Imagining a Unified Korea Through Augmented Reality
New media artist Mark Skwarek’s latest creation, the Augmented Reality Korean Unification Project, imagines a unified Korea through an app that removes “weapons, checkpoints, fortifications, barriers, [and] walls… from the Korean landscape.”
(Read more...)Cheat Sheet: August 2 2011
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(Read more...)75 Photos of Comics and Cosplay From Ani-Com Hong Kong 2011
We were on our way to the 13th Animation-Comic-Game Hong Kong 2011 (ACGHK)—or as it’s colloquially known, Ani-Com.
(Read more...)Cheat Sheet: August 1 2011
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(Read more...)Squattertown: A Dim Sum Western Comes to Hong Kong
Forget spaghetti westerns—Italian movies from the 1960s are for film majors with moustaches. Instead, we’re headed to Asia, back to another classic stomping ground of film: Hong Kong. It’s all about the dim sum western now.
(Read more...)Cheat Sheet: July 30-31 2011
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(Read more...)Chinese “Spicy Girl” Booth Babes Forced to Cover Up
At this year’s ChinaJoy game expo—the largest of its kind in China—organizers stepped up their regulations regarding the show’s booth babes, better known as “spicy girls“. Find out what parts of the body these women can no longer put sticker ads on.
(Read more...)The Street Art Beat: Red Arrows and Big Faces in China
We present The Street Art Beat, our new series on street art in Asia. 21CB’s Angela Kung looks at the daring work by Jef Aerosol and JR, two French artists who don’t mind leaving an impression on big walls.
(Read more...)Cheat Sheet: July 29 2011
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(Read more...)Understanding Censorship: A Study of China’s Search Engines
Researchers have published a paper on the mechanics of filtering on Chinese search engines. Is there a way to break through? The researchers certainly think so.
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