I found these images on the Exploratorium site on climate change. They seem similar in form to the images of Alice Aycock’s work, and the Orrery. There is a machinic quality to them; or, one could say there is an organic quality to the artist’s machinic work.
One of my favorite sites is The Long Now Foundation. I learned of it years ago, when I first started The New Barok, a non-profit which was the predecessor of WRLDs. It has since grown and become more of a presence. On it’s blog, was a link to a piece, an Orrery, created by artist Eugene… Continue Reading
I have heard nothing lately, about the work of artist Alice Aycock. When I was young and in school, I needed to see her work; a woman doing large scale machinic constructions. A woman whose background in architecture made her drawings substantial. There was nothing flimsy about her work. So I went looking. She has… Continue Reading
Beautiful video to watch. From Xeni Jardin. You may know Joi as a serial entrepreneur, a twittering globetrotter VC, a World of Warcraft junkie, or the CEO of Creative Commons, but he has a more traditional side, too. In this video, Ito welcomes us into his back yard in Japan, where he and his… Continue Reading
When I was 18 and living in my mothers apartment, I read The Wasteland, by TS Eliot. I was uneducated about poetry, but had written in journals since the age of 7. My own writing attempts were pale and clumsy. But I remember this one particular day when I found the Wasteland. I recognized the… Continue Reading
There is much about the work of Canadian artist Emily Carr that I don’t find interesting. But her life has always been of interest. The fact that she lived on her own, and traveled into deep forests alone provides proof of valor. I often used to spend time on the western edge of Vancouver Island.… Continue Reading
Artist Susan Robb talked about her work and exhibition this morning, at the Lawrimore Project, in Seattle. She is an articulate and charismatic artist, and her work, (this is the beginning of her career), is intriguing on many levels. Because I have participated in so many critiques, I find it difficult to separate the artist… Continue Reading
I have been contemplating the phrase: "node forms of production" refers to certain types of artistic practices. I thought of it after listening to a very interesting presentation on "distributed methods of production"; referring to collaborative works in architecture. I think distributed production or collaboration is of great value, but, I do not think it is… Continue Reading
Sherry Turkle has done perhaps some of the most interesting social research of our time, on the ""subjective side" of people’s relationships with technology, especially computers". She is a clinical psychologist, and the Abby Rockefeller Mauzé Professor of the Social Studies of Science and Technology in the Program in Science, Technology, and Society at MIT… Continue Reading
In January 2008, I did an interview with David Sokol on WRLDs, at the request of Surface Magazine. At my request, I did the interview via email, hoping to maintain some accuracy. Unfortunately that did not happen, and what was printed was not accurate nor did it reflect the intention of the project. Here is… Continue Reading
June 2012 list of accounts online, impersonating Marta Lyall.
I have been involved in 2 abstractions over the past 2 days. I have spent more time in Second Life, and I have been active in the markets; spending 8 hours at a time “researching”. In the real world, the season is turning to spring. The sun was out today; a rare occurrence these days.… Continue Reading
Last night I came across the work of Cynthia Greig. I was drawn to the images that inverted scale like this one: The image to the left is not listed on her main web site. But I find it to be one of the most interesting as it reflects ideas conveyed by someone else whose… Continue Reading
On Friday, 2/15/2008, Jamie Johnson appeared on the Closing Bell, on CNBC and discussed his film, "Born Rich". He is one of the great-grandsons of the founder of Johnson & Johnson Inc. Through this film he reveals insights into the psyche of the wealthy. It is a bold and unprecidented move for someone from his… Continue Reading
This was written by Giulio Prisco, a scientist in Madrid, who has some interesting insights about the drive towards interoperability: “Besides the virtualization of reality, there is an important trend toward the realization of virtuality, with technologies that permit giving physical reality to information and virtual objects. The WRLDs system allows users to generate both… Continue Reading