No one’s quite ready to stick The Fork in the Road and say it’s done, but the end of the year-long saga of Pasadena’s favorite piece of guerrilla art could be in sight. Just a few more shreds of red tape remain … and the giant 18-foot wooden utensil will go back to the fork in the road at St. John and Pasadena Avenues.”
Tag: 08.06.11
Those Baby Boomers – Contrarian To The End
“I suppose the story of the Baby Boomers is of a generation that refused to be defined – by the constraints of class in the Fifties, of old-fashioned social attitudes in the Sixties and now, it seems, even by the length of time they have spent on planet Earth.”
Kickstarter Changing The Way Art Is Funded In Detroit
“The power of the Kickstarter platform was illustrated earlier this year with the success of the effort to construct a RoboCop statue in Detroit — a project that raised more than $67,000 from 2,700 backers. What started as a joke — fueled by a dismissive tweet from Detroit Mayor Dave Bing — quickly became a reality when the project gained traction on the social Web as people passed around the link, tongues planted firmly in cheek.”
A Seminal Time In Computer Art
“From 1961 to 1973, a loosely organized group of artists and scientists coalesced around the radical idea that the emerging technology of the computer could be used to make a different kind of art. Known simply as the New Tendencies, this heterogeneous movement included dozens of men and women from the far reaches of the industrialized world.”
Nigerian Writer Jide Adebayo-Begun Reads – A Lot
“I find it difficult to legislate the tastes of readers. I can only say people should read more of whatever appeals to them. And perhaps, be more open about surrealist fiction, fantasy and other non-realist fiction.”
Words Are Just Words — Until Someone Takes Them Seriously
“We all love a good conspiracy theory – right up to the moment when someone kills in its name – and this is the reason why satire is sometimes potentially dangerous.”
Boredom Isn’t So Boring –Â And Might Save Our Lives
“Perhaps boredom is designed to encourage people to adapt their behavior and to protect them from social toxins, just as its first cousin disgust is designed, biologically speaking, to cause people to adapt their behavior to real physical toxins.”
Live, On Screen! – Digital Broadcasts Pack U.K. Theatres
Stephen Fry, The Met Opera, the Royal Shakespeare Company and others help fill movie theatres across the U.K. on nights that might traditionally be dark.
The Sexiest Organ – How Brains Took Over The Arts
“A Billion Wicked Thoughts is just the latest non-fiction example of a growing obsession with science and neurology that has infected our contemporary narrative art forms.”
That Manuscript Might Be Dead – When Was the Last Time You Saw A Floppy Disk Reader?
Watch out for “the digital dark ages,” say preservationists — but look to gamers for ideas about curating and conserving our data.