http://folksonomy.co/?rss=3322 Folksonomy.co is a structured repository of digital culture and creative practice. en-au Creative Commons License: (cc), Simon Perkins Wed, 08 May 2013 23:27:08 +1000 Wed, 08 May 2013 23:27:08 +1000 Constellations 2.0 http://folksonomy.co/?member=1000 60 http://folksonomy.co/Folksonomy.gif http://folksonomy.co/ http://folksonomy.co/?permalink=3301 In 1924 Claude Friese-Greene cinematographer and son of moving-image pioneer William embarked on an intrepid road trip from Land s End to John O Groats He recorded his journey on film using an experimental colour process Entitled The Open Road this remarkable travelogue was conceived as a series of 26 short episodes to be shown weekly at the cinema Independent Cinema Office UK http://folksonomy.co/?permalink=3301 Wed, 08 May 2013 23:27:08 +1000 http://folksonomy.co/?permalink=3296 Austin Kleon s talk Steal Like An Artist is a creative manifesto based on 10 things he wish he d heard when he was starting out Austin is a writer and artist He s the author of Newspaper Blackout a best-selling book of poetry made by redacting newspaper articles with a permanent marker Austin s talk was delivered as part of the TEDxKC presentation of TEDxChange Austin s work including his new book Steal Like An Artist has been featured on NPR s Morning Edition PBS Newshour and in The Wall Street Journal He speaks about creativity visual thinking and being an artist online for organizations such as SXSW and The Economist TEDx Talk 2012 Kansas City http://folksonomy.co/?permalink=3296 Sat, 04 May 2013 14:49:59 +1000 http://folksonomy.co/?permalink=3290 This week the minaret of one of Syria s most beautiful mosques was destroyed in the northern city of Aleppo The Ummayad mosque established in 715 was rebuilt in 1159 after being damaged by a fire and then built again a century later after the Mongol invasion The oldest surviving part was the minaret and both the State forces and the rebels accuse each other of its destruction Lying in the Old City the mosque is a Unesco world heritage site but has become part of the wider devastation of Syria s rich cultural heritage a Crusader castle and Roman ruins in the ancient city of Palmyra have also been damaged However sad this physical destruction of history and art is it should matter less to us than the recent reports that some 70 000 lives have been lost in this terrible civil war with hundreds of thousands more displaced This is a war which is gradually ripping the country apart but about which the rest of the world doesn t seem to know what to do Yet there is a different poignancy to the loss of a country s artistic and cultural past It is these visual artifacts building and ruins which speak to us of a country s history its collective memory the love and passion of the people who make a piece of land into a nation state That so many Syrians are now killing each other and destroying ruins and religious sites poses the disturbing question what exactly is still held sacred in so many part of the Muslim world A couple of weeks ago I returned from a short break to Istanbul The area surrounding the majestic Hagia Sophia and the Blue mosque is also a Unesco world heritage site tourists wander freely the buildings stand sublime the contested past of the place breathing its religious spirit into a refashioned modern and vibrant city But I wonder whether the preservation of history is only meaningful in countries where there is the preservation of peace where people can enjoy the ordinariness of life where there is order and purpose and we have the luxury of self reflection Earlier this week the former Met commissioner sir Ian Blair said societies choose what kind of violence they will tolerate Looking across to so many part of the Islamic world where there is civil war state violence and individual acts of terror I wonder how and when Muslim societies will move away from seeing violence as a resolution to human conflict When God is great is uttered as people and buildings are blown up what kind of God have so many created in their hearts and minds The destruction of the minaret is not just a physical destruction but a tragic metaphor for a nation s soul Mona Siddiqui 26 April 2013 BBC Radio 4 Thought for the Day Fig 1 At left the damaged Umayyad mosque in the northern city of Aleppo Syria on Wednesday 24 April 2013 at right the view of the mosque with the minaret intact on 6 March 2013 AP http www wbur org npr 178906558 minaret-of-iconic-syrian-mosque-destroyed-in-fighting http://folksonomy.co/?permalink=3290 Sat, 27 Apr 2013 11:15:22 +1000 http://folksonomy.co/?permalink=3273 The history of Chinese bookbinding has always suffered owing to a lack of material evidence The various book formats discovered among the Dunhuang document collection provide a wealth of information previously out of reach to scholars However this resource has remained relatively untapped attention instead being focused on the textual content of the documents Bookbinding is just one of many aspects to the study of the Dunhuang collection as physical artefacts This site by combining textual descriptions with diagrams illustrating binding techniques and photographs of the actual objects aims to give a comprehensive introduction to the different kinds of Chinese bookbinding contained in the Dunhuang collection of the British Library Colin Chinnery 07 February 2007 Fig 2 Stein s 1907 photograph of Tibetan pothi from the Dunhuang Library Cave copy 2007 The British Library Photo 392 27 587 http idp bl uk database oo scroll h a4d uid 186402700912 bst 1 recnum 38614 index 1 img 1 http://folksonomy.co/?permalink=3273 Thu, 11 Apr 2013 21:23:42 +1000 http://folksonomy.co/?permalink=3227 We have long been familiar with the power of the Chinese to balance