At Schedler Minchin Fine Art- A show that I am currently featured on in Birmingham, Alabama: curated by Jon Coffelt
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Gordon Froud’s first day of installing his mega-mobile at the Department of Science and Technology did not pass without major hiccups. Both the suppliers of scaffolding and the engineers were late with delivery, which cost the artist a bunch in money and time. Sixteen metres above groundfloor, more problems concerning inadequate drillbits and ceiling specifications [...]
You probably know what greenbaiting is, right? Like when they put hybrid engines in an SUV? Or when they put 20% post-consumer content in paper plates and call them "eco-plates?" Tonight, I think I experienced the same thing in technology and entertainment. I went and saw Superman Returns at the Tuttleman IMAX in Philadelphia.
The movie [...]
Last day in Rio, and will probably meet up with some ITPers, then go watch soccer. I’m not sure if it’s the jetlag, the conference, or four weeks with a newborn that have finally caught up with me, but i am exhausted! Looking forward to hanging out with my girls back in Joburg - get [...]
re-blog from iSummit 2006 <<>>
Shown in the picture here is the lovely daughter of iSummit Artist in Residence Nathaniel Stern, four-week-old South African Sidonie. Her generation will the first to experience fully 21st century education. The Sunday morning Education Commons panel looked at what Sidonie and her contemporaries should expect educationally. Panel chair Neeru Paharia [...]
Yes, Colin, maybe I have caught the ccMixter bug. Just uploaded another poetry slam styled vocal track, this time from a video art piece specifically produced for the Netherlands Film Festival, at Aryan Kaganof’s request. a song for the now available for re-mix. Now I wish I had my saxophone with….
Description: a video art [...]
Sorry for the delay on posting art, etc - internet was down at the hotel for ages. The conference has been amazing thus far. The generosity of spirit, the sharing, the intellectual rigor, the commitment to the arts and knowledge - even when I disagree with some of the things being said, I understand that [...]
Using Creative Commons pix from FZero, simenon. iphilipp and Garton on flickr (all tagged for iSummit06), these images were inspired by a collaborative proposal (net distill) I wrote with fellow South African artist and blogger Andre SC (not yet realized). They each use the front page of the Rio iCommons photostream (from yesterday afternoon, Brazil [...]
revver is the coolest CC thing around - make work, share work for free, see the tiniest ad at the end that does not interfere with your work, make money… It really accomplishes what I quoted Jenny saying this morning: She calls for new structures of economy, distribution, sharing, and says artists "really will come" [...]
