~openculture | Bookmarks (173)
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A Preview of Sora, the New OpenAI Tool That Creates Remarkable AI-Generated Videos
A little over four years ago, we featured here on Open Culture a set of realistic...
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A Walking Tour of Los Angeles Architecture: From Art Deco to California Bungalow
When architectural historian Reyner Banham wrote Los Angeles: The Architecture of Four Ecologies (1971), quite possibly...
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“Hello Vincent”: A Generative AI Project Brings Vincent Van Gogh to Life at the Musée D’Orsay
?si=aoRK422gthc62UZE If you attend the “Van Gogh in Auvers-sur-Oise” exhibition at the Musée D’Orsay, in Paris,...
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Discover the World’s Oldest University, Which Opened in 427 CE, Housed 9 Million Manuscripts, and Then Educated Students for 800 Years
In the Buddhist Asia of a dozen centuries ago, the equivalent of going off to study...
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Hear Grace Slick’s Hair-Raising Vocals in the Isolated Track for “White Rabbit” (1967)
“One pill makes you larger and one pill makes you small…” Sometime in the summer of...
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Isaac Asimov Predicts the Future in 1982: Computers Will Be “at the Center of Everything;” Robots Will Take Human Jobs
Four decades ago, our civilization seemed to stand on the brink of a great transformation. The...
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The Jazz Classic “Take Five” Played Beautifully on a 1959 Classical Guitar
Above we have George Sakellariou performing Paul Desmond’s jazz classic, “Take Five,” on a vintage 1959...
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Scenes from Life in Paris During the 1920s, Colorized and Restored: Cafés, Notre Dame, Street Life & More
Few cities have been as romanticized as Paris, and few eras in Paris have been as...
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Watch a 1915 Film Adaptation of Alice in Wonderland Enhanced in 4K, with Costumes Based on Briginal Illustrations by Sir John Tenniel
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland predates the invention of cinema by a couple of decades. Nevertheless, much...
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A Web Site That Lets You Find Your Home Address on Pangea
A cool tool. Software engineer Ian Webster has created a website that lets you see how...
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The Red Hot Chili Peppers “Californication” Played on the Gayageum, a Korean Instrument That Emerged 1,400 Years Ago
We just had the chance to see the Red Hot Chili Peppers kick off a new...
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Architect Breaks Down the Design Of Four Iconic New York City Museums: the Met, MoMA, Guggenheim & Frick
Context may not count for everything in art. But as underscored by everyone from Marcel Duchamp...
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The $25,000 Turntable Designed by Brian Eno That Glows in Different Colors as It Plays
When we think of Brian Eno’s work, we first think of his records. These include not...
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Punk Dulcimer: Hear The Ramones’ “I Wanna Be Sedated” Played on the Dulcimer
Sam Edelston can rock the duclimer. On his YouTube channel, he writes: “Dulcimers are natural rock...
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A 3D Animation Shows the Evolution of New York City (1524 — 2023)
Nearly two and a half centuries after its founding, the United States of America is still...
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The Cover of George Orwell’s 1984 Becomes Less Censored with Wear & Tear
In 2013, Penguin released in the UK a series of new covers for five works by...
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10 Biggest Threats to the World in 2024, Ranked by Ian Bremmer
At the start of each year, Ian Bremmer, a political scientist and president of Eurasia Group, creates...
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Black History in Two Minutes: Watch 93 Videos Written & Narrated by Henry Louis Gates Jr.
We’re nearly halfway through February, which the United States of America also knows as Black History...
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Why Incompetent People Think They’re Competent: The Dunning-Kruger Effect, Explained
When surveyed, eighty to ninety percent of Americans consider themselves possessed of above-average driving skills. Most...
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Ten of the Most Expensive Arts & Art Supplies in the Worlds: Japanese Bonsai Scissors & Calligraphy Brushes, Tunisian Dye Made from Snails and More
A few years ago, we featured a $32,000 pair of bonsai scissors here on Open Culture....
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How an Unscheduled, Last Minute Performance of “Fast Car” Shot Tracy Chapman to Stardom in 1988
And the award for the first Black songwriter to win Song of the Year at the...
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Is Consciousness an Illusion?? Five Experts in Science, Religion & Technology Explain
Even among non-neuroscientists, determining the origin and purpose of consciousness is widely known as “the hard...
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Behold a Surreal 1933 Animation of Snow White, Featuring Cab Calloway & Betty Boop: It’s Ranked as the 19th Greatest Cartoon of All Time
Of the three collaborations jazz singer Cab Calloway made with cute cartoon legend Betty Boop, this...
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Beethoven’s 5th: Watch an Animated Graphical Score
Stephen Malinowski is a self-described “Music Animation Machine,” with a penchant for creating animated graphical scores....