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[[Image:Bemd.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Photo from the ''[[Rendez-Vous Hotel]]'' series ([[2008]]) by [[Gert-Jan van den Bemd]] ]] | [[Image:Bemd.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Photo from the ''[[Rendez-Vous Hotel]]'' series ([[2008]]) by [[Gert-Jan van den Bemd]] ]] | ||
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- | :[[2000]] - [[2001]] - [[2002]] - [[2003]] - [[2004]] - [[2005]] - [[2006]] - [[2007]] - [[2008]] - [[2009]] - [[2010]] | + | '''2008''' (MMVIII) was the 8th year of the 3rd millennium, the 8th year of the 21st century, and the 9th year of the 2000s decade. |
== Art and culture == | == Art and culture == | ||
- | *[[Seduced, Art and Sex from Antiquity to Now]], exhibition | + | *[[Seduced, Art and Sex from Antiquity to Now]], Barbican Centre, London |
- | *[[Collapse Volume IV: 'Concept Horror']], issue of journal of contemporary philosophy | + | *[[Eros au secret]] exhibition |
- | *''[[Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex]]'' by Mary Roach | + | *[[If Hitler Had Been a Hippy How Happy we Would Be]] by Jake and Dinos Chapman |
- | *''[[Eros au secret]]'' was the title of an exhibition which is held from December 2007 to March 2008. | + | *[[Theanyspacewhatever]] by Guggenheim chief curator Nancy Spector |
- | * [[Cliff Richard]]'s earliest material will enter the [[public domain]] in the [[United Kingdom]] assuming there are no changes to copyright law. | + | *[[Diana und Actaeon - Der verbotene Blick auf die Nacktheit]], Museum Kunstpalast in Düsseldorf |
- | *''[[If Hitler Had Been a Hippy How Happy we Would Be]]'' | + | |
- | *[[PopEye]] [http://www.inenuithasselt.be/content/uih_content/record.php?ID=3737] with work by [[Guy Peellaert]] from [[May 7]] until [[June 15]] in Hasselt | + | |
- | *[[Camille Claudel]] in Paris at the [[Musée Rodin]] retrospective from [[April 15]] to [[July 20]]. | + | |
- | *[[J. G. Ballard. Autopsy of the new millennium]] in Barcelona | + | |
- | *[[HOKUSAI “mad about his art” From Edmond de Goncourt to Norbert Lagane]]. [[21 May]] – [[4 August]] | + | |
- | *[[Jess Franco]] retrospective [http://robertmonell.blogspot.com/2008/05/cinematheque-francaise-jess-franco.html] at the Parisian [[Cinémathèque française]] from [[June 18]] to [[July 31]]. | + | |
- | *[[Theanyspacewhatever]] | + | |
- | *[[Diana und Actaeon - Der verbotene Blick auf die Nacktheit]] | + | |
- | *''[[The Pitchfork 500: Our Guide to the Greatest Songs from Punk to the Present]]'' | + | |
- | *''[[Feuchtgebiete]]'' by [[Charlotte Roche]] | + | |
===Music=== | ===Music=== | ||
- | *''[[Everything That Happens Will Happen Today]]'' | + | ====Singles==== |
- | *"[[Everyone Nose]]" | + | *[[Blind (Hercules and Love Affair song)|Blind]] by Hercules and Love Affair |
- | *"[[Paper Planes (song)]]" | + | *[[Everyone Nose]] by N*E*R*D |
- | *"[[Pete the Meat Puppet]]" | + | *[[Paper Planes (song)|Paper Planes]] by M.I.A. |
+ | *[[Gold Dust (DJ Fresh song)|Gold Dust]] by DJ Fresh | ||
+ | *[[American Boy]] by Estelle | ||
+ | *[[Strange Overtones]] by David Byrne | ||
+ | *[[Toe Jam]] by Fatboy Slim, Dizzee Rascal and David Byrne | ||
+ | *[[Sweet About Me]] by Gabriella Cilmi | ||
+ | *[[C'est Beau la Bourgeoisie]] by Discobitch | ||
