http://machinemachine.net/stream/feed en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Sweetcron text@machinemachine.net http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2010/04/more_from_eyjafjallajokull.html As ash from Iceland's Eyjafjallajokull volcano continued to keep European airspace shut down over the weekend, affecting millions of travelers around the world, some government agencies and airlines clashed over the flight bans. Some restricted airspace is now beginning to open up and some limited flights are being allowed now as airlines are pushing for the ability to judge safety conditions for themselves. The volcano continues to rumble and hurl ash skyward, if at a slightly diminished rate now, as the dispersing ash plume has dropped closer to the ground, and the World Health Organization has issued a health warning… ]]> Thu, 22 Apr 2010 02:37:00 -0700 http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2010/04/more_from_eyjafjallajokull.html http://www.we-make-money-not-art.com/archives/2010/01/-tatjana-hallbaum-in-between.php Manipulating Reality presents a selection of 23 artistic approaches that work through photography and video to develop possible models of reality. Its aim is not to understand whether photographs can convey reality but how this can occur. The works exhibited represent different artistic strategies addressing the construction, reflection or distortion of reality in images. In addition to investigating the value of documentary photography today, many of the artists presented reflect in part the conditions of the tool of photography and adopt known artistic techniques such as collage, presentation in model form, abstraction and the assemblage of different elements. ]]> Fri, 29 Jan 2010 17:00:00 -0700 http://www.we-make-money-not-art.com/archives/2010/01/-tatjana-hallbaum-in-between.php http://www.artfagcity.com/2009/10/22/img-mgmt-teen-image/ IMG MGMT is an annual image-based artist essay series. Today’s invited artist, Seth Price presents an essay challenging the traditional photo essay format. 1. Ritualized Unknowing People keep trying to get a handle on what’s happening. There’s a fear that others are hastening to make startling connections among the raw material, tracing lines between points we didn’t even know existed. Exacerbating this anxiety is the fact that despite its supposed insistence on the consolidation of knowledge and the worth of information, the Internet produces ritualized unknowing. You could say, however, that this is a good thing, for it provokes a… ]]> Thu, 05 Nov 2009 03:06:00 -0700 http://www.artfagcity.com/2009/10/22/img-mgmt-teen-image/