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MAY 11, 2011 Q When the artist as performer becomes the artwork as a living object, how does this transform the viewer, in which it is no longer plausible to maintain a passive relationship to the work. randallpacker A This is a great question and I won’t entirely know the answer until after this project…
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On Monday, Volkswagen and the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York announced a two-year, multi-million dollar partnership. The German auto giant will provide sponsorship for the museum’s exhibitions and education programs, and will donate two pieces by Belgian artist Francis Alÿs to MoMA’s permanent collection. MoMA assures us, however, that the museum’s tastes…
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It’s excellence, not happiness, that we admire the most. It’s Not About You – NYTimes.com
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DrupalCamp Colorado pre-conference workshop
Site building with Drupal 7 – Pre-conference workshop This one-day workshop walks you through creating a site using Drupal 7. This hands-on workshop touches on nearly every aspect of the core Drupal framework and covers many must-have modules. You’ll learn best practices from industry professionals and create a sustainable framework for managing your content. We’ll…
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Drupalcamp Colorado June 11th and 12th Event registration. This includes: Access to sessions on Saturday and Sunday Whatever drinks and food we end up getting Access to the party on Saturday night Access to the pre-registration/party event on Friday night If you want a t-shirt, be sure to purchase an individual sponsorship. Pre-conference training workshops…
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The head of Universal Music France talked about just how much money was necessary to nurture new talent. DIdn’t Barlow understand economics? “If you’re spending $5 billion on new artists, we’re not getting our money’s worth,” Barlow cracked, and he reframed his argument in economic terms of scarcity and abundance. “Trying to optimize towards scarcity,…
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Here’s an example: The industrial age worked hard to separate “work” from “home.” Everything about the common or public schools started in the mid-nineteenth century reinforced that division: from the school bell ringing for each child at the same time of day, of each child entering school at age 6 whether they were ready or…
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i knew then, and i affirm now, that to get into this industry, you need to be a skilled at one of two things: art or programming. It’s very unusual to skip the queue, so don’t hold out hope. Instead, devote yourself to being useful or talented at something. Lesson: Is this really your dream?…
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4. We have five senses. Sure, sight, smell, hearing, taste and touch are the big ones. But we have many other ways of sensing the world and our place in it. Proprioception is a sense of how our bodies are positioned. Nociception is a sense of pain. We also have a sense of balance—the inner…
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(via Isaac Asimov On Libraries [PIC])