Yesterday I moderated an evening with media theorist Douglas Rushkoff, digital folklore archivist and net art pioneer Olia Lialina, and the developers of SuperGlue, the follow-up to HotGlue. The event marked the launch of the platform, which enables users not only to design their own website within a browser interface but also run it from…
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For kids of my generation, Mr. Rogers was a daily staple of television viewing. Glued to the tube, Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood represented everything wholesome and innocent about America. Knitted sweaters, clean-cut hair – no matter what decade of the broadcast, he was a legacy of the fifties aesthetic; a man who was neatly Brylcreemed and…
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Of course, there are many brilliant observations made by Stuart Hall – but one of my favourites is his description of the early days of the Centre for Cultural Studies. To me, it reveals a lot – his enthusiasm for the present, a desire to promote an open exchange of ideas and an unconventional and…
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As a part of Art Rotterdam, the MFA program at the Piet Zwart Institute launched COOKIE, a collection of essays by Jan Verwoert edited by Vivian Sky Rehberg and Marnie Slater, and designed by Nienke Terpsma. Launched with (yes, it’s true) cookies and tea – The process of writing was central to the discussion. Nienke…
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Below are a few highlights – to contextualize – it might be handy to read the original event description here. *Smadar Dreyfus spoke of the power of the voice, the disjunction between image, sound and experience, and the capacity of the viewer to move past positions of spectatorship towards an embodied encounter of the work.*Rick…
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Keith Sanborn, Still fom Mirror, 1999. Six minutes, SD, color and black & white, stereo Hi-Fi sound. Starring Maria Falconetti and Judy Garland. Image courtesy of the artist. Together with Edwin Carels, Florian Cramer and Simon Pummell, I’ve been organizing this conference. Please join us!POST SCRIPTA symposium organized by the Piet Zwart Institute, Creating 010 &…
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Self-publishing folks who were buzzing around the room and risograph machines (although not necessarily in the photos): Ben Schot, Simon Davies, Ewoud van Rijn and LemonMelon (aka: Marit Muenzberg), Fucking Good Art, Karin de Jong, Max Senden, and AND. Images were collected and produced on the fly…. And prints were hung on clothes lines against…
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Various Fires in PublishingAt Witte de With, Center for Contemporary Art15th September – 16th September 2012Organized by Printroom and Witte de With, Center for Contemporary Art, Various Fires in Publishing will offer a mix of DIY printing, hands-on activities and critical debate on different forms of self-publishing. Next to seeing Printroom’s risographs in action, I’m…
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Along with co-editors Carolyn Guertin, Rita Raley and Allison Carruth, I’ve organized a conference entitled Prototyping Futures / Occupying the Present. Prototyping Futures / Occupying the Present, is a three-day conference with workshops initiated by the Piet Zwart Institute. The event gathers scholars from diverse disciplines to explore strategies of resistance, intervention, and critical production…
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This issue explores the relationship of skin to language.
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