October 24, 2017
Questions for Partners
Concept: What do you want to make and why do you want to make it? What qualities do you want this work to have? What are the objects (nouns), actions (verbs) and qualities (adjectives) involved? What qualities do you want the experience of the work to have? What is the story of your project? Who is your audience? Who needs this or might be interested in this? How do you personally relate to this project? Why you? What unique ...
October 21, 2017
Research Briefs
The assignment for this week is to do background research in support of a final project concept, and write a short "research brief" that presents your findings. You should work independently, not in groups. Due in class on Oct 24: Write a basic 1-2 page research brief on a topic of your choice - thinking primarily about social or political aspects. Think of this as a micro-investigation into a field that interests you ...
October 12, 2017
Elizabeth Kolbert – On the Fate of the Earth
A lecture on October 11th by Elizabeth Kolbert, author of The Sixth Extinction (2015 Pulitzer Prize winner): From The Fate of the Earth, a lecture series on produced by the Nation Institute and the New School which addresses topics "including environmentalism, nuclear disarmament, and peace but may include any important issue on which the future of humanity and other life on the Earth might ...
October 10, 2017
Ai Wei Wei lecture this evening
Ai Wei Wei talk tonight at 6, through pen.org, livestream link here. Information about his connection with PEN
October 07, 2017
How to Stream Skype (or any Mac app) to MadMapper
Mac only You can use the free application Syphoner to capture any application window, including Skype - and easily share it live with MadMapper. This is done through the Syphon protocol, with is already built into MadMapper on Mac. Syphon is a way for applications to share live video. Once you select a window to capture in Syphoner, you should see it instantly appear as a video source in MadMapper under the ...
Olafur Eliasson with Minik Rosing: Arctic Imagination | LIVE From The NYPL Content starts at 14 min mark: Also, check out this TED talk by Eliasson on art and ...
