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Visceral Light Switch @ SITEFEST

Posted on March 6, 2010 by admin

Visceral Light Switch is on show at the Not Spring Not Winter Show as part of SITEFEST. March 6-14 319 Scholes St, Brooklyn More about  Not Spring Not Winter and SITEFEST Come take a pull.

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not coping with radiation through absurdity

Posted on January 25, 2010 by admin

I have to be honest, I see there is something big here but I don’t understand it entirely. After some time spent thinking about the effects of nuclear radiation, and the evolutionary processes it triggers/will trigger as we not only … Continue reading →

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Capturing the embodied nature of knowledge work: Test #1

Posted on December 17, 2009 by admin

What our bodies are like and how they function in the world…structure the very concepts we can use to think. – Lakoff and Johnson \”I think, therefore I am\” Descartes said all those years ago, and we still trudge along … Continue reading →

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forget utopia, it’s about sitopia

Posted on December 8, 2009 by admin

Food is the fundamental social ordering of utopia. Carol Steel gives an interesting talk about how food shaped the physical structure of cities, and what happened when we gained autonomy from food… We live in \”sitopia\”  – \”food place\” – … Continue reading →

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Inspirations

Posted on December 2, 2009 by admin

from WMMNA\’s post on The Art of Fashion: Installing Allusions runs until 10 January 2010 at the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen in Rotterdam.

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not smarter than a 3rd grader

Posted on November 8, 2009 by admin

\”touch screen light\” I guest taught a 3rd grade after-school engineering & architecture program at PS.9 today.  Small people are funny and creative.  They were very clever and I was impressed. I introduced the concept of visceral_Switch.  I focused too … Continue reading →

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malicious compliance

Posted on October 28, 2009 by admin

Work-to-rule is an industrial action in which employees do no more than the minimum required by the rules of a workplace, and follow safety or other regulations to the letter in order to cause a slowdown rather than to serve their purpose. … Continue reading →

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non-humans in the city

Posted on September 25, 2009 by admin

the beginning…  http://xclinic.ning.com/  with Natalie Jeremijenko (disclaimer: disorganized diving deliberations) I.  First off, humans are animals.  It seems crucial to begin with this simple, obvious, and so often forgotten fact.  The frame through which to peer. II. Doing some initial … Continue reading →

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Utopian hell?

Posted on September 25, 2009 by admin

\”corporate futoroligists force-feed us a \’happy-ever-after\’ portrayal of life where techology is the solution to every problem. There us no room for doubt or complexity intheir techno-utopian visions. Everyone is a stereotype, and social and cultural roles remain unchanged.\” [dunne … Continue reading →

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manufactured feelings

Posted on September 20, 2009 by admin

that\’s what this lady does for a living \”i think many times, what they\’re buying is what they wish their lives would be..\”

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