Month: March 2014

  • a new Dr Manhattan sketch

  • prostheticknowledge: Teaching Computer Arts to Chinese students using Emoji Interesting article at Medium discussing the experiences of Giorgio Mininno teaching western digital art practices to Chinese students: As soon as we started the course we understood that students were very bored by the Computer Art program, which contained a huge part of theoretical lessons. Understanding…

  • prostheticknowledge: Teaching Computer Arts to Chinese students using Emoji Interesting article at Medium discussing the experiences of Giorgio Mininno teaching western digital art practices to Chinese students: As soon as we started the course we understood that students were very bored by the Computer Art program, which contained a huge part of theoretical lessons. Understanding…

  • theolduvaigorge: Why do academics blog? It’s not for public outreach, research shows Blogging is touted as bridge between academia and the world but study finds it functions more like global common room by Pat Thomson and Inger Mewburn “Academics are now urged to blog. We are told that having to write for ordinary readers will help us…

  • oliviawhen: Sometimes I wonder what it’d be like to turn to a life of crime. Probably the same.

  • laughingsquid: The Power Mitt, A Silicone Oven Mitt Based on the Nintendo Power Glove yes, please, both right and left hands

  • laughingsquid: The Glaucus, An Open-Source Quadrupedal Soft Robot With No Hard Mechanical Parts (Source: https://www.youtube.com/)

  • Call for artists

    tumblropenarts: rickwebb: litronica: Litronica LLC, a new brooklyn-based publisher, is creating a new book in the style of an illuminated manuscript, with modern technically-oriented content. It will contain a series of essays and accompanying illustrations. The goal is to look classical, medieval, while recognizing that the content is in fact of the future. We’re looking…

  • kadist: Over on Art Slant Berlin there is an excellent piece on Harun Farocki‘s Serious Games, currently on view at the Hamburger Bahnhof Museum für Gegenwart through July 13th.  AGITPROP: Harun Farocki’s Serious Games

  • Band attempts to fund tour by posting silent album on Spotify

    Band attempts to fund tour by posting silent album on Spotify mentalmagpie: mentalmagpie: austinkleon: Last week, they uploaded a 10-track album of complete silence called Sleepify to Spotify. As frontman Jack Stratton explains, if someones put Sleepify on repeat before they go to bed, just 800 listens will generate $4. While that doesn’t sound like…