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During the first UK lockdown, I received an email from my sons primary school with a list of webcams we might enjoy having a look at. We particularly enjoyed watching and identifying the animals at a particular African watering hole that we could watch, live, online.

I continued exploring this world of live-streamed place-based webcams, something I had previously overlooked. I was fascinated by those focusing on city centers, which revealed largely deserted urban landscapes. I left nature-cams and coastal webcams open on my PC monitor as welcome distractions as I worked from home. They offered me a portal to the outside world, when I, like so many others, was trapped inside.

I suspected I was not alone in my virtual travels. Indeed, the media soon described a massive upsurge in the usage of these webcams. Edinburgh Zoo saw its webcam views surge from about 100,000 to 5 million per month. As an expert in tourism, I wanted to explore this further. I set up a questionnaire and heard from 227 members of the public about their experiences traveling through webcams.

Some had used webcam-travel for years, as a way to connect to nature. One respondent described the appeal of his favorite webcam at an eagles nest:

I enjoy watching the eggs hatch and observing the eaglets mature over springtime, learning to fly, and leaving the next. I find it a nice antidote to the urban environment in which I live and work.

Respondents found webcam-travel relaxing, especially when the subject was nature and wildlife It makes me feel calm and relaxed when Im stressed or feeling anxious. Coastal scenes were also very popular. One person told me:

I always found, in the time before the lockdown, looking at the sea to be relaxing. I really miss walking by the coast. Watching the waves helps me to feel more connected with the outside world and reminds of me what is waiting once it is safe to venture out once more.

One thing that these accounts revealed was the importance of the live and unfiltered nature of webcam-travel: It helps to keep in touch with places and things I like. Also watching in real-timemakes you feel almost as if [you are] there. The live nature of the experience seemed to facilitate a sense of connection.

The places which are visited virtually, through these predominantly static webcams, are varied, numerous, and increasingly popular. Wildlife settings, coastal scenes, city centers, zoos, aquariums, and countryside are all favorites.

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This increase in popularity is unsurprising given the events of 2020. This year, our freedoms have been restricted in a way most people have never experienced. In this context, webcam-travel is a way to connect to nature and the outdoors.

Brockholes Nature Reserve, Lancashire, told me that they saw 850 views of their two nature-cams in February 2020 but two months later, in April, this number had increased to 13,917 a rise of 1,537%. The company SkylineWebcams, meanwhile, has over 1,000 place-based webcams around the globe showing city centers, heritage sites, and a variety of resorts. In May, they told me that they too had seen an enormous rise in popularity of their webcams, saying:

With the spread of COVID-19 our site has, in fact, witnessed an increase in numbers, rising from an average of 70 million monthly page views to 120 million in March. Webcams have definitely played an interesting role during lockdown, they have connected individuals to both distant countries and areas of their very own cities they would usually attend on a day-to-day basis.

My research supported these reports: I found that nearly a third of the respondents tried webcam-travel for the first time during lockdown, and 64% were viewing webcams for longer periods of time than normal. 69% said they were more likely to physically visit places they had viewed through webcams, when restrictions were lifted.

Webcam travel, therefore, provides a relatively affordable way for tourism organizations to connect with visitors as recovery looms. 90% of respondents felt a sense of connection to place or nature and 83% felt more positive after webcam travel.

Of the two-thirds who tended to view webcams of places that they already knew before lockdown, 83% said that this experience brought back happy memories. One wrote of his favorite webcam at Arnside: A beautiful and unspoiled place in Cumbria each time I look at it, it evokes very happy memories of lovely visits there. Nostalgia can ward off negative feelings such as loneliness, boredom, and stress. This offers refuge against the challenges, anxieties, and frustrations associated with lockdown.

The subjects of many of the webcams are outdoor natural settings or wildlife-related. Environmental psychology offers insights that help explain this appeal. It has been proven that exposure to natural environments offers wellness related benefits associated with positive feelings such as calm, refreshment, and enjoyment. Even exposure to pictures of natural environments can be linked to mood restoration.

