Jin Wu Koon – To Become a Lion

‘The drum is the heartbeat of the lion. It brings energy, ferociousness and liveliness to the performance.’ – Jin Wu Koon Dragon & Lion Dance Association 澳洲振武館龍獅團

Both a ceremonial custom and a dynamic sport, lion dancing is a
cultural practice that spans generations and continents.

Object Lesson is a Powerhouse digital content series that upends and inverts the legacy of a set of lesson cards held in the collection since 1880. Named for English educator. Elizabeth Mayo’s 1831 publication Lessons on Objects, the series is underpinned by a desire to learn more about the objects in our collection from people and communities who have special relationships with them.

‘Knowledge stems not only from teacher or institution or object alone — but at the intersection of all.’ – Agatha Gothe-Snape, Powerhouse artistic associate

Commissioned by the Powerhouse

Director: David Ma
Producer: Georgia Noe
Executive Producer: Callum Cooper
Director of Photography: Jack McAvoy
First Assistant Camera: Cameron Robertson

Production Designer: Abbey Ling Thorley
Gaffer: Nico Nalbandian
Sound Recordist: Stuart Melvey, Mara Schwerdtfeger
Editor: David Ma
Colorist: Yanni Kronenberg
Fire VFX: Kenneth Zeng
Score, Sound Design & Mix: Mara Schwerdtfeger
Title Design: Sylvia Zheng

Featuring
Chan Cheuk Fai

Performers
Willis Koh
Ivan Lim
William Tan
Raymond Chen
Danny Vuu
Helen Le
Jefferson Nguyen Ang
Tony Sun
Aiden Sun
Titan Sun

Archival Stills and Footage
Chan Cheuk Fai
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Interview with Yuko Asada | Women in Pan, Episode 8

In Episode 8 of the “Women in Pan” 10-part series, under the A Better Tomorrow banner, Attillah Springer interviews Yuko Asada about her life and journey in pan. Yuko is a musical instrument technician at Northern Illinois University (NIU) where she directs the NIU Community School of the Arts Steelband and assists the NIU Steelband. Yuko is a steelpan builder, tuner, educator, mentor, composer, arranger, transcriber and member of the new NIU Staff Professional Development Academy. She has presented at conferences, conducted workshops, co-founded the Pastiche Steel Ensemble, Virtual Steelband, and Pan in Unity. She has worked as clinician/adjudicator for steelpan festivals in the United States, Japan and Trinidad. Her work has also taken her to Australia and Thailand. She is the only active tuner trained under the late Dr. Clifford Alexis.

The “Women in Pan” series (

• Women in Pan Series (A Better Tomorrow) ) continues in the coming weeks with more in-depth interviews:
• November 4 — Natasha Joseph
• November 11 — Michelle Huggins-Watts

THE “WOMEN IN PAN” TEAM
• Executive Producers: Mark Loquan & Maria Nunes
• Director & Editor: Maria Nunes
• Associate Producer: Caroline Taylor
• Interviewer: Attillah Springer

#ABetterTomorrow #WomenInPan #trinidadandtobago #steelpan #steelband

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Amazing Steel Pan in Japan #japan #china china

Video from D&A DONDRE💯
MEDIUM BANDS PANORAMA 2024
NGC Steel Xplosion
Arima Angel Harps
Katzenjammer Steel Orchestra
Sangre Grande Cordettes
NGC Couva Joylanders
Pamberi Steel Orchestra
Pan Elders Steel Orchestra
Dixieland Steel Orchestra
Valley Harps
Tunapuna TIPICA Steel Orchestra
NGC La Brea Nightingales
Courts Sound Specialists of Laventille
Curepe Scherzando Steel Orchestra
Tornados

LARGE BANDS PANORAMA 2024
HARMONITES REDEMPTION SOUND SETTERS
Heritage Petroleum Skiffle
T&TEC Tropical Angel Harps
She’ll Invaders
Republic Bank Exodus
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HADCO Phase Pan Groove
Massy Trinidad 🇹🇹 All Stars
Nutrien Sliver Stars
NLCB Buccaneers
BP Renegades
NLCB FONCLAIRE
First Citizens Supernovas Steel Orchestra
Proman Star lift
Desperados

