Category Archives: Art

What happened at the symposium…

Posted on May 4, 2011 by lornabrown

Many thanks to everyone who made the Digital Natives Symposium such a great event. It will give us a great deal to consider and reflect upon as we move toward producing a publication for the project. Since so many of … Continue reading →

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Distance is not an evil that should be abolished. It is the normal condition of any communication.

Posted on February 23, 2011 by

These words of Jacques Rancière’s have been taken from a speech entitled “The Emancipated Spectator” that he originally addressed to the 5th International Summer Academy in Frankfurt, Germany on 20 August 2004, and which has since been compiled as part … Continue reading →

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Hot Spot

Posted on January 9, 2011 by lornabrown

I love this billboard. It’s a rare example of how a familiar sort of object can carry irony right up from its underpinnings. In this most regulated city, it maneuvers its way past being out of place, and brings the … Continue reading →

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Origins myth

Posted on January 7, 2011 by

The project started when I was out for a run around False Creek last winter and, crossing the Burrard Street bridge, I saw the digital billboard for the first time. I’d been using social media, twitter especially, for a little … Continue reading →

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