In 2020, webcam-travel offers a feeling of control over our movements, allowing us to exercise our freedom at least virtually if not corporeally. Yet the experience is an uplifting one. It seems to be relaxing and improves mood at a time when there are widespread concerns regarding mental health, offering an unfiltered experience that supplements and supports connection to place and nature.

As our freedom of movement continues to be curtailed due to COVID-19, webcam travel seems set to continue. This may strike some as depressing, but webcam-travel is not just a way to cope via escapism or nostalgia: it allows a connection to places we know or plan to explore sometime in 2021.

Such imaginative travel can allow us to catch a glimpse of a more positive future. It also offers an opportunity to the tourism sector to connect to its customers as it considers how to recover. And connecting with nature, albeit virtually, is no bad thing for us, the wildlife charities who share their nature-cams, or the planet.

This article byDavid Jarratt, Senior Lecturer in Tourism Management, University of Central Lancashireis republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article.

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Emily Zaiden, director and curator of the Craft in America Center. Zaiden is leading the video dictionary project, recipient of the Decorative Arts Trusts inaugural Prize for Excellence and Innovation.

Presented on December 7, the Decorative Arts Trusts inaugural Prize for Excellence and Innovation is a bright spot on the cultural landscape in a year otherwise marked by gloom. Selecting from dozens of proposals narrowed to finalists that also included the Cincinnati Art Museum, the Huntington and Thomas Jeffersons Monticello the trust awarded $100,000 to Craft in America (CIA) for its imaginative plan to create an online video dictionary of techniques, tools and materials. Emily Zaiden, the Winterthur-trained director and curator of the Craft in America Center in Los Angeles, here shares her vision for the project and insight into other CIA activities. The organizations award-winning television series of the same name debuted on PBS in 2007. New episodes air nationally this month.

Congratulations on this major award. Were you surprised? Elated?

Definitely both. We were honestly somewhat shocked. Its phenomenal news.

Why is the dictionary important? How will you define its scope?

I carried the massive Penguin Dictionary of Decorative Arts with me everywhere I went as a Winterthur Fellow. I always wanted to understand how objects were formed. Its key to understanding objects themselves. Now we have video at our disposal. Its the optimal way for grasping how an object comes into being. The dictionary project is tiered. Initially well focus on the most common techniques and terms with the most general application, ideally terms that are relevant to both historic and contemporary work. Addressing tools and materials will require additional thought and resources.

What audiences do you hope to reach?

Wed like this to be a resource for students of all kinds and at every level and it will certainly serve a core group of scholars the insider world of curators, conservators, art historians, collectors and teaching artists. The video clips will be succinct and clear and they will vary in length. We want people to instantaneously understand from looking at hands manipulating material what each technique means. Todays MFA programs are training students without giving them historical insight nor emphasizing process or technique as much as concept. We hope the video dictionary will restore some of that lost knowledge.

CIAs documentary work is exquisite. How do you achieve such beautiful, illuminating, moving film over such a range of subjects?

Its really a credit to our founder Carol Sauvion and her vision for the series. Craft in Americas focus is on the professionalized portion of craft and makers who have trained in various ways, whether through MFA programs or cultural tradition. We identify masters within the field. Each artist we film is articulate about his or her work and we amplify each artists story. Through the telling of these stories, and by presenting glimpses into the artists studios and lives, we always seek to reach the large, mainstream craft community of enthusiasts and the broad culturally minded public.

Democracy 2020: Craft & The Election is on view at the Craft in America Center through January 2. It features the work of 21 American artists, among them Sonya Clark, whose piece these days this history this country of 2019 incorporates unwoven and rewoven American and Confederate flags. Democracy is also the title of one of two new Craft in America episodes airing on PBS.

How does the series achieve such high production values?

Our production crew consists almost entirely of people whove been involved since the beginning, so theres a consistency level. Theres a body of knowledge you build from hearing the stories of so many artists over the years and understanding what needs to be captured, what doesnt and whats unique. Our cinematographer is phenomenal, which is huge. Video has changed dramatically, particularly in the last five to ten years, and we have maintained our commitment to create the highest caliber footage.

What first inspired CIA to make clips demonstrating technique?

