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Changing Times - 08/23/2007

// August 30th, 2007 // No Comments » // Contemporary Culture, Interviews, Weblogs, architecture

Smart City podcast has had some really great programs. Haven’t you been listening to it? Well, turn on your speakers and get with it! Any local responses?

Changing Times - 08/23/2007: “Guests: Ken Corey, Mark Wilson, and Jay Walljasper

” (Via Smart City with Carol Coletta.)

Top 3 First

// August 29th, 2007 // No Comments » // cycling, sports

First time I’ve ever seen the top three in a Pro bike race in the US with them being African American.

Frank Travieso (AEG), Amauri Perez (Mengoni), Adam Alexander (Foundation) salute the crowd
Photo ©: Zui Hanafusa/www.keirin.us

Herd on the Street

// August 28th, 2007 // No Comments » // visual art

I saw the announcement DIY:MIA but, had little idea as to what it was really about. After seeing the Miami New Times article, it seems more clearly defined. But, calling Miami’s art scene elitist seems too easy to say from outside. Things are really very new and still developing here. We have lots of room to develop all different kinds of ideas. That’s also part of our challenge, diversification. Not everybody wants to take the challenge of exploring and working that kind of territory. One model has shown up and attracted the majority of artists here or, is that not true?

She says DIY:MIA was modeled after organizations such as the Independent Publishing Resource Center, the Materials Exchange Center for Community Arts, and the Interstate Firehouse Cultural Center, all based in Oregon.

“Basically the idea is to create and support a grassroots arts movement which encourages community arts opportunities and spaces. The focus is on the art and artist but also the interaction with the community. A key aspect is creating opportunities that are affordable and approachable,” Johnson explains.

Muerto Konsumer: Death, with directions

(via: MiamiNewTimes) ed. Shouldn’t this really be ‘heard’? Where’s any herd?

daily selfpics

// August 27th, 2007 // No Comments » // Weblogs, daily selfpics, personal

As requested by Christopher (LJ user friend)

Remix Your Blogroll

// August 27th, 2007 // No Comments » // Contemporary Culture, Weblogs, ideas

Remix Your Blogroll: “

Is your blogroll getting stale? Do you need to pump some bass into your RSS feeds? You might consider adding Remix Theory, a relatively new blog maintained by media artist, writer, and curator Eduardo Navas. While Navas has written on the contemporary climate in essays such as ‘Regressive and Reflexive Mashups in Sampling Culture,’ he makes a distinction between remix culture, and remix proper, and focuses directly on the latter creative act. This inquiry has been addressed by the prolific critic in a number of projects, including his essay on The Blogger as Producer; his curatorial project, The Latency of the Moving Image in New Media, at Los Angeles’ Telic Art Space; and his recent interview with Yto (Isabel Eranda) in the Chilean magazine, Escaner Cultural. Remix Theory aggregates Navas’s work, alongside excerpts and projects from others. In addition to coverage of various manifestations of the principles of remix, one essential goal of the blog is to define the term, itself. Navas insists that this effort must begin with the study of remixed music, before branching out. Offering copious historical and bibliographic resources to that effect, the site is stimulating on several levels, offering insight into new art works and new means of discussing them. - Elizabeth Johnston