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corymetcalf: Quick and dirty mockup for Currents application Reminds me of Arthur C. Clarke’s axiom about sufficiently advanced technologies being indistinguishable from magic.
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Not everyone has the ability to differentiate between what is new and what is novel on the art market. This fact is mainly responsible for the confusion of the general public and the art world. Contemporary art objects have become a commodity. Today’s artistic manifestations are considered particularly modern or avant-garde the more they lack…
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In conceptual art the idea or concept is the most important aspect of the work. When an artist uses a conceptual form of art, it means that all of the planning and decisions are made beforehand and the execution is a perfunctory affair. The idea becomes a machine that makes the art. SOL LEWITT (via…
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The main obstacle for booksellers is the cost of the machine. Buying it outright could be as much as $150,000, I was told, so a five-year lease option is widely preferred – but even that can run well over $5,000 a month, plus a variety of add-ons for personnel and basic supplies. To overcome that…
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Passing tests doesn’t begin to compare with searching and inquiring and pursuing topics that engage us and excite us. That’s far more significant than passing tests and, in fact, if that’s the kind of educational career you’re given the opportunity to pursue, you will remember what you discovered. Noam Chomsky on the purpose of education.…
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artismyhustle: Harvard University invited Muhammad Ali to speak to a class of recent graduates in 1975. He gave a brilliant lecture focusing on the importance of education and culture, and promptly won over his audience. A young man shouted, “Muhammad Ali, could you please recite a poem?” The old champion hesitated a moment and then…
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I am thinking of giving away my collection of Graphis, Communication Arts, ID, Wired, and Print magazines. They should go to a good home, not landfill. I’m not fully decided. This isn’t a whim. I’m reflecting on the consequences. On my emotional attachment to the artifacts that may historicize late 20th century design practices.
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dragonbloodink: If you have or will have student loans, you need to read this. Something potentially life-changing for millions of people has happened. On March 8, 2012, Rep. Hansen Clarke introduced H.R. 4170, the Student Loan Forgiveness Act of 2012. This act proposes that people with federal student loan debt pay 10% of their discretionary income for…
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Author leads caravan to “smuggle” removed books into Arizona
nbclatino: Chicano!, one of the books no longer available in the classroom in Tucson, Arizona.(Courtesy Arte Publico Press) Using a word meant to turn the infamous narco-trafficking phrase on its head, Latino activists calling themselves the librotraficantes (book traffickers) are marching their caravan of books through Texas and New Mexico to Arizona in protest of…
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Karma bookstore‘s in-house publishing house just released a novella, entitled What We Lose in Flowers, by art dealer and curator Bill Powers which tells the story of a Peter Beard, an artist in a failing relationship with a younger woman who used to date his son. The book opens with a quote from John Currin,…