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【2023阿波おどり総踊り】日本人の心が一つになる！超圧巻の阿波踊り！ – Awaodori in 8K UHD

00:00 Rerere ream
02:07 noise
08:16 Total dance

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機材一覧：https://lit.link/isekaihitoritabi

【Camera】
メインカメラ：https://www.amazon.co.jp/s?k=Canon+R5…
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夜間用カメラ：https://www.amazon.co.jp/s?k=FX3&__mk…
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【Drone】
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【SUB Camera】
DJI Pocket2：https://www.amazon.co.jp/DJI-Pocket-%…

【BGM】
Audiostock：https://audiostock.jp/s_plan/standard…

#阿波踊り #8k #阿波踊り2023

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Sperm whales have their own alphabet, scientists say | BBC News

Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, studying a clan of sperm whales in the East Caribbean, found the mammals use clicks to tell other whales who they are.

Sperm whales are known to be very sociable and communicate with each other across thousands of miles with a series of rhythmic clicks, called codas.

Researchers have analysed recordings from 60 different members of the Eastern Caribbean sperm whale clan to create what they call a “sperm whale phonetic alphabet” of different click combinations.

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For more news, analysis and features visit: http://www.bbc.com/news

#Nature #Science #BBCNews

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Holy Island last night WOW!!

A truly Biblical night on Holy Island last night WOW!! #Auroraborealis #NorthernLights #Aurora #lindisfarne #holyisland @NT_TheNorth @NorthLightAlert @NTNorthd_Coast @Ross_Hutchinson @IanPayneITV @BBCStargazing @BBCNEandCumbria @itvtynetees @PaulKingstonITV pic.twitter.com/j9rM7pFRFY

— Michael Brady (@MBnewcastle) May 11, 2024

Sometimes life …

Sometimes life … pic.twitter.com/gYwac30gux

— Figen (@TheFigen_) May 10, 2024

Why there is so much excitement in the space weather community right now…

Thought I would summarise why there is so much excitement in the space weather community right now. There’s a monstrous sunspot group on the Sun that’s massive enough to be visible to the naked eye (please use eclipse glasses) 🌞 👓 (1/n) pic.twitter.com/NEwwLoCdms

— Dr Steph Yardley🌞 (@slyardley) May 10, 2024

Tara Donovan Layers 200,000 CDs into Twisting Totems of Physical Data | Colossal

MAY 10, 2024 GRACE EBERT

Installation view of ‘Tara Donovan: Stratagems.’ All images courtesy of Pace Gallery

Despite claims that CDs are raring back into the zeitgeist, only a small number of people today consume media through the slim, shiny discs. In an exhibition at Pace, artist Tara Donovan presents an ode to the outmoded, if not beloved objects through 11 towering works.

The artist is known for her large-scale sculptures and installations of common, mass-produced objects like pencils, styrofoam cups, and Slinkys that consider accumulation and aggregation. For Stratagems, she bought about 500,000 CDs from eBay, sorted them by color, and glued two together so just the reflective areas were visible. She then layered the doubled components into undulating patterns and twisting helices reaching up to ten feet tall.

Because of their mirrored surfaces, the monumental sculptures catch and reflect light depending on the time of day and confront the viewer with the stunning weight of information. Donovan described the material in a recent interview:

The silver CDs are commercial discs with music, movies, audiobooks, porn, Jesus, Celine Dion. Everything. The green are CDRs, so they’re recordable. They contain whatever people valued enough to put on them, whether it’s a Grateful Dead concert or a mix. The CD is the last quantifiable object of data that exists in the world. We moved from filing cabinets to clouds. These are relics of a very recent past. I remember when the CD became a thing, it was marketed as the future. They made “forever discs” which were gold. When you think about the amount of information that is in this room is staggering.

Stratagems is on view through August 16 in New York, and you can find more from the artist at Pace.

“Stratagem I” (2024), CDs, 88 × 14 × 14 inches

“Stratagem VII” (2024), CDs, 88 × 16 × 16 inches

More: Tara Donovan Layers 200,000 CDs into Twisting Totems of Physical Data — Colossal

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