29 July 2016

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/these-little-known-nuns-helped-map-stars-180959012/?no-

http://www.as-map.com/2016/07/05/40-data-science-techniques/

Activist Art; https://tacticaltech.org/projects/all

http://artthescience.com/blog/2016/06/27/creators-jasmine-paradissitto/

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/10/arts/dada-100-years-later

What we look for in a residency application

http://www1.ae911truth.org/faqs/821-why-do-good-people-become-silentor-worseabout-911-.html

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/top-10-summer-art-documentaries

http://theunboundedspirit.com/the-100-best-zen-sayings-and-proverbs-of-all-time/

Satre's "the look"

"If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear." - George Orwell
"... it is not what an artist makes that’s important; but how he is; his personality, his activities, his opinions." - (attributed to) Joseph Beuys  Via
"Few arguments are more dangerous than the ones that 'feel' right but can't be justified." -The Mismeasure of Man (Jay Gould)
"Reality is not what your eyes show your mind, but what your mind creates for your eyes to see." - TU
"Quotable quote: "I think I'm on this planet to create things that nobody has seen before" - Brandon SvarcAny justification of oneself is weakness masquerading as a strength." - Guy Finley

25 July 2016

http://popular-archaeology.com/issue/spring-2016/article/yale-researchers-map-6-000-years-of-urban-settlements

https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-auctions-artist-interview-knowledge-bennett-s-use-of-history-and-appropriation
 
http://m.insidetoronto.com/news-story/6762163-pavilion-project-aims-to-commission-a-temporary-structure-that-engages-the-community-transforms-the

http://www.ocadu.ca/academics/faculty-of-art/digital-painting-atelier.htm

http://myseumoftoronto.com/

Video Loop Player

(Book) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Being_and_Nothingness

(Piano) Whale calling music

http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2013/10/16/canadian-flag-designs-photos_n_4109726.html

http://arstechnica.com/science/2014/07/apollo-11-turns-45-a-lunar-landing-anniversary-retrospective/

"I want to stand as close to the edge as I can without going over. Out on the edge you see all kinds of things you can't see from the center." - Kurt Vonnegut
"Happy is the man who, in the course of a complete life, attains everything he desires, provided he desire nothing amiss." - St. Augustine,'The Happy Life'
"Why wouldn't the rest of your life be the best of your life?" - The Universe
"Fuck Being 'Likable'." - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
"Lighthouses don’t go running all over an island looking for boats to save; they just stand there shining." - Anne Lamott

20 July 2016

CARTOGRAPHY COMPARISON: GOOGLE MAPS & APPLE MAPS

http://theculturetrip.com/north-america/usa/articles/15-incredible-works-of-land-art/

http://www.openculture.com/2016/07/download-all-8-issues-of-dada.html

(Video) David Hockney: Photoshop is Boring

(InterAccess festival) http://vectorfestival.org/

(Art/Science Exhibition)  https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/840827025/the-leading-strand-a-design-exhibit-celebrating-sc

Kate Collyer's Svalbard blog notes

https://home.cern/about/updates/2016/06/south-korean-artist-wins-two-month-collide-residency-cern

http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2016/07/tessellating-paper-by-polly-verity/

http://www.art-agenda.com/shows/rauschenberg-foundation-announces-2016-artist-as-activist-fellows/

"The whole is simpler than the sum of is parts." - Josiah Gibbs
"You lose nothing when fighting for a cause; the losers are those who don't have a cause they care about." - Muhammed Ali
"It’s part of the nature of man to start with romance and build to a reality." - Henry Miller
"The day your ship arrives, and it now swiftly approaches, the confusion, fear, and setbacks will be among your fondest memories. Today, you're exactly where you most need to be." - The Universe
"The goal is not to possess power but to radiate it." - ?

11 July 2016

http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/a-19thcentury-cartographer-crammed-all-of-human-history-into-this-map?

(Video Collage) DADA

https://www.facebook.com/RawnWild/posts/528633744001113:0

 http://www.openculture.com/2016/06/philosophy-prof-illustrates-nietzsches-zarathustra-in-the-style-of-dr-seuss.html

http://venturebeat.com/2016/06/19/why-your-company-needs-an-artist-in-residence/

http://theculturetrip.com/north-america/usa/articles/12-outsider-artists-who-prove-you-dont-need-to-go-to-art-school/

http://arctic-news.blogspot.ca/2016/06/high-temperatures-in-arctic

(Video) Burke Brown Tribute

http://www.wtc7evaluation.org

http://theunboundedspirit.com/short-story-the-taoist-farmer/

"Often it isn't the mountains ahead that wear you out, it's the little pebble in your shoe." - Muhammad Ali
"Art is a pharmaceutical product for idiots." - Picabia
"Just because you can't see the miracles doesn't mean they aren't happening, doesn't mean you're alone, and doesn't mean you're on the wrong path." - TU
"I am very attracted by bad taste; it is a lot more exciting than that supposed good taste which is nothing more than a standardized way of looking at things." - Helmut Newton
"It’s part of the nature of man to start with romance and build to a reality." - Ray Bradbury (with Carl Sagan and Arthur C. Clarke about space and the human future)

05 July 2016

Strolling through @Distillery_TO? Check out Ron Wild's brain sculpture "Gaming" presented by #Amaya #NoBlankBrains pic.twitter.com/Ygv5lSVpzj — The Brain Project (@TheBrainProj) June 7, 2016

(Animation) Polar Sea Ice

http://honesttopaws.com/gps-cat

http://nautil.us/issue/35/boundaries/why-nature-prefers-hexagons

https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-100-years-on-why-dada-still-matters

http://fenyvesikristof.hu/documents/bridges/HistoryOfBridgesCommunityMathematicalIntelligencerFenyvesi.pdf

http://www.cmybacon.com/2010/05/cardboard-tube-art/

http://picasaweb.google.com/liruorigami1/Kirigami

http://hyperallergic.com/304350/dancing-to-the-glacial-rhythms-of-ice/

(Book) https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/pirate-philosophy

"Never hope for it more than you work for it." - Sonya Teclai
"A single day is enough to make us a little larger or, another time, a little smaller." - Paul Klee
"If you focus on success, you’ll have stress. But if you pursue excellence, success will be guaranteed." - Deepak Chopra
"If you're in trouble, or hurt or need - go to the poor people. They're the only ones that'll help - the only ones." - John Steinbeck, The Grapes of Wrath
"What do you mean, you can't see it? You don't know? You aren't sure? You're scared? This is an adventure, you're an adventurer, uncertainty, fear, and even setbacks happen (besides, 'easy' has never been your style)." - TU