December 2010
4 posts
Mark Zuckerberg is TIME's Person of the Year 2010 →
lukesimcoe:
He’s kind of like Julian Assange… if you remove any threat to the state or capital.
Lukesiem:
Time almost goes out of their way to compare Zuckerberg to Assange. It’s like they think they picked him too.
Time: Well we would have pick Assange for this meaningless distinction, but Zuckerberg has a movie.
Cao Fei: RMB City Part 2
When the the virtual space of RMB City is talked about, terms like “exploration” “people” and “interaction” frequently occur (See Art 21 Season 5 Fantasy Episode). Here we may draw on Claire Bishop’s critique of Relational aesthetics to question the user experience of RMB City. In many ways Cao Fei’s project fits the criteria for Relational Aesthetics. It...
Cao Fei: RMB City Part 1
Cao Fei’s RMB City is a multifaceted virtual world project that takes the form of a fantasy city. I find myself attracted to the aesthetic, but I’m skeptical of the works success. Second Life as a game, or community is an intriguing notion, but as a critical space, it is perhaps not the most relevant area of the web to look at when examining our relationship to our virtual selves. This...
Jonas Loh, Anti Syn Nation
Apparently I’m not the only one looking back at the Maunsell Towers. This is part of Jonas Loh’s Anti Syn Nation, found via BLDGBLOG. I must agree with the blogger there, someone should make a Maunsell Towers chess set.