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Flow and control

Maf'j Alvarez February 8, 2014 art theory, Coursework, Guy Debord, Networks, relational aesthetics, Research No Comments
Flow and control

In her essay Always-on/Always-on-you: The Tethered Self, Sherry Turkle discusses how due to our always online culture, we are loosing our ability to be connected with the people who are physically near us. She talks about the loss of learning

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Bean game with James Shreeve at the Fountainhead 10/10/13

Maf'j Alvarez October 15, 2013 Blog, Coursework, relational aesthetics, Rootbeans No Comments
Bean game with James Shreeve at the Fountainhead 10/10/13

Thursday 10th October saw the first beans game played with James Shreeve at the Fountainhead pub in Brighton. The first game of the Digital Media Arts course. Whilst course leader Sue Gollifer and visiting lecturers Sam Proud and Paul Bunkham

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On relational aesthetics: Nicolas Bourriand

Maf'j Alvarez October 13, 2013 art theory, Blog, Nicolas Bourriand, relational aesthetics, Research No Comments

“…the liveliest factor that is played out on the chessboard of art has to do with interactive, user friendly and relational concepts” Nicolas Bourriand: Relational Aesthetics,1996 Excerpts from book This was posted on Google+…

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