colours but we were not so well acquainted with their power of treating purely ornamental or conventional forms and in the chapter in the Grammar of Ornament on Chinese Ornament I was led from my then knowledge to express the opinion that the Chinese had not the power of dealing with conventional ornamental form but it now appears that there has been a period in which a School of Art existed in China of a very important kind We are led to think that this art must in some way have had a foreign origin it so nearly resembles in all its principles the art of the Mohammedan races that we may presume it was derived from them It would be no difficult task to take a work of ornament of this class and by simply varying the colouring and correcting the drawing convert it into an Indian or Persian composition There is of course in all these works something essentially Chinese in the mode of rendering the idea but the original idea is evidently Mohammedan The Moors of the present day decorate their pottery under the same instinct and follow the same laws as the Chinese obeyed in their beautiful enamelled vases The Moorish artist takes a rudely-fashioned pot or other object and by a marvellous instinct divides the surface of the object by spots of colour into triangles of proportionate area according to the form and size of the object these triangles are then crossed by others Owen Jones 1867 Owen Jones 1867 Examples of Chinese Ornament Selected from Objects in the South Kensington Museum and Other Collections By Owen Jones One Hundred Plates S amp T Gilbert 4 Copthall Buildings E C Back of the Bank of England http://folksonomy.co/?permalink=3227 Tue, 12 Mar 2013 23:47:57 +1000 http://folksonomy.co/?permalink=3213 Until recently the field of design was an adjunct to art and craft With the transformation of design into an industrial discipline come responsibilities that the field of design studies has only recently begun to address This transformation means that design is becoming a generalizable discipline that may as readily be applied to processes media interfaces or information artefacts as to tools clothing furniture or advertisements To understand design as a discipline that can function within any of these frames means developing a general theory of design This general theory should support application theories and operational programmes Moving from a general theory of design to the task of solving problems involves a significantly different mode of conceptualization and explicit knowledge management than adapting the tacit knowledge of individual design experience So far most design theories involve clinical situations or micro-level grounded theories developed through induction This is necessary but it is not sufficient for the kinds of progress we need In the social sciences grounded theory has developed into a robust and sophisticated system for generating theory across levels A groundedo theory is an inductive theory emerging or rising from the ground of direct empirical experience These theories ultimately lead to larger ranges of understanding and the literature of grounded theory is rich in discussions of theory construction and theoretical sensitivity Glaser 1978 1992 Glaser and Strauss 1967 Strauss 1991 Strauss and Corbin 1990 1994 One of the deep problems in design research is the failure to engage in grounded theory developing theory out of practice Instead many designers confuse practice with research Rather than developing theory from practice through articulation and inductive inquiry some designers mistakenly argue that practice is research From this they claim that practicebased research is itself a form of theory construction Ken Friedman 2008 pp 153-154 Ken Friedman 2008 Research into by and for design Journal of Visual Arts Practice Volume 7 Number 2 Intellect Ltd Article English Language doi 10 1386 jvap 7 2 153 1 http://folksonomy.co/?permalink=3213 Sun, 24 Feb 2013 21:09:42 +1000 http://folksonomy.co/?permalink=3204 Scene is dedicated to a critical examination of space and scenic production The journal provides an opportunity for dynamic debate reflection and criticism With a strong interdisciplinary focus we welcome articles interviews visual essays reports from conferences and festivals We want to explore new critical frameworks for the scholarship of creating a scene http://folksonomy.co/?permalink=3204 Thu, 14 Feb 2013 14:09:11 +1000 http://folksonomy.co/?permalink=3198 The Reanimating Cultural Heritage project reintroduced these objects to both Sierra Leoneans and a wider audience thereby creating a platform for future recovery of the Sierra Leone cultural heritage sector The project led by Dr Paul Basu created an innovative digital heritage resource to provide digital access to the Sierra Leonean collections of the project s partner institutions the British Museum Brighton Museum and Art Gallery Glasgow Museums World Museum Liverpool the British Library Sound Archive and the Sierra Leone National Museum The resulting www sierraleoneheritage org resource provides high quality images and enhanced information for over 3 500 Sierra Leonean objects from these museum collections Taking seemingly lifeless museum objects gathering dust in little-visited stores or displays the project reanimated them digitally by showing them alongside contextualising video images sounds and other media reanimating a traditional mask for example through video footage of a masquerade dance performance The majority of the videos were made by Sierra Leoneans themselves following participatory videomaking workshops This ensured that a wide range of Sierra Leonean voices could be heard from school children to weavers to religious leaders Through integrating social networking technologies into the resource