“The net in fact exposes problems that have long lurked in our epistemology, problems that come into stark relief when knowledge is freed of paper, and we freely connect with it and through it across all boundaries of time and place. There’s something about how we’ve been thinking about knowledge — something inherent in traditional epistemology — that blinds Michael P. Lynch and many others to the knowledge-enhancing aspects of what’s happening on the screens in front of us.”
Tag: 05.02.16
How ‘Valley Of The Dolls’ Turned Popping Pills Into A Feminist Act
“Re-reading the book today … elicits a more feminist interpretation: The ‘dolls’ seem less like destructive forces and more like symbols of the female protagonists’ search for self-determination, in whatever limited forms it could take in the late 60s.”
Ulay (The Former Mr. Marina Abramovic) Brings His Performance Art Back To New York After 30 Years
Cutting Through the Clouds of Myth, a collaboration withthe Slovenian multidisciplinary artist Jaša, “is one of Ulay’s first reengagements with performance after a battle with cancer. … ‘At one point I got a sort of calling, an inner voice, to reenter performance art again,’ [he said].”
The Digital Jukebox That’s Making Jukeboxes Cool Again
“TouchTunes already boasts the distinction of being the biggest digital jukebox service in North America. However you feel about the influx of Internet-connected jukeboxes into neighborhood hangout spots, the trend isn’t likely to slow down, especially with user experience improvements like this one. But be careful.”
‘A True American Moral Hysteric’ – The Man Who Tried To Censor All The Mail In The Country
“At an early age, Anthony Comstock felt he was destined for glory.” What he became is the leader of what suffragette Victoria Woodhull described as “the American Inquisition” – adding, “We should no more think of comparing Comstock … with Torquemada, than of contrasting a living skunk with a dead lion.”
Report: New York Theatre Stages Got Much More Diverse Last Year
“During the theater season of 2014 to 2015, about 30 percent of roles at the city’s most prominent theaters went to minority actors, up from 24 percent the previous season, the organization said. That is the highest percentage in the nine years that the group has been studying the issue.”
Dallas Summer Musicals Fires Longtime Director. He Sues
Michael A. Jenkins, 74, a well-known figure who has been DSM president and managing director since 1994, spoke with emotion last week as he gave his version of the break and showed reporters a copy of the age discrimination complaint he filed March 22 with the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
The Story Behind The Storied Knoedler Gallery
“The trial unearthed one of the greatest scandals the art world has ever seen and laid bare the chain of suspicious decisions that brought down what had once been a storied gallery. The details of Knoedler’s collapse offer a kind of clarity that is typically nonexistent in this business, raising all sorts of questions about whether the lack of transparency at the high end of the art market will be viable in the future.”
Why Is Hannah Arendt Getting A Cultural Moment?
Nearly 50 years later, at a moment when words like “doxx” and “troll” have entered the cultural vernacular, books and movies are rehabilitating Arendt’s image for a new generation, and turning her into an unlikely pop cultural icon.
Marisol, Silent And Mysterious Pop Artist, Dead At 85
“Her bright, boxy sculptures of people represent[ed] a range of American life – everyone from the Kennedys to a dustbowl farm family to the artist herself. The works, which combined painted and minimally carved wooden figures with found objects like shoes and doors, were funny but incisive, simple-looking but expertly made.”