Month: December 2012
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Against the binary
I am tired of binary arguments on the web. This blog is dedicated to something else. Otherwise you’re just wrong and I’m just right. More to follow.
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Getting CATT-y Again
The debate in the comments below let me to revisit the work we did at the Collective Arts Think Tank a couple years ago. It’s largely centered on the dread cultural hub of New York, but it’s relevant, I think, beyond our borders. And I think Scott Walters and I have lots of crossover –…
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Chasing Our Tails
In reading this article, and the responses in the comments section, and on other sites, most of which seem to engage in the, “Jane you ignorant slut” style of debate, I started to feel a little crazy. One of the things I want most for people in the arts to do is stop complaining about…
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Laura Poitras
Beautiful interview between Creative Time’s Nato Thompson and filmmaker (and target of harassment and surveillance by US intelligence agencies) Laura Poitras: LISTEN What is amazing here is how deeply and fluently the conversation moves among history, craft, aesthetic, politics and meaning.