visitors are able to comment and engage in dialogue about the objects and associated cultural practices Arts amp Humanities Research Council 04 09 2012 http://folksonomy.co/?permalink=3198 Tue, 12 Feb 2013 10:21:58 +1000 http://folksonomy.co/?permalink=3190 Metamedia ia a studio and lab that pursues research and pedagogy in design history and media materialities It is located online in Stanford Archaeology Center and has worldwide affiliates Metamedia combines archaeology and media with an archaeological and long-term focus on how people get on with things with media works treated as modes of engagement between people and things Media as artifacts and prostheses as well as systems to convey meaning we emphasize the materialities of mediation at the heart of design - the way the steel was burnished the clay was turned how the vessel connects makers and materials users and contents in genealogies of containment portage representation whatever work gets done http://folksonomy.co/?permalink=3190 Sun, 10 Feb 2013 15:37:35 +1000 http://folksonomy.co/?permalink=3187 http://folksonomy.co/?permalink=3187 Sun, 10 Feb 2013 07:45:31 +1000 http://folksonomy.co/?permalink=3186 Constant works in-between media and art and is interested in the culture and ethics of the World Wide Web The artistic practice of Constant is inspired by the way that technological infrastructures data-exchange and software determine our daily life Free software copyright alternatives and cyber feminism are important threads running through the activities of Constant Constant organizes workshops print-parties walks and Verbindingen Jonctions meetings on a regular basis for a public that s into experiments discussions and all kinds of exchanges Constant http://folksonomy.co/?permalink=3186 Sat, 09 Feb 2013 15:13:38 +1000 http://folksonomy.co/?permalink=3175 This characteristically dada film by Marcel Duchamp consists of a series of visual and verbal puns with nonsense phrases inscribed around rotating spiral patterns creating an almost hypnotic effect Silent Anemic Cinema various versions were made in 1920 1923 and finally in 1926 Essentially a film by Duchamp with help from Man Ray Calvin Tomkins Duchamp used the initial payment on his inheritance to make a film and to go into the art business The film shot in Man Ray s studio with the help of cinematographer Marc All eacute gret was a seven-minute animation of nine punning phrases by Rrose S eacute lavy These had been pasted letter by letter in a spiral pattern on round black discs that were then glued to phonograph records the slowly revolving texts alternate with shots of Duchamp s Discs Bearing Spirals ten abstract designs whose turning makes them appear to move backward and forward in an erotic rhythm The little film which Duchamp called Anemic Cinema had its premiere that August at a private screening room in Paris UbuWeb Marcel Duchamp 1926 An eacute mic Cin eacute ma 7 minutes B amp W http://folksonomy.co/?permalink=3175 Thu, 24 Jan 2013 21:32:39 +1000 http://folksonomy.co/?permalink=3164 empyre- facilitates critical perspectives on contemporary cross-disciplinary issues practices and events in networked media by inviting guests -key new media artists curators theorists producers and others to participate in thematic discussions -empyre- is an Australian based global community which preserves its autonomy as a non-hierarchical collaborative entity by engaging with new content on a monthly basis The list was instigated by Melinda Rackham AU in 2002 The community grew exponentially and within the first year Adrian Miles AU and Rebecca Cannon AU joined briefly as facilitators Long-term facilitators Christina McPhee USA and Michael Arnold Mages USA were invited to the -empyre- curatorium soon after and during the next years they were joined by Jim Andrews CA and Felix Sattler AU GER In 2005 Tracey Meziane AU and Marcus Bastos BR joined the team and in 2006 and 2007 it was extended with S eacute rgio Basbaum BR Nicholas Ruiz III USA Renate Ferro USA and Tim Murray USA To find out more go to who is -empyre Melinda Rackham http://folksonomy.co/?permalink=3164 Fri, 18 Jan 2013 09:16:25 +1000 http://folksonomy.co/?permalink=3153 Started in 2008 AMERICAN SUBURB X ASX is an ever-growing archive and fiercely edited look at photography s always relevant past rapidly shifting present and dramatically unfolding future The mission is to provide and provoke to educate and titillate those who are obsessed with photography visual culture and all of the beautiful moving parts We believe that by bringing together the intellectual and the visual in a powerful dance ASX will foster new generations of artists scholars collectors and patrons Doug Rickard http://folksonomy.co/?permalink=3153 Sun, 13 Jan 2013 11:16:01 +1000 http://folksonomy.co/?permalink=3109 Melvyn Bragg presents the first in a series of programmes examining the idea of culture and its evolution over the last 150 years In 1869 the poet and critic Matthew Arnold published Culture and Anarchy a series of essays in which he argued passionately that culture - the best which has been thought and said - was a powerful force for good In this first programme Melvyn Bragg visits the Sheldonian Theatre in Oxford where Arnold first unveiled his ideas on the subject and discovers how Arnold s ideas were refined and rejected by later thinkers Melvyn Bragg 2012 Matthew Arnold 1869 Culture and Anarchy An Essay in Political and Social Criticism http www authorama com book culture-and-anarchy html The Value of Culture Culture and Anarchy Radio broadcast Episode 1 of 5 Duration 42 minutes First broadcast Monday 31 December 2012 Presenter Melvyn Bragg Producer Thomas Morris for the BBC Radio 4 UK http://folksonomy.co/?permalink=3109 Mon, 31 Dec 2012 10:53:42 +1000