Navigating the Theater of the Urban
You are standing awkwardly with a group of sixty people or so, at 9pm on a deserted street somewhere in São Paulo, when the play begins by cutting through the mass, cleaving the tenuous bonds that...
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Saw this in the subway today, and was shocked. First at the banality of it, the stupidest of reasons, but then at the brazen honesty. It always amazes me when the starkest of truths not only leak out...
View ArticleAn Open Letter to, err, the Data Apparatus of my Alma Mater
Dear Apparatus, Thank you, I received your email, “Data Verification for Alumni.” So good to hear from you. I have missed hearing about you as well. Oh, sorry, this is 73454-M903. I understand that my...
View ArticleLetter to the Data Apparatus of my Alma Mater’s Autoresponder
Dearest Apparatus, Just a quick follow up. I know you are busy. I can tell, if you don’t mind me teasing you a bit, because you seem to have inadvertently sent out the same letter to me fifteen times....
View ArticleParanoia and School
The comforting thing about school is that you won’t be left out. Even in dropping out, you have a role to play. That is explicit enough. No, the secretive paranoia in school works the other way,...
View ArticleThinking Through the Interface
Fall 2014, Mon 7:20-9pm Aesthetics of Technology A&H4089 In this course we will be looking at the aesthetic effects of interfaces—not just how they appear, but how appearance itself is mediated by...
View ArticleObjects of Play, Summer Course ’15
In his seminal 1939 book, Homo Ludens: A Study of the Play Element in Culture, Johan Huizinga places play as the central element in any flourishing society. In an increasingly gamified, but also risk...
View ArticleDear Pearson,
I just received your letter asking for feedback about my introductory level course. I’m so glad you found out about that, and are curious to know more. I, too, wonder what introductory course it is,...
View ArticleSummer ’16 Courses
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View ArticleIn this Drawn out Space
“In this Drawn Out Space” A durational drawing performance with Jaanika Peerna and David Rothenberg at the extraordinary FiveMyles performance space in Brooklyn. Come for all or part of it. Stay to...
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