We were creating hour-long episodes for broadcast on PBS and we wanted to use our additional footage and share it with the public. We make all kinds of clips and use them in social media to engage an audience broader than our TV watchers. I first became aware of the power of these little gems after seeing artists post bits and pieces of their own process videos on Instagram. There is something about watching a skilled artist who has that fluidity with his hands that just engrosses people. The clips Craft in America makes are short and digestible, but almost meditative.

Craft, design and decorative arts tend to have dedicated followings. How do you bring disparate communities together?

At Craft in America weve always been as cross-categorical and non-hierarchical as possible. Art and design, old and new, are fundamentally one. Universally, its about the qualities and characteristics of an object: how its made, what its made from and, most essentially, what it says about a culture or individual at any given moment in time. An object can be beautiful and communicate something powerful, whether its a message about how people lived or what an artist experienced. Ubiquitous objects can bring us to certain kinds of shared memories.

Carol Sauvions vision for Craft in America grew from expertise acquired at Freehand Gallery, which she founded in Los Angeles in 1980. Here, Sauvion, left, speaks to a group in the Craft in America Center galleries.

Will CIA film conservators as well as artisans for the dictionary?

We will first assemble a group of experts curators, conservators, teachers and artists to determine what the terms should be. The goal at the outset is to film the entries with professional artists, generally as local as possible for our budget purposes. But this is Los Angeles. We have a large talent pool from which to draw.

Will the video dictionary be freestanding or built into the existing CIA website?

We envision the dictionary having its own website, but the specifics will be somewhat determined by logistical considerations, including how the dictionary will interface with the Craft in America and Decorative Arts Trust sites.

Do you have insight into what it takes to build a dynamic online presence?

I do because its a huge part of what we do. Those considerations will be pivotal to this project, and integral to the research and planning we do in year one. In addition to our website, for which search engine optimization (SEO) is something we constantly address, we have a PBS website and a YouTube channel. Making each as clear, easy and accessible as possible is key. An organization can have tremendous resources that are just buried if not administered correctly. Weve used social media effectively to share those resources. Digital media is complicated and time consuming, but also simple and grassroots in its own way. In the end its about people telling other people. You share information and its passed on. It just grows.

Does CIA see the film, exhibitions, publications and web content it produces as part of a cohesive whole?

Absolutely, we are able to deepen understanding of craft and the handmade through our work in all of those channels. The Craft in America Center is wonderful in that we can bring people in to provide the experience of seeing objects and meeting artists in person. We have a national audience and community built off the PBS series. We want to engage with people everywhere as much as possible to expand the exploration and appreciation of the handmade. Thats why weve been filming artists talks and digitizing exhibitions for a while now, to reach that national community, which is strong and connected. Craft in America functions as a national voice in what it does, whether its the series, our publications or our exhibitions.

As curator of the center, what exhibition did you most enjoy organizing?

All of them. Back to my Winterthur roots, Im very interested in functional objects. Last fall and winter I organized an exhibition called Consume, featuring objects in all media created by artist-makers for Los Angeles restaurants. I curated a series of shows called Good Enough to Eat several years ago. Im always interested in the connections between objects and culinary traditions. So many objects are inspired by food prep or presentation. Everyone needs to eat, and craft and decorative arts enhance that part of our lives.

Does the center adjust for differences in regional perspectives and interests?

We always try to reflect the range of perspectives of making across the United States. The organization overall tends to be focused on contemporary work, but work that is informed by the historic spectrum. The curator Eudorah Moore (1918-2013), an early promoter of craft as art, was an important influence for Craft in America. Her California Design exhibitions at the Pasadena Art Museum included everything from traditional objects and functional design by designer-makers to conceptual fine art. Distinctions among categories are breaking down. It relates to the idea of diversity, equity and inclusivity that has become more focal in the last couple of years.

Preston Singletary in the hot shop. The Tlingit glass artist is featured in several Craft in America episodes as well on Crafts in Americas websites. Russell Johnson photo

How are staff roles at CIA evolving?

We are a small but versatile and passionate staff. In terms of our annual budget, the series and the center are our two big focuses. Our website has grown to be a base for craft resources, profiles of artists and technique videos that largely come from footage from filming the series. We have all kinds of resources on the website publications, exhibitions and catalog essays.

