A Q&A with James Balog, founder of “the Extreme Ice Survey, a long-term visual art and science project to record the shrinking of the Earth’s glaciers using dozens of time-lapse cameras placed in 16 glacial locations around the world, such as in Alaska, Greenland and the Himalayas.”
Tag: 12.17.12
The Atlantic‘s Ten Ideas That Changed The World In 2012
Conor Friedersdorf: “So think of what follows as a proposition to ponder: all that follows” – from the rise of 3D printers to the demise of centrism in US politics – “is either going to reshape our world, or would reshape it if only the idea in question were given its due.”
Paperwork, The New Historical Goldmine
“True, there are not yet any dedicated journals or conferences. But in history, anthropology, literature and media studies departments and beyond, a group of loosely connected scholars are taking a fresh look at office memos, government documents and corporate records, not just for what they say but also for how they circulate and the sometimes unpredictable things they do.”
The Mad Monk Who Pioneered Poésie Concrète
“Not only was he a pioneer of concrete poetry, in which the typographic style of the letters is as important as the meaning and rhythm of the words,” Dom Sylvester Houédard “also wrote extensively on new approaches to art, spirituality and philosophy as well as collaborating with artists including Gustav Metzger and Yoko Ono, and the composer John Cage.”
Study: Black And White Patterns Inspire Black And White Thinking
“That the ratings of those who saw the gray frame and the blue and yellow frame were virtually identical indicates it wasn’t a generic contrast in colors that made the difference. Rather, the image of black against white appears to wield unique metaphorical power.”