Do museums kill objects?
The national museum of Scotland in Edinburgh, UK, hosts six different collections departments. I had the…
Writing for those who can not see (well)
Writing is language made visible. Or is it? I have always been fascinated by braille. The video…
Our prayers are heard… by google.
When John Durham Peters talks us through the different forms of address, availability and access in…
What we lost / what we gained
I appreciated how David Graeber in his chapter on exchange elaborates on the logic of the market…
Project proposal – Things Talk
My term project, Things Talk, will examine the notion of things having agency and politics. The…
Human unlearning
Just a quick post: this video came to my mind when reading Adrienne Lafrance’s article on…
Seminar presentation: blurry boundaries, relations and responsibilities.
Hi everyone! In this week’s seminar, I will present the chapter Cybernetics by N. Katherine Hayles.…
What do our things talk about?
Bruce Clarke’s chapter on communication chapter reminded me of one of my favourite 99% invisible episodes:…
Response paper – 27 Ivory Cowboys, please report for duty.
You move slowly. Your face: pensive. Immersed in the experience of art, yet simultaneously aware of…
Non-human art
While the chapter on Art provided plenty definitions and its development over the decades, most definitions are…