Year: 2015

  • ianference: Nearly a decade ago, I took the tunnel system at Rockland State Hospital to the gymnasium/theatre building.  After photographing the gym, I noticed a panel removed, leading under the stage.  Crawling under the stage, I reached a point where there was a hole in the floor – and directly beneath the hole, a bank…

  • The Greek for “to bring forth or to produce” is tikto. The word techne, technique, belongs to the-verb’s root tec. To the Greeks techne means neither art nor handicraft but rather: to make something appear, within what is present, as this or that, in this way or that way. The Greeks conceive of techne, producing,…

  • lafilleblanc: Francis Hewitt Untitled Drawing, Overlap Series, 1966 ink on paper (via)

  • vjeranski: When I think of art I think of beauty. Beauty is the mystery of life. It is not in the eye it is in the mind. In our minds there is awareness of perfection.―Agnes Martin

  • How many dark-skin or afro-Latino anchors do you see on Spanish language newscasts?” Medina said in the statement. “How many indigenous Latinos do you see on any newscast, English or Spanish? http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/03/17/nahj-rodner-figueroa_n_6885504.html?ncid=fcbklnkushpmg00000048 (via diasporadash)

  • moma: What does a media conservator do? MoMA’s Kate Lewis explains.  [Isaac Julien. Ten Thousand Waves. 2010]

  • creative-cap: Lynn Hershman Leeson has been probing the idea of what it means to be a cybernetic organism since the 1960s. This line of inquiry is laid bare in “Origins of the Species,” a solo exhibition of Hershman Leeson’s work that inaugurates Bridget Donahue’s new gallery space in New York.Continue reading > Read kerrydoran‘s review…

  • Scrum is a popular Agile process, so why not use its terminology? First, there are plain English words that already mean the same things. “Iteration” is a perfectly fine word and is actually closer to the intended meaning than “sprint.” Second, Scrum terminology directly contradicts the stated principles of Agile development. For example: Agile processes…

  • mrbigcheese: Mondrian Composition Business Edition 

  • 997: Ur Kerman Samarra Isfahan Babilonia Iazd Gerico Ninive Mari Ettore Sottsass’ Antiche Ceramiche 1989 A series of 13 ceramics, in 1989 for his friend Alessio Sarri, a master ceramicist with whom he had worked with previously. Named after ancient cities and mythic empires, these bright and seductive works reference unknown, mysterious architectures. At the same…