Art without History
In a typical contemporary art college, the range of media in active use resembles a core sample through the history of communications technology: students draw, carve, and cast; they also film, project and playback...
Magical Consciousness
This is the title of an exhibition that opened a few days ago at the Arnolfini Museum in Bristol. The promotional copy mentions Flusser (http://www.arnolfini.org.uk/whatson/exhibitions/details/926) as having furnished some of supporting ideas for the exhibition....
Roaming CIC
For a introduction to the organization, see www.roamingon.weebly.com. The slides are a few examples of recent work. I am one of three “directors,” that is, members of a Board of Directors. The name “roaming” itself,...
Digital Hybridity
I’m part of a research project at the University of Derby, a two-month on-line discussion of Digital Hybridity . The topic itself seems to change every time I think about it. Hybridity is a...
Gained in Translation
Translation is probably the core idea in Flusser’s thought (Guldin Philosophieren zwischen den Sprachen, 2005). He was never concerned with accuracy with respect to an “original”, though. It is not about some sort of...
Taking Graffiti Seriously
Should graffiti be treated as art? If it means white gloves and provenance records and the eternal search for authorship, surely not. But if it’s to say that graffiti ought to be taken seriously...