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Posted on 30th September 2008
Learning to Write Art Criticism
Ever since I met with Physicalism, I’ve been curious about what its like to be an art critic. I decided to try being an art critic first hand. I put together a sample of my writing and submitted it so that I could be considered for the 23rd Annual Critics’ Residency Program at the Maryland Art Place.
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Posted on 30th September 2008
Meaning and Experience
There are two types of sense that a work of art can make. It can have meaning. It can also be experienced. Of course, it has both qualities and they blend. It is important to be aware of both senses, and to be able to tell them apart, because we make these different senses in different ways.
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Posted on 23rd September 2008
Experimental Literature & Artists’ Books
There will be an exhibition of Jack Kerouac’s original manuscript for “On the Road”, at Columbia College in Chicago this fall. (Hopefully, this one will allow photographs.)
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Posted on 22nd September 2008
Digital Fever: Archiving Art and Poetry Online
If you’ve ever wanted to learn about the state-of-the-art, when it comes to digitally archiving artworks and poetry on the internet, here’s a treat for you. “Digital Fever:…
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Posted on 21st September 2008
Obligation
Comics for September 21, 2008 – Obligation
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Posted on 18th September 2008
Generative Writing Exercises
Generative writing uses a system, such as a set of rules, a computer program, a machine, or other procedure, which is set into motion with some degree of autonomy resulting in a completed work of art.
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Posted on 18th September 2008
Poetry on the Broad Side of a Barn
The side of a barn, photographed aslant, with the raised letters of a poem running along each running stratum of board on a wide side of the building. The sun is sharp and harsh against the words.
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Posted on 16th September 2008
Illuminated Manuscript
It doesn’t take lights and circuits to create an “illuminated” manscript. The tradition goes way back. Here’s an interesting overview of that history, from the earliest printed books, to the latest…
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Posted on 12th September 2008
Bi-Lingual Conversation and the Unspoken Parts
At the Year of the Dog weblog, an American in Japan has some interesting writing about the things that happen when you’re having a bilingual conversation. The italics indicate the unspoken parts of the conversation. There are many unspoken parts of a conversation like that. Having been to Japan myself, I can relate.
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Posted on 3rd September 2008
The Validity of Experimenal Literature
In 2002, there was a big debate over the validity of experimental literature. It was sparked by an article in the New Yorker, September 30 2002, where "Jonathan Franzen writes about the career of…
