Archive for September, 2010

Dispatch: Reflecting on Anonymity at the New Orleans Katrina Memorial

Dispatch: Reflecting on Anonymity at the New Orleans Katrina Memorial

The Katrina Memorial stands atop a mass gravesite established in 1847 to bury the unclaimed and indigent dead.

| September 21, 2010 | 1 Comment »

The Cosmic Race: Vasconcelos, Paz, Tamayo

The Cosmic Race: Vasconcelos, Paz, Tamayo

Mexican philosopher Jose Vasconcelos wrote La Raza Cósmica in 1925. It was a speculative and lofty essay that attempted an apologia for the post-revolutionary and indigenous citizens of Latin America.

| September 20, 2010 | 2 Comments »

Auras and Cults: ‘Family Love’

Auras and Cults: ‘Family Love’

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| September 16, 2010 | 1 Comment »

Terrestrial Dreams and Night-Sky Visions (In Pursuit of the Arkestra)

Terrestrial Dreams and Night-Sky Visions (In Pursuit of the Arkestra)

Hydra travels through the intergalactic computer network in search of Sun Ra.

| September 15, 2010 | 2 Comments »

Whose Art? Aram Sinnreich’s ‘Mashed Up’ Book

Whose Art? Aram Sinnreich’s ‘Mashed Up’ Book

In the 'remix culture' what divides the creator from the audience anymore?

| September 15, 2010 | No Comments »

Codex and the Maze: Labyrinthus Seraphinianus

Codex and the Maze: Labyrinthus Seraphinianus

If only Borges had the eyesight to read it: the Codex Seraphinianus, a book which doubled as a labyrinth. But publishing Luigi Serafini's chef d'oeuvre wasn't literal enough for publisher extraordinaire, Franco Maria Ricci: the latter had to construct the world's largest labyrinth too.  

| September 10, 2010 | 2 Comments »

Finding Common Ground Inside Denver International Airport

Finding Common Ground Inside Denver International Airport

Eternal vigilance, we hear, is the price of democracy. But is it possible that vigilance could be eternal, when so much of our lives are spent sleeping, dreaming, and talking to each other about our dreams? It is difficult to know when a friend calls you in the middle of the night, frantically relating 

| September 7, 2010 | No Comments »

Five Essential DJ Mixes of 2010

Five Essential DJ Mixes of 2010

As we have just passed the median point of the year I thought it would be apt to put together a shortlist of some of the best dj mixes from 2010.

| September 4, 2010 | 2 Comments »

My Love Affair With Eric Rohmer

My Love Affair With Eric Rohmer

When people break up; risk stability for wild relationships; give in to desire, self-destruction, silly romantic notions; when people do things nobody can explain or understand, not even themselves; when people do nothing, just sit/sleep/stand/settle; run home to repent to their wives; when people complicate the comforting formula ; the 

| September 2, 2010 | 7 Comments »