18 August 2008

The Rinpa Eshidan"Rinpa" is a word created by the founders of the group meaning "to bring people together, while "Eshidan" essentially means "art crew." The Rinpa Eshidan is a team of artists brought together by a common creative expression.The Rinpa Eshidan core team is made up of Noiz-Davi, Daisuke Yamamoto, D.H.Rosen, Akari Sasai and XOLA . The group's main activities are performing in live-art events and creating videos of art in action. Instead of focusing on the finished project, we believe the process of creation itself is where art comes to life and our videos aim to engage our audience in that process.Instead of focusing on the finished project, we believe the process of creation itself is where art comes to life and our videos and live art aim to engage our audience in that process. Many people ask us how we can stand to erase the artwork we have worked so hard to create, but our focus is on the process of making art, not the end result. The good news is that the videos we make become a permanent record of the spontaneous artworks created during the filming.

09 August 2008

Mohammed El Erian is one of the country's most
successful money managers. He's the co-CEO of the Pacific Investment
Management Company, better known as PIMCO.
That firm oversees more than 829 billion dollars. He previously led Harvard University's endowment to substantial returns on investment. Charlie Rose
spoke to him recently about his new book "When
Markets Collide" and how he sees the global economy today.