+ | *[[Konijntje]] by Willie Wartaal | ||
+ | *[[I'll Kill Her]] by Soko | ||
+ | *[[Corporate Cannibal]] by Grace Jones | ||
+ | *[[Kalemba (Wegue Wegue)]] | ||
- | * [[Best of 2008]] | + | ====Albums==== |
+ | *''[[Everything That Happens Will Happen Today]]'' by David Byrne and Brian Eno | ||
+ | ====Writing==== | ||
+ | *''[[The Pitchfork 500: Our Guide to the Greatest Songs from Punk to the Present]]'' | ||
===Literature=== | ===Literature=== | ||
- | *''[[Hermans-Reve correspondence]]'' | + | *''[[Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex]]'' by Mary Roach |
+ | *[[Collapse Volume IV: 'Concept Horror']], issue of journal of contemporary philosophy | ||
+ | *''[[Feuchtgebiete]]'' by [[Charlotte Roche]] | ||
=== Film === | === Film === | ||
- | *''[[WALL-E]]'' | + | *''[[WALL-E]]'' by Disney |
- | *''[[Be Kind Rewind]]'' | + | *''[[Be Kind Rewind]]'' by Michel Gondry |
- | *''[[Moscow, Belgium]]'' | + | *''[[Moscow, Belgium]]'' by Christophe Van Rompaey |
- | *''[[Funny Games (2008 film)]]'' | + | *''[[Tropic Thunder]]'' by Ben Stiller |
- | *''[[Tropic Thunder]]'' | + | ====Video==== |
- | + | *[[Pete the Meat Puppet]] | |
- | === Expected films and books === | + | === Visual art === |
- | * A film adaptation[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0409379/] of [[Thérèse Raquin]] by [[Charlie Stratton]] is expected in 2008. ... | + | *[[Dadameter]] |
- | * ''[[Bathory (2008 film)|Bathory]]'' ([[Juraj Jakubisko]]) | + | |
- | *''[[Hippie Hippie Shake (film)|Hippie Hippie Shake]]'', a film based on [[Richard Neville]]'s memoir | + | |
- | *''[[Ways of Hearing]]'' by [[David Toop]]. | + | |
==Deaths== | ==Deaths== | ||
:''[[Deaths in 2008]]'' | :''[[Deaths in 2008]]'' | ||
- | :[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deaths_in_2008 Deaths_in_2008] | ||
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2008 (MMVIII) was the 8th year of the 3rd millennium, the 8th year of the 21st century, and the 9th year of the 2000s decade.
Contents |
Art and culture
- Seduced, Art and Sex from Antiquity to Now, Barbican Centre, London
- Eros au secret exhibition
- If Hitler Had Been a Hippy How Happy we Would Be by Jake and Dinos Chapman
- Theanyspacewhatever by Guggenheim chief curator Nancy Spector
- Diana und Actaeon - Der verbotene Blick auf die Nacktheit, Museum Kunstpalast in Düsseldorf
Music
Singles
- Blind by Hercules and Love Affair
- Everyone Nose by N*E*R*D
- Paper Planes by M.I.A.
- Gold Dust by DJ Fresh
- American Boy by Estelle
- Strange Overtones by David Byrne
- Toe Jam by Fatboy Slim, Dizzee Rascal and David Byrne
- Sweet About Me by Gabriella Cilmi
- C'est Beau la Bourgeoisie by Discobitch
- Konijntje by Willie Wartaal
- I'll Kill Her by Soko
- Corporate Cannibal by Grace Jones
- Kalemba (Wegue Wegue)
Albums
- Everything That Happens Will Happen Today by David Byrne and Brian Eno
Writing
Literature
- Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex by Mary Roach
- Collapse Volume IV: 'Concept Horror', issue of journal of contemporary philosophy
- Feuchtgebiete by Charlotte Roche
Film
- WALL-E by Disney
- Be Kind Rewind by Michel Gondry
- Moscow, Belgium by Christophe Van Rompaey
- Tropic Thunder by Ben Stiller
Video
Visual art
Deaths
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