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Let markets work, you say, so that capital and labor can rapidly reallocate to create new fields and jobs. Well, we’re three decades into an era of systemic deregulation and financialization. The result? Global recession, lingering structural unemployment, and an accumulation of capital at the top of the economic pyramid. In this climate, capital has…
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daveortega: School of the Americas: Noriega, Estrada, Rios Montt, Viola – 2014, Arcylic and ink on wood, each 8”x10” Based on my zine School of the Americas, these portraits are some of the Central and South American military leaders accused of human rights violations and other atrocities who were educated by the U.S. military at…
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But now that I’ve escorted two e-partners to the edge of the grave, I’m wary of this brave new world of digital publishers and readers. As recently as the 1980s and ’90s, writers like me could reasonably aspire to a career and a living wage. I was dispatched to costly and difficult places like Iraq,…
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eyeofanarchitect: Virtual Worlds: Walter Pichler’s Futuristic Visions – Around forty-five years ago a man wore a submarine-like white helmet that extended from front to back. His entire head disappeared into the futurist capsule; only the title betraying what was happening. TV Helmet created in 1967 is a technical device that isolates the user while imbedding…
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futurescope: Poppy Project: Time lapse of Poppy’s assembly The Poppy project aims at building an open source humanoid robot and an interdisciplinary community to promote Science, Art and Education. This video was shot during the assembly of our last Poppy. The actual duration of this assembly was around 7 hours. The final choreography has been…