Month: March 2014

  • I’m talking with a boy. He’s at that age when the edges of the man he will become are just starting to press against his baby-round face. He’s got his first opinions and ideas and jokes, which are horrible, because there is nothing that boys his age love more than corny jokes. There is a…

  • prostheticknowledge: Sakaki Kaoro Independent Japanese manga figurine maker uses Zbrush 3D modelling software and 3D printing to create works from scratch. The above character is from a game entitled ‘KanColle’, yet it is fascinating to see how pieces like this are put together. Sakaki posted at the Zbrush Central Forums and uploaded several high definition…

  • prostheticknowledge: Sakaki Kaoro Independent Japanese manga figurine maker uses Zbrush 3D modelling software and 3D printing to create works from scratch. The above character is from a game entitled ‘KanColle’, yet it is fascinating to see how pieces like this are put together. Sakaki posted at the Zbrush Central Forums and uploaded several high definition…

  • The many skills children develop through play, particularly the self-control practiced and refined in imaginary play, are related to long-term academic achievement. Wendy Banning and Ginny Sullivan quoted in an article by David Sobel at Yes! Magazine. You Can’t Bounce Off the Walls If There Are No Walls: Outdoor Schools Make Kids Happier—and Smarter Lens on…

  • Attempting to fully delineate all of the makerspaces emerging from the many different cultures and practices in Africa would ultimately be somewhat reductive. The tendency to reduce Africa to one entity, culture or socio-economic base is all too familiar. However, there are certain qualities in a more fractal concept of solidarity, which can be seen…

  • Attempting to fully delineate all of the makerspaces emerging from the many different cultures and practices in Africa would ultimately be somewhat reductive. The tendency to reduce Africa to one entity, culture or socio-economic base is all too familiar. However, there are certain qualities in a more fractal concept of solidarity, which can be seen…

  • fucktonofanatomyreferences: A mouth-watering fuck-ton of hand references. [From various sources]

  • Call for Abstracts: Art as Open System since the 1960s

    Co-chairs: Christine Filippone and Johanna Gosse SLSA 2014 Introduced into critical art discourse by Jack Burnham in 1968, systems theory was one of the most influential scientific theories for artists working in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Related to the fields of cybernetics, computer technology, automation and systems engineering, the concept of open systemsserved…

  • Call for Abstracts: Art as Open System since the 1960s

    Co-chairs: Christine Filippone and Johanna Gosse SLSA 2014 Introduced into critical art discourse by Jack Burnham in 1968, systems theory was one of the most influential scientific theories for artists working in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Related to the fields of cybernetics, computer technology, automation and systems engineering, the concept of open systemsserved…