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<blockquote>The Museum of Contemporary Art has fired chief curator Paul Schimmel, a respected art world figure who was at odds with board members and director Jeffrey Deitch over the direction of the museum. Schimmel, who headed the MOCA curatorial staff for 22 years, was let go Wednesday after a vote of the museum board. According…
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As [Los Angeles Times’] Culture Monster reported Saturday, artists Catherine Opie and Barbara Kruger have resigned from the board of the Museum of Contemporary Art. Here is the resignation letter they emailed on Friday to museum director Jeffrey Deitch and board co-chairs Maria Bell and David Johnson: “We want the best for MOCA. We want…
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We know now that a text is not a line of words releasing a single ‘theological’ meaning (the ‘message’ of the Author-God) but a multi-dimensional space in which a variety of writings, none of them original, blend and clash. The text is a tissue of quotations drawn from the innumerable centres of culture. Similar to…
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More artists are creating careers on their own terms, either by choice or necessity. Many are choosing to create a DIY (do it yourself) or DIT (do it together) ways of operating. I wish more programs on the business of art would include these ways of thinking in their offerings. Failure or success is never…
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Post-Normal Mountain Climbing
underpaidgenius: The post normal is amping up the risks involved in mountain climbing, as extreme weather changes everything. Kirk Johnson, For Climbers, Risks Now Shift With Every Step via NYTimes.com In climbing lore, coming back down the mountain safely is the ultimate measure of a climber’s success, not the number of summits achieved. And around…
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emergentfutures: LEMONADE PRICES AT THIS VENDING MACHINE CHANGE BASED ON THE TEMPERATURE Coca-cola’s drink dispensers stocked with Limon&Nada in Spain were equipped with thermometers and the product became cheaper as the weather got hotter. Paul Higgins: Interesting – you would think that it would be the other way around – cheaper when demand was lower?…
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christopherhiggs: “I will not make any more boring Art” by John Baldessari In 1971, Baldessari was commissioned by the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design in Canada to create an original, on-site work. Unable to make the journey himself, he suggested that the students voluntarily write the phrase “I will not make any more…
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» Thoughts for an Internet of Things education
» Thoughts for an Internet of Things education iamdanw: This
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Did Fluxus Change the World?
Did Fluxus Change the World? notational: A 50th Anniversary Survey/Questionnaire by Ben Patterson
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Eric Zimmerman shares 21 Essays and articles
Eric Zimmerman shares 21 Essays and articles ESSAYS AND ARTICLES Over the years, I have written a great number of essays about game design, from highly practical articles about the design process to theoretical rants. A selection of my favorites are below, with a bit of context for each. Jerked around by the Magic Circle…