Or: It’s a Question of Vectors.
by Neil Balan
Here, with the slightest hint of cold (9 degrees?), the simultaneous and mass deployment of gear and ornaments that intersect in a fashion-pragmatism-use assembly is overwhelming me. Folks have busted out whole alternate sets of clothing configurations to address the aesthetic demands of weather in productive ways. Weather [...]
you can see stage 1 of this drawing here, if you like.
by Yohei.
Negative Capability: Unread Cultural Commons and Small Talk
you can read the other things we’ve had to say about the cultural commons here, if you like.
To complicate Cultural Commons further, there is the concept of reverse vicariousness. Half of the ‘commoners’ haven’t done their homework:
“Nonreaders can positively register at social gatherings that they “know [...]
Detroit, Detroit,
You got a hell of a hockey team
You’ve got a left-handed way
of making a man sign up on that automotive dream.
Paul Simon: Papa Hobo.
I’ve noticed that when I’m talking with someone it seems like they need to say what they are saying in a few different ways before I get close to understanding them. It’s as though we all speak different languages. With each new detail my interlocutor adds, each metaphor and similie they use to describe this [...]
**INTERNATIONAL MEDIA DEMOCRACY DAY 2005**
GLOBAL STORIES: Citizens’ Media from Around the World
A week of events celebrating autonomous, independent media
October 17th to 21st at Concordia University
überculture collective, along with The Link, CKUT, CUTV and Concordia
University, are pleased to invite you to join us for the second annual
celebration of International Media Democracy Day in Montreal.
Centring on the [...]