How did Craft in Americas Borders and Neighbors episodes begin to address questions of diversity and inclusion?

They were our first episodes to look outside the United States, specifically to Mexico. That work came in conjunction with a series of exhibitions we did called Mano Made that was part of the Gettys Pacific Standard Time consortium. Mano Made was a trio of solo exhibitions dealing with Latinx and Chicano identity issues and border politics in various ways, both very personal and more broadly social and political.

What about CIAs newest episodes, Storytellers and Democracy?

Storytellers is really about the way that artists are deeply involved with narrative in their work. Democracy is largely about American monuments, symbols, political action and engagement how we voice our history and what brings us together in terms of the objects that represent our core political values as a nation. Democracy for me is a reminder of why, across the entire political spectrum, we can feel patriotic. Its an optimistic, beautiful message.

As a digital lexicographer, how do you feel about being the Samuel Johnson of the decorative arts world?

Im not quite there yet, but its an amazing thought.

The Craft in America Center is at 8415 West Third Street in Los Angeles. For more information, 323-951-0610 or http://www.craftinamerica.org. Additional details on the PBS series Craft in America can be found at http://www.pbs.org/craft-in-america. For more on the Decorative Arts Trust and its programs, go to http://www.decorativeartstrust.org.

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TL;DR: Walmart has confirmed that they will be doing an online restock of both editions of the PlayStation 5 on Nov. 25 at 6 p.m. PST/9 p.m. EST.

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Getting a PlayStation 5 in 2020 has been almost impossible. Only a lucky handful of folks have actually been able to score one of the coveted consoles, but not without enduring a massive amount of stress and multiple website crashes. While it probably won't get any easier to actually get one into your shopping cart, we know now that you'll at least have a few more chances to get a PlayStation 5 before the year is out (PlayStation confirmed as much on Twitter).

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NETFLIX BRINGS A VARIETY OF ENTERTAINMENT WITH 7 NEW KOREAN FILMS AND SERIES

Netflix is set to bolster its K-Content initiative, introducing Netflix Films Space Sweepers, The Call and What Happened to Mr. Cha?

New Original Series including Sweet Home, The Uncanny Counter, Run On and Lovestruck in the City Soon To Meet Fans

SEOUL, 24 November, 2020 - It's an exciting time for those who love to watch Korean content. Netflix, the world's leading streaming entertainment service, is currently servicing Start-Up, Do Do Sol Sol La La Sol and Private Lives, which had their respective premieres in October and are continuously dropping two episodes weekly.

Now, Netflix is adding yet another entertainment joy for its fans around the world; Introducing seven new must-watch Films and Series, namely The Call, Space Sweepers, What Happened to Mr. Cha?, The Uncanny Counter, Run On and Lovestruck in the City.

Since the release of Director Bong Joon-ho's Netflix Film 'Okja' in 2017, the relationship between Korea's creative ecosystem and Netflix has been growing, and it is expected to grow further. In April, Time to Hunt, premiered worldwide only on Netflix and received positive reviews. #Alive, which came to Netflix in September after its theatrical run in Korea, also earned rave reviews and praises, especially for its fresh take on the now-more-recognized K-zombie genre. Starting from today's announcement, Netflix plans to heighten the joy of entertainment with Korean Films by acquiring more Original shows as well as the creation of its own production of Netflix Film with Korean creators.

Minyoung Kim, Vice President of Content (Korea, Southeast Asia, Australia & New Zealand) at Netflix said, "This year marked an incredible milestone for Korean filmmakers with the triumphant of Director Bong Joon-ho's Parasite winning the Oscars, positive reviews around Netflix film Time to Hunt, and the global popularity of #Alive via Netflix across the world. Netflix is at the forefront of changing the way entertainment is enjoyed throughout the world. We believe that great stories can come from anywhere and travel everywhere. We're bringing Korean storytelling with the goal to entertain our members around the world."

More details about the new Netflix Films and Original Series from Korea can be found below.

