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thenearsightedmonkey: During spring semester 2012 at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Lynda Barry will be teaching a semester-long writing and picture making class using her favorite book on how to make comics by one her favorite cartoonists: Ivan Brunetti’s “Cartooning: Philosophy and Practice” Ivan Brunetti will visit Barry’s class and also give a public presentation about…
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It’s a win-win for Levine, in every way: The more money collectors come to pay for her precious bronzes, the better those works will come to stand for our abandonment of the true principles behind the original “Fountain”. The differences between her two versions point to Duchamp’s original embrace of swappable industrial objects, but those…
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kateoplis: These things should be simple: 1. When, as an adult, you come come across another adult raping a small child, you should a) do everything in your power to rescue that child from the rapist, b) call the police the moment it is practicable. 2. If your adult son calls you to tell you that he just saw another adult…
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Media Art Needs Global Networked Organisation & Support — International Declaration
emergentdigitalpractices: State of Affairs Digital technology has fundamentally changed the way art is made. Over the last forty years, Media Art has become a significant part of our networked information society. Although there are well-attended international festivals, collaborative research projects, exhibitions and database documentation resources, Media Art research is still marginal in universities, museums and…
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illillill: Duane Michals Found out last week that Duane Michals is an alum from the University of Denver.
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The police arrested Apollinaire and Picasso, both foreigners and, more threatening, both well-known advocates of modern art’s revolutionary power. Apollinaire often proclaimed, “in art, one has to kill one’s father,” and had signed a petition in support of burning down the Louvre. Picasso himself had advocated against museums as “petty and ridiculous things.” While such…
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(via Hello, Skater Girl by Julian Bleecker — Kickstarter) I’ve followed the development of Julian Bleecker’s project, Hello, Skater Girl, for some time. In it Julian is bringing a spotlight onto an under represented part of the skater population. His photos celebrate strength, grace, and agility of these athletes. His interviews provide humanizing depth. (Source:…
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My brother and I played Mega Man all night every night for a week one summer when we were kids. We were staying at a condo at the beach with our parents for vacation and the game was there, plugged up to a small TV in the corner of the bedroom we shared. We sat…
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dinosaurparty: (via Museum 2.0: Getting in on the Act: New Report on Participatory Arts Engagement) And if the graphic wasn’t excited enough, there’s a whole report from the Irvine Foundation! Our Mini-game-jam at the Denver Art Museum, April 16 & 17 of 2011 follows this pattern, most especially Audience-As-Artist. The education and young-adult outreach officers…
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Strategic Science Fiction Reader Caucus with a Splash of Transformative Justice
I got to be a part of this team, which included Leah, Jenna and Alexis. We started by geeking out, and brainstorming all of our favorite radical science fiction materials and creators. Here’s the list of works/creators, followed by the full collective notes from the session (taken on a collective notepad!) Creators: writer Iain Banks,…