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How Do Objects Withdraw From Access?

They have homes which they go to e.g. a mouse in a hole or a human in a house they have different ways of perceiving time (so appear fast or slow to others) Sight is restricted to the aspect of the object Senses are different – e.g. between a fly seeing and a dog seeing [...]

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The Hacker’s Ethics

Brought to you by The Cyberpunk Project Page last modified on 12/07/2004 12:00:56 (reproduced here for research purposes) The idea of a “hacker ethic” is perhaps best formulated in Steven Levy’s 1984 book, Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution. Levy came up with six tenets: Access to computers – and anything which might teach you [...]

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Definition and Description of Cyberart or the Virtual Art of “Webism”

(originally By Pygoya.) Brought to you by The Cyberpunk Project (Page last modified on 11/10/2003 15:20:25) Reproduced here for research purposes. 1. Art that is displayed and exists only in virtual or Cyberspace; the original art from which imagery is printed out (copied) or derived (downloaded). 2. Currently, the virtual space of the World Wide Web [...]

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Istanbul Biennial Visit

Another couchsurfer arrived(there had been about 10 different people staying in the last 2 weeks wat my host’s in Istanbul); a Belgium lady called Kara in her forties visiting to attend the Istanbul Art Biennial in the city. I told her how much I would love to see some art in Istanbul and she offered [...]

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Power of Making Exhibition at the V & A

I am doing a project on making for my MA Design Critical Practice course at Goldsmiths and yesterday I visited the Power of Making Exhibition at the V & A museum in Kensington, London. It is focused on handmade, craft, unusual and innovative making processes. The exhibition left me with the impression that the world [...]

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Ten Years of Nogging Twisting Musical Creations

A little known fact about me is my obsession with music. Whilst studying my undergrad I spent too long making music compositions rather than doing the work I should have been! I have compiled a page with my best pieces from the last 10 years. Visit my music page at my portfolio website: http://bit.ly/tW4WBq

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Come to Goldsmiths MA Design show at Mile End Arts Pavillion

I would  like to invite you to this year’s ‘Making Believe’ Design Show running from *Thursday, 15th September *until *Saturday, 24th September*. It is being held at the Art Pavilion in Mile End Park (please see attached map) as part of the London Design Festival. Featuring innovative work from over fifty designers to present a show filled with radical, bold, breakthrough [...]

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Open Source Ecology – Bicycle Technology

I came across this site about Open Source Technology and there is a page on Bicycle Touring. It is a group of American engineers and mechanics and lots of community support. The Open Farm Tech project is creating modular industrial machinery to create villages and small civilisations. Their Open Farm Tech project has been running [...]

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Ten Attributes of Metadesign

1 – Auspicious (focuses on the affirmative, optimistic and serendipitous) 2 – Indescribable (seeks to make the unthinkable possible) 3 – Self-steering (adapts by re-languaging its own working language) 4 – Fractal (making complex systems navigable through pattern-familiarity) 5 – Holistic (delivers complex, comprehensive and self-aware outcomes) 6 – Synergistic (cultivates and harnesses team complementarities) [...]

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Climate Survivor

Tom and I construed the idea to satisfy a desire to see the world. We minimalised our possessions, with most sold on ebay  to fund our trip or given away. We researched the ideal items of equipment we would need for a life on the road. When we left we realised soon we still had [...]

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