Wednesday, July 25, 2007
Tuesday, July 17, 2007
Monday, July 16, 2007
Is this the sweetest object ever?
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It's a tape made of jade. It actually plays, and it's the sound of a stream!
His blog here
One of the best things about it (and I presume it's intentional) is that he is a New Zealand artist, and the tape kind of resembles the faces that the Maori carved in greenstone (jade)
It's a tape made of jade. It actually plays, and it's the sound of a stream!
His blog here
One of the best things about it (and I presume it's intentional) is that he is a New Zealand artist, and the tape kind of resembles the faces that the Maori carved in greenstone (jade)
Wednesday, July 11, 2007
worth a listen
If only for the remarkable reversal of the concepts of concrete vs. abstract.
The lecturer is Slavoj Zizek
This is only the first 10mins. If you can overlook his annoying public-speaking mannerisms, the whole lecture is here.
He touches lightly on so many topics..and each time has startling ideas to put forward. And almost always arguing the opposite of what you intuitively believe.
I was able to understand most of it, but sometimes I was only hanging on by the fingertips...and I was totally lost on the questions
The lecturer is Slavoj Zizek
This is only the first 10mins. If you can overlook his annoying public-speaking mannerisms, the whole lecture is here.
He touches lightly on so many topics..and each time has startling ideas to put forward. And almost always arguing the opposite of what you intuitively believe.
I was able to understand most of it, but sometimes I was only hanging on by the fingertips...and I was totally lost on the questions
you probably saw this in BoingBoing already..
but just in case you missed it..
Famous cartoonists of the late 40s were asked to draw their characters blindfolded.
more here
Famous cartoonists of the late 40s were asked to draw their characters blindfolded.
more here
Wednesday, July 04, 2007
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