10/31/2007 at 9:15 AM
Tags: Switzerland Travel, Crimes, Festivals, Art (all tags)
In Basel, Switzerland, the Shift Festival has just wound up. It's a new festival for the electronic arts, which they plan to hold every fall from now on. The theme for this year's festival was "access", but access to the exhibits seems to have got a bit out of hand.
That's because there was a theft at this year's Shift Festival. A group of artists from Vienna working under the name of Ubermorgen had created an exhibit involving a book--the Abbie Hoffman classic "Steal This Book"--placed inside an incubator. Apparently the exhibit was supposed to praise those who fought for literary freedom by celebrating a hacking operation on Amazon.
Perhaps not surprisingly, somebody did steal the book. Shift Festival organizers have decided not to press charges but hope the thief will return the stolen book. We can't wait to see what crazy things get shifted or lifted at next year's Shift Festival.
Related Stories:
· Shift Festival [Official Site]
· Thief Accepts Invitation [Independent Online]
· Fall Culture Travel in Basel [Jaunted]
· Switzerland Travel coverage [Jaunted]
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by amandak
1/25/2007 at 12:00 PM
Tags: Museums, Police, Crimes (all tags)
Come on, now. Do they even have crime in Canada? Ever since we realized that the Canadian government gives bands money to film music videos and go on tour, we've refused to believe there is a single bad thing about that country. Yes, we have pissed off at least a couple of Canadians who swear it's not a total utopia up north.
If you believe this farce about "crime" in "Canada," you can try living the dream at the Vancouver Police Museum. For $7, the museum will teach you about some of Canada's most famous "criminals," and the "police" who stick it to them. You can sit in a police car, study firearms through the ages, and view a collection of all sorts of bizarre confiscated weapons as well as a morgue exhibit. There's The museum also offers a summertime "Sins of the City" walking tour that will expose you to the city's "edgier" side, including the evolution Vancouver's drug and sex industries. Unfortunately, no tribute to the
Royal Canadian Kilted Yaksmen exists.
Discover Vancouver says it's the only police museum in Canada, which makes sense given our suspicions.
[Photo:
Precious Roy]
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Vancouver Police Museum [Official Site]
by djk
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