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It is a sorry state of affairs when the gaming industry, for decades, has produced only a very specific kind of entertainment, and that has resulted in an audience that is now culturally illiterate, has appalling attitudes towards social issues and considers art guilty until proven innocent. Edward Smithhttp://www.ibtimes.co.uk/gamers-vs-art-attitudes-video-games-like-her-story-sunset-are-killing-this-industry-1507887 (via notgames)
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nevver: William Powhida
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Mathematics are very little understood by the way it is taught in schools. Most of us are made phobics of mathematics in high school, by the ridiculous way it is taught. All you’re thinking about throughout the semester is ‘is this going to be on the test?’ whereas what you should be thinking is “what…
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touof: Georges Perec – Species of Spaces and Other Pieces, 1974
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claytoncubitt: One Thursday in 1982, Jean-Michel tells Suzanne to stand up and walk, they are going to the MoMA. He tells Suzanne to wear his clothes. She ties his pants around her waist with a rope. His sweater hangs down to her knees. At the museum Jean-Michel takes a bottle of water out of his…
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Works of art can fail so easily, it is so difficult for them to succeed. One man will fall silent because of his lack of feeling; another, because his emotion chokes him. A third frees himself, not from the burden that weighs on him, but only from a feeling of unfreedom. A forth breaks his…
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gallowhill: The Bandaged Orchestra during the Fluxus festival, arranged by Yoko Ono at Carnegie Recital Hall in 1965.
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In much the same way that PBS exists to make room for television shows that deserve to be seen but likely couldn’t help sell hamburgers or laundry detergent, there should be an arts fund – not a Patreon, not a Kickstarter, a legit fund – for video game creation. Some exist, here and there –…
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Mark Rothko, No 7, 1964 Ed note: This new-to-me, larger scan is less blue than the previous version which appears more blue center and brown outside, while this appears more neutral and purple but I suspect it’s more true as the other scans of no 7 I have seen resemble it more, and “pushing” Rothkos…