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imageobjecttext: notational: robertogreco: Vilém Flusser on technical revolution, 1988 Excellent. I love Flusser’s concepts…and I have to admit I prefer listening/watching him to reading him. Agreed. Flusser and also Enzensberger, provide some great thought keys for media criticism. Or media dialectics then, to use Flusser’s terms. (Source: https://www.youtube.com/)
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There is work made by contemporary artists that is deeply unfamiliar to many millions of Americans. In light of this, what, then, could be the meaning of the avant-garde? Art education is in peril in secondary schools, so talk of an avant-garde seems a bit beside the point to me. This year a profoundly small…
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EDWARD SHANKEN lecture 2013.04.10 07:00PM In the Hypercube of the C-cubed Studios top floor of Shwayder Art Building, University of Denver 2121 E Asbury Avenue, Denver, Colorado, USA Free & open to the public – share with friends and fans! Edward A. Shanken writes and teaches about the entwinement of art, science, and technology with a focus…
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Out of many, one system.
attentionindustry: I apologize in advance – but I’m going to talk about the cloud. I’m starting to get worried about the number of platforms I’m beholden to – my only solace comes from the fact that they are mostly independent platforms, so losing any singular one, won’t cost me everything. The exceptions to this rule:…
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Annoying press release thing: APPLE vs. SAGA #12 As has hopefully been clear from the first page of our first issue, SAGA is a series for the proverbial “mature reader.” Unfortunately, because of two postage stamp-sized images of gay sex, Apple is banning tomorrow’s SAGA #12 from being sold through any iOS apps. This is…
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thisistheverge: Apple bans ‘Y: The Last Man’ creator’s new comic from Comixology over sexual content It’s no secret that Apple curates its App Store. Apps occupy a strange space between tools and art, and it’s one that Apple has repeatedly shown itself to be uncomfortable in: among other things, it’s banned games that explore death…
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Wet-dog records, in the end, productively arrest the process of pop-culture consumption. The best albums—or rather, those considered classics—reward repeated listening, but they also have an indisputable initial impact. The wet dogs seem like disappointments at first, and grow into something more than respectability. They’re records that draw listeners back in, that require an audience’s…
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williamlmoore: “Breezy journalistic sentences about wealthy white people unaware that other human beings are real became the rubber stamp product of the elite MFA programs.” — Sarah Schulman, The Gentrification of the Mind (via bravenewwhatever) me and my elite MFA
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kochalka: jonnyskov: My son, who is generally a reluctant reader, really loves the book Dragon Puncher by James Kochalka. And when I say “love”, I mean the white hot laser focus passion that only a kid on the Autism Spectrum seems able to achieve. Another thing my son is reluctant to do is write. He’s…
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cinoh: Paolo Soleri 1919-2013