[UPCOMING KOREAN FILM]

The Call

Premiere Date: November 27, 2020

Cast & Creators: Director Lee Chung-hyun, Park Shin hye, Jun Jong-seo

Genre: Mystery thriller, Crime

Synopsis: When 28-year-old Seo-yeon loses her cell phone on her way to visit her sick, estranged mother in a rural area, she digs up a decade-old cordless phone from the junk closet of her childhood home. She suddenly gets a call from a woman named Young-sook asking for her friend. Seo-yeon hangs up thinking the woman has the wrong number, but later learns that the call was coming from the same house 20 years ago.

Space Sweepers

Premiere Date: Q1 2021

Cast & Creators: Director Jo Sung-hee; Song Joong-ki, Kim Tae-ri, Jin Sun-kyu, Yoo Hai-jin

Genre: Sci-fi action, Space blockbuster

Synopsis: Set in 2092, Earth has become a bleak planet which will soon be uninhabitable. The privileged class now live as UTS citizens on pristine habitats built between Earth and the moon, while 95% of the human race, the non-citizens, struggle to survive on the ruined Earth. Spaceship Victory is one of the many that live off salvaging space debris, which is a life-risking job since space debris fly at immense speed. But crewed with a genius space pilot Tae-ho, a mysterious ex-space pirate Captain Jang, an ex-con spaceship engineer Tiger Park, and a reprogrammed military robot Bubs, Spaceship Victory surpasses all other space sweepers. After successfully snatching a crashed space shuttle in the latest debris chase, Victory's crew find a 7-year-old girl inside. They realize that she's the humanlike robot wanted by UTS Space Guards, and decide to demand ransom in exchange.

What Happened to Mr. Cha?

Premiere Date: January 1, 2021

Cast & Creators: Director Kim Dong-kyu; Cha In-pyo, Cho Dal-hwan

Genre: Comedy

Synopsis: With the image of a gentle and perfect man Mr CHA enjoyed immense popularity in the 90s but he is now a has been who reminisces about his glory days and waits for someone to cast him again One day Mr CHA visits a gym to take a shower after a stroll but the building begins to crumble and he gets stuck in the pile Can he get rescued while maintaining his gentle and perfect image.

[UPCOMING KOREAN SERIES]

Sweet Home

Premiere Date: December 18, 2020 (confidential until Nov. 19)

Cast & Creators: Director Lee Eung-bok; Song Kang, Lee Jin-wook, Lee Si-young, Lee Do-hyun

About Title: Adapted from a popular webtoon of the same name, Sweet Home is a 10-episode VFX/SFX filled thriller based on the unique world in which people turn into monsters that reflect their internal desires. Cha Hyeon-su, a reclusive high school student who moves into a new apartment called Green Home after a personal tragedy, faces a series of life changing situations that brings him out to the world to save others.

The series presents a strong ensemble cast that includes Song Kang(Love Alarm), Lee Jin-uk(Voice), Lee Si-young(No Mercy), Lee Do-hyun(18 Again), Kim Nam-hee(Mr. Sunshine), Go Min-si(Love Alarm), Park Kyu-young (Romance is a Bonus Book), and Go Youn-jung (He Is Psychometric). Sweet Home is directed by star K-drama director Lee E ung-bok (Mr. Sunshine, Goblin: The Lonely and Great God, Descendants of the Sun), produced by Studio Dragon, co-produced by Studio N, and written by Hong So-ri, Kim Hyung-min and Park So-jeong.

The Uncanny Counter

Premiere Date: November 28 2020

Cast & Creators: Director You Sun-dong; Writer Yeoh Gee-na; Cho Byeong-gyu, Yu Jun-sang, Kim Se-jeong

About Title: Based on a popular webtoon of the same title, The Uncanny Counter is a satisfying tale of superheroes who, when not hunting down obstinate evil spirits, toil in a noodle shop. The dynamic story depicts the struggle between the evil spirits who come down to Earth from the afterworld to become immortal and the Counters, each endowed with a special gift such as brute strength, psychometry and healing, who chase them down.

Jo Byeong-gyu plays the uncanny So Mun, a Counter unlike any other in history. So Mun is a hero-in-training who musters the courage to combat evil spirits after seeing a friend suffer injustice. Ga Mo-tak, a Counter with unrivaled brawn, is brought to life by Yu Jun-sang's characteristic wit and well known acting skills. Kim Se-jeong plays the role of Do Ha-na, the human radar among the Counters with an infallible record of evil spirit detection. Her character exudes chic and a detached vibe in abundance.

