Easter or so
The Alvar Aalto vase in the corner of the room is full of a bouquet of tulips I picked up at the Market before getting on the ferry a couple days ago. Why so rare that I buy flowers? Un-necessary...
View Articlenetart 2004 – Ping Melody
The netart 2004 exhibition is opening tomorrow, well, today, as Tokyo is ahead of Arizona. Here’s the blurb posted as my curatorial commentary: where is netart? When invited to join this year’s netart...
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more than I bargained for, accepting Marianne’s invitation to head downtown for the Acker music night. wheeeehooo. the tuba band in the men’s clothing store was classic, but there were so many kinky...
View Articlereflections on the classroom
to the IDC list sotto voce: Although, as a University educator — I agree with John’s appraisal of the condition of the contemporary educational institution (having taught in around 50 institutions in...
View Articlerevolution
Outi, a former student sends this link http://www.liveherring.org, a project she’s been working on. and more iDC mailing list commentary sotto voce: some comments on the latest threads… probably been...
View Articlenode relations
Back to the iDC list — consistently marvel how the topics on the list draw me out, especially when I am so overwhelmed with the local in-ma-face reality. The following in response to Josh Levy’s...
View Articleseeing hearing feeling
spend the morning with Sally Jane, checking out some of the exhibitions including a personal walk-through of the Animalia project with producers Angela Main and Caroline McCaw (more kiwis!). then on to...
View Articleafter isea
a job possibility slips through fingers greased with imaginations of freedom and non-heirarchic relation. no, slips because the structure of relation is, in the case of that particular institution, not...
View Articlejottings to iDC
sotto voce: A model is reductionist. A model will never be the thing itself. (A map is not the territory). Consider an isolated individual — he/she looks at the world, receives energy into his/her body...
View Articlegridcosm & slacker
it’s been ages since I’ve spent time checking out gridcosm — a SiTO project initiated by net amigos Ed Stasny and Jon Van Oast pushing a decade ago already. it’s getting very active again, as a new...
View Articlepanarchy
running across this term via Paul on the iDC list. as he does a PhD on the subject. another name for how to organize life among humans. never an easy task, everybody leaves it to those who want the...
View ArticleOSPC
busy day, at home online all the time — a performance to check out with Helen Varley Jamieson as hosted by Annie Abrahams’ Breaking Solitude project. along with some stream testing with the backyard...
View Articlethesis proposal :: Methodologies, Background, Timeline, Contexts
Concerning Particular Methodologies Dialogues, Networks, and Collaboration — Much of my creative practice, research, and indeed, presence is built on the activation of robust and sustained dialogues...
View ArticleiDC dregs
iDC list gets annoying and rewarding at the same time. but what of life spent on the keyboard? the topic is teaching… and the transition of the teacher into the link jockey. sotto voce: While the...
View Articlenetart 2009 – VisitorsStudio
The following quick essay was for the last and final edition of the annual netarts awards from the Machida Museum in Tokyo: Grand Prize for this year, the online platform VisitorsStudio, is not a...
View Articlestories from stricture
from Kevin Hamilton on the iDC list: Thanks for sharing this tantalizing bit from your project Chris, I’m sure eager to see more of the outcomes. You rightfully remind us that framing the discussion in...
View Articlegreets — more on energy…
From Brian Holmes on the iDC list: > Universities are indeed overblown–just like post offices, trade unions, governments, etc. With H. T. Odum’s conceptual support, I would opine that these...
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