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FAQ: What does Artisfear mean?
artisfear: Six years ago, Arlington Cultural Affairs held a contest to name an arts institution they planned to open in the former Newseum space in Rosslyn. They offered three options on which the public could vote. I helped promote the contest by posting it on social media. I recall many smarty-pants friends making disparagingly clever…
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Libraries are powerful precisely because they’re spaces of potentiality. They are, as the Aspen report puts it, “platforms,” foundations on which many structures can be built. To speak of their future, then, should be to speak of a collective future, one from which none are excluded. Over on Slate, Jacob Brogan looks at how libraries…
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I can’t talk about where I went today, but it was awesome!
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Creative work is high energy focused through a fine lens
creativesomething: So much of creative work is a result of high energy focused in the right way. Like a magnifying glass held at just the right angle, transferring the energy of the sun into a fine beam of heat. This doesn’t apply to the stage before the work: creative thinking, of course. The ideas have…
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Marianne Brandt, design hero
Laszlo Moholy-Nagy – 2. When Laszlo Moholy-Nagy arrived at the Bauhaus in 1923, its mission was defined by the opening lines of its founding manifesto: “Architects, sculptors, painters. we must all turn to the crafts…” Moholy changed the focus from craft to industrial design and technology under a new slogan “Art and Technology: A New…
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Greece, Debt and Democracy: A Theological Reflection
Greece, Debt and Democracy: A Theological Reflection The story of Athens and the story of Exodus have been key points of reference in the struggle for political freedom down the ages. Faith in the power of the people and faith in the power of God have frequently combined to provide the energy and vision to…
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In Moonrise Kingdom, Anderson updates a nineteenth-century version of magical realism. Observations on film art : Wesworld
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You can argue that this world’s main purpose is to distract us from the simple flight/pursuit/capture/rescue dynamic of the basic story action. But I’d argue that the final film benefits from fleshing the core action out in a way that situates it in a unique milieu. There’s also the point that worldmaking is no small…
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This is why the debate on the back-door privatisation of medical and education services in this country matters so much. The extraction of profit from these two key areas changes the social contract in a fundamental way. The idea is no longer that the state will educate you and keep you healthy, so that you…
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progress report
today was a field day. I wish I could talk about it though, but I promised.