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wikileaks and the angel of history
At first I was obsessed with the leaked cables, but I’ve been distracted from the cables themselves by my fascination with people’s responses to WikiLeaks (in spite of my resistance, I guess there may be a sociologist inside after all). … Continue reading
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Tagged angel of history, julian assange, lev manovich, walter benjamin, wikileaks
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“the laws of its reception are most instructive”
Tafelstuken, Daphna Isaacs and Laurens Manders (How) can we view architecture as mass media? There are some obvious parallels—both mass media and architecture communicate through the use of particular languages; engage mass audiences; constitute public discourse and space; are organized … Continue reading
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Tagged architecture, art, daphna isaacs and laurens manders, experience, percpetion, tafelstuken, walter benjamin
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combines, montage, and cut ups
More methodological considerations… Combines “I get jarred by the juxtaposition of certain objects. Once you isolate something, you can really see it. I think a picture is more like the real world when it’s made out of the real world…I … Continue reading
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Tagged combines, method, methodology, montage, robert rauschenberg, walter benjamin, william s. burroughs
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talk
(How) should we talk about the work we do? Avalanche magazine interview with Vito Acconci (with Liza Bear): LB: Can we try to get at your obsession with movement? VA: One point that this interest in movement can be traced … Continue reading
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Tagged method, raymond carver, talk, vito acconci, walter benjamin
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