefs: 31