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Jeff Watson is an artist, designer, and Assistant Professor of Interactive Media and Games at the University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts.
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Monthly Archives: October 2007
Review of Bourriaud’s "Relational Aesthetics"
A thorough-going review of Bourriaud’s “Relational Aesthetics” can be found at new media : ryan peter andre tobin: Bourriaud focuses on the role of modernity in shaping the way we relate to society in contemporary times. While modernity had a … Continue reading
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Tagged nicolas bourriaud, review, theory
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The Worst Mistake
Jared Diamond: …with the advent of agriculture an elite became better off, but most people became worse off. Instead of swallowing the progressivist party line that we chose agriculture because it was good for us, we must ask how we … Continue reading
The Weather Project
Olafur Eliasson nimbly merges art, science, and natural phenomena to create extraordinary multisensory experiences. Challenging the passive nature of traditional art-viewing, he engages the observer as an active participant, using tangible elements such as temperature, moisture, aroma, and light to … Continue reading
ROBOAT
This summer we began work on the third of three autonomous entities we’ve been developing with a grant from the Rockefeller Foundation and Renew Media. It’s an “unmanned surface vehicle,” or water robot, made for protests on or near aqueous … Continue reading
14 secs of Carsten Holler
See: Tate Modern | The Unilever Series.
WWO: Hitching a Ride
Context: World Without Oil
Juliane Lorenz on Fassbinder
See also Village Voice Interview with Hannah Schygulla.
Head On (2006)
With few wolves scattered in the front gallery, all ninety-nine wolves run, gallop, and jump toward the far end of the exhibition hall, where a wall stands. The bravery of the wolves is met head on by the unyielding wall. … Continue reading
Sketch Furniture
Is it possible to let a first sketch become an object, to design directly onto space? The four FRONT members have developed a method to materialise free hand sketches. They make it possible by using a unique method where two … Continue reading