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It is not there is anything necessarily wrong with what I call high theory, which is critical thought that is created within spaces such as the university. It is just that it is created within the space of a given game. There is a game—you write books that get noticed and then you get promoted…
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I’d love to read and appreciate the Joyce of coding. I’d love to one day be the John Cage of coding, maybe with some Bruce Nauman, Rimbaud and Chris Marker thrown in for good measure. I love wondering what John Cage would do with Processing. Learning, coding, systems of power, and Mozilla « Persona (via thoughtshrapnel)…
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dropouthangoutspaceout: Larval Subjects: Speculative Realism, the Commons, and Politics I do think, however, speculative realism and onticology are able to exclude certain ethico-political positions or, at least, substantially modify the terms of the debate. For example, it’s clear that under an onticological and new materialist approach to being, the normative axiomatics of liberalism and neo-liberalism…
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museumoflatinamericanart: Prepare yourselves, Danger is coming soon!
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museumoflatinamericanart: Regina José Galindo (Guatemala, b. 1974) is one of the most radical performance artists in Latin America today. Her work is inspired by the performances of body-oriented artists of the 1960s and 1970s such as Marina Abramović, Chris Burden, Orlan and Gina Pane. She uses her own body to test her mental and physical…
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Please Don’t Become Anything, Especially Not A Programmer
Please Don’t Become Anything, Especially Not A Programmer notational: I love this rebuttal to Jeff Attwood’s piece “Please don’t learn to Code”. One reason for that love is my interest in getting my students to try new things. Don’t leave everything to the experts.
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Nine dangerous things you were taught in school
Nine dangerous things you were taught in school 1. The people in charge have all the answers.That’s why they are so wealthy and happy and healthy and powerful—ask any teacher. 2. Learning ends when you leave the classroom.Your fort building, trail forging, frog catching, friend making, game playing, and drawing won’t earn you any extra…
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thenextweb: Teens in Tech, which was started by young entrepreneur Daniel Brusilovsky, caters to helping the youngest geeks get the mentoring they need to build their own companies. (via Teens In Tech Launches Intern Job Board)
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museumoflatinamericanart: Marco Maggi (Uruguay, b. 1957)Yellow Hotbed, 2011 Wassau card stock, cut and fold Courtesy of the artist and Josée Bienvenu Gallery, New York
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If I discover a scientific idea, surely someone else would’ve discovered the same idea had I not done so. Whereas, look at Van Gogh’s “Starry Night” — if he didn’t paint “Starry Night,” nobody’s gonna paint “Starry Night.” So, in that regard, the arts are more individual to the creative person than a scientific idea…