Run On

Premiere Date: December 16 2020

Cast & Creators: Director Lee Jae-hun; Writer Park Si-hyeon; Yim Si-wan, Shin Sae-kyung, Choi Soo-young, Kang Tae-oh

About Title: Run On is a romantic drama about the intermingling of people who have trouble communicating, even while speaking in the same language. It features people from different backgrounds who nurture relationships using their own language.

Yim Si-wan plays the lead role of Ki Seon-gyeom, a sprinter on the national team who is popular enough with the public to sell tickets to unpopular track events. His whole life, he never looked back while running to win, both literally and figuratively, until a fateful event turned his life upside down and forced him to retire. After leaving the track and meeting Oh Mi-joo, he learns to open his eyes to what he never saw as a runner.

Shin Sae-kyeong portrays Oh Mi-joo, who constantly has to retrace her steps; functioning like a bridge between different languages as a translator. She first became aware of foreign languages at a theater watching a movie she would not have understood without the subtitles. She began noticing errors in the subtitles, and when the mistakes became too much to take, she became a translator without hesitation. She finds herself drawn toward Ki Seon-gyeom, who has seized her like fate, and rocked her world with the same force as the tremor she felt the first time her name appeared in the movie credits.

Choi Soo-young takes on the role of a sports agency CEO Seo Dan-ah, who is the only true heir of the Seomyeong Group by birthright, but on the account of being female, is forced out of the pecking order. She grits her teeth and strives to regain what is rightfully hers.

Kang Tae-oh transforms into the role of Lee Yeong-hwa, a popular art student who likes movies and croquis drawings. He is charming, with the qualities one finds in sports drinks that are refreshing and revitalizing.

Lovestruck in the City

Premiere Date: December 2020

Cast & Creators: Director Park Shin-woo; Writer Jung Hyun-jung; Ji Chang-wook, Kim Ji-won

About Title: Lovestruck in the City is a realistic portrayal of young people who pursue romance and happiness while struggling to get by in a busy, competitive urban environment.

Ji Chang-wook plays Park Jae-won, an honest man, a passionate architect and a lover of city alleyways. His hobby is collecting more hobbies. A romantic at heart, he cannot forget a certain woman. This thief of his heart and his camera had disappeared like a fleeting midsummer night's dream.

Kim Ji-won, known for giving distinct color and charm to her roles, plays the freelance marketer Lee Eun-o, an ordinary woman who temporarily reinvents herself as the spontaneous and free spirited Yun Seon-a. She takes off to a remote place on an impulse and falls in love with Jae-won under this new identity.

Director Park Shin-woo of It's Okay to Not Be Okay and Don't Dare to Dream teams up with the writer Jung Hyun-jung whose works are deemed the biblical canon of the romantic comedy genre, such as the In Need of Romance series, Discovery of Love and Romance is a Bonus Book.

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Do Do Sol Sol La La Sol

Service Cadence 10 PM SGT, every Wed & Thu

For Japan, all episodes will be available from December 3

No. Episodes: 16 episodes

Genre: Romance / Comedy / Drama

Creators: Kim Min-kyoung (Director), Oh Ji-young (Writer)

Cast: Go A-ra, Lee Jae-wook, Kim Ju-hun

Private Lives

Service Cadence 10 PM SGT, every Wed & Thu

For Japan, all episodes will be available from December 3

No. Episodes: 16 episodes

Genre: Romance / Comedy /Drama

Creators: Nam-Gun (Director) / Yoo Sung Yeol (Writer, My beautiful bride)

CastL Seo Hyun, Go Kyung-Pyo, Kim Hyo-Jin, Kim Young-Min, Lee Hak-Joo

Start-Up

Service Cadence: 10 PM SGT, every Sat & Sun

No. Episodes: 16 episodes

Genre: Romance / Youth / Drama

Creators: Oh Choong-hwan (Director), Park Hye-ryun (Writer)

Cast: Bae Suzy, Nam Joo-hyuk, Kim Seon-ho, Kang Han-na

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