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Well done animation of a simple truth about housing block bleakness.
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The team behind the Danish pavilion at the World Expo 2008 in Zaragoza, Spain consists of three Copenhagen-based firms — architects Spektrum Arkitekter, graphic agency Loop Associates and communications agency 2+1.

The Danish pavilion houses Círculos de Agua (Circles in the Water), an exhibition about sustainable living and lasting solutions that echoes the World Expo 2008 theme of water and sustainability. Círculos de Agua highlights Danish technologies that have started out small yet have the potential to affect global change. The underlying message is that everything we do spreads like ripples through water.

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The argument about whether or not the tremendous challenges our planet faces - now and in future years - can be reversed by proactive human action falls short. We have enacted the planet’s decline, and together we can and must move to affect vital regeneration. Yet the heated debates over defining how and the means by which this action will take place wage on.

Amid the politics and global chatter that translate to more talk and less action, a few enlightened groups around the world are engaged in leading a straight-forward, inspired charge with impacting vision.
In the heart of the United States’ Pacific Northwest, a veritable hotbed of sustainable development and leader in the op-timization of natural resources, a movement is emerging that has the potential to rival anything else of the sort in the world with respect to its aggressive approach, and potential lasting impact for change.

Here's a little pre-release tipoff from my man Grubblemouse. Physically reminiscent of a Victorian cyclorama, The O2 Memory Project is a 10 foot high cylinder designed by Jason Bruges with eleven cameras placed equidistance around its perimeter. Each of these cameras takes a picture in sequence every five seconds, creating a 360 degree, digital panorama of the outside location very minute. Animated lights on The O2 Memory Project's exterior shell signal when each camera is about to take a shot. These images are then transmitted to giant screens on the structure's interior. Visitors can venture inside to view and interact with the images via thermal images cameras. These cameras allow visitors to 'direct' which images are displayed – moving to shift the displayed images back and forwards in time, interacting with the location's memories with 'Minority Report' style gestures. Sweet. Artist Jason Bruges said, "I wanted to take the premise of O2's Bluebook service and create a work that challenges the public to think about their virtual selves. Technology is making our memories more temporary and fleeting – we are becoming a 'click and forget' generation". The O2 Memory Project will tour the UK from April 18th, starting at Gabriel's Wharf, Southbank, London. It will then visit The Mound, Edinburgh from April 25th and Williamson Square, Liverpool from May 3rd.