April 2012
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December 2011
1 post
walking the data set: spatial reading of graffiti... →
I took the City’s graffiti locations data set for a walk last Sunday in Brooklyn using the graffiti web app.
As discussed in my last post, mapping and animating the graffiti locations…
November 2011
2 posts
the simmering pot: from data source to data sauce →
In my last post, I tried to situate my exploration of a data set within media archaeology by foregrounding the gaps contained within the data set and how those point back to the discursive…
striking lines to punching buttons: surrealist... →
- from Andre Breton’s The Automatic Message
To understand surrealist automatic writing, we might think of typing without backspace or undo. In the process of writing this first sentence, I…
September 2011
2 posts
the first urban implosion 2.2 →
Alhazen was asked to build a dam on the Nile in the 11th Century by the vindictive and ruthless caliph al-Hakim. In surveying the selected site, Alhazen determined that…
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“This city is not about other people or buildings or streets but about your...”
– Ai Weiwei (via)
August 2011
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July 2011
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“All that we are is the result of what we have... →
… and so: “Targeted memory erasure and enhancement may be possible,” says neuroscientist Andre Fenton in response to that Guatama Siddharta quote.
This lecture appears to be part of a series…
May 2011
4 posts
Watch16mm bolex film we shot back in February. will be showing it at ruff cuts this friday may 23, 2011 at the new school university (free admission).
Lost hosting for christodeklerk.com. I have been deliberating the move away from godaddy for awhile, but will likely make a full move later this year. For now, will try hosting christodeklerk on tumblr.
April 2011
1 post
Critical Themes in Media Studies at the New School →
I am very excited to be attending and presenting at the New School University’s annual Critical Themes in Media Studies graduate student conference. It is this Friday and Saturday,…
February 2011
2 posts
AGAMEMNON →
My sister has a play on this week in Montreal. If you’re in or near Montreal, go see it.
McGill Classical Studies presents the 2011 Classics Play, Aeschylus’ Agamemnon, in a new…
the paleolithic-neolithic union (1.8) →
the cultural union of neolithic and paleolithic peoples.
so masculinity dominated and sadistic rigour took over from easy-paced routine.
advent of masculine gods associated with power. myths of…
December 2010
4 posts
the virtue of planned erasure →
What if you were asked to set an expiration date for every file you saved on your computer? Imagine what would take place on that date. Your file would be automatically erased from your…
ceramics, hydraulics, and geotechnics (1.5) →
Under woman’s dominance, the neolithic period is pre-eminently one of containers: it is an age of stone and pottery utensils, of vases, jars, vats, cisterns, bins, barns, granaries,…
erasing in mind: of wax tablets and blank slates →
In the nature versus nurture debate, tabula rasa is a powerful image representing the idea of the mind as a “blank slate” open from birth to impression through learning and perception….
linking to other media + materiality projects →
A hyperlink seldom tells us where we will be physically drawing information from. The suffix in the URL string may hint at a country, but the IP address that the URL serves is a more…
November 2010
2 posts
domestication and the village (1.4) →
Physically permanent and socially continuous, the city betrays the experience of life as passing and uncertain. Lewis Mumford finds the source of the city’s permanence and continuity in the…
Is the EU “right to be forgotten” a “right to... →
”Internet users must have effective control of what they put online and be able to correct, withdraw or delete it at will. What happens if you want to permanently delete your profile on a…
October 2010
14 posts
deleting photos from facebook & CDN awareness →
Delete a photo on Facebook and it will persist on the social network’s content delivery network and be accessible via a direct link for as long as two and a half years, reports Ars…
medially present →
I’m currently at the New School University in New York City pursuing my interest in media and the urban environment towards a Masters in Media Studies. For the next while I will be beside myself, on…
cemeteries and shrines (1.3) →
Maybe I took the bus there, maybe it was a train. I certainly walked a distance. The memory isn’t clear. It was outside the city. In the suburbs, maybe past that or right on the border. It…
animal promptings and foreshadowings (1.2) →
At every level of life one trades mobility for security …. immobility for adventure.
We know the experience of this to the individual. Moving to a new place means losing the security of…
DATA browser 03 : Curating Immateriality →
Articles on the act of curation in the age of networks.
Information is a Material (Device Design Day talk... →
“object oriented hardware means that rather than starting from basic principles of electronics, you get to focus more on what experience you’re trying to create, rather than which capacitor to use….
stamen design | Data Visualization →
SUB-PLAN: A Guide to Permitted Development →
How far does planning control what we build? And what can we build without planning? SUB-PLAN investigates the moment when architecture appears to slip into insignificance â when it doesnât even…
Musicity London →
Musicity is a celebration of London through music / architecture / spaces. Seven electronic artists who live & work in London have composed original music in response to a particular building or area…
Phantom City →
Online gallery of unrealized urban projects in New York City.
the network architecture lab →
Directed by Kazys Varnelis, the Network Architecture Lab is an experimental unit at the Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation that embraces the studio and…
C-Lab Columbia Laboratory for Architectural... →
Spatial Information Design Lab →
The Spatial Information Design Lab is a think- and action-tank at Columbia University specializing in the visual display of spatial information about contemporary cities and events. …. make…
DCRC - Digital Cultures Research Centre →
The Digital Cultures Research Centre is an interdisciplinary research organisation located in the heart of Bristol. Research is principally concerned with the meaning and uses of media technologies…
September 2010
9 posts
V2_ Institute for the Unstable Media →
V2_ is an interdisciplinary center for art and media technology in Rotterdam (the Netherlands). V2_’s activities include organizing presentations, exhibitions and workshops, research and development…
Signatures and Chops - Thing Theory by Matt West →
“After beginning with a short discussion of how various approaches to things melt into questions of identity, I move into a closer look at two instances of signatures as forms of identification and…
BRIAN MASSUMI →
Essays and projects on hyperreality, newmedia, politics, and the polis.
the city in history (1.1) →
What is the city? How did it come into existence? What processes does it further: what functions does it perform: what purposes does it fulfill?
Lewis Mumford opens the first chapter of…
boiteaoutils →
Cartographies of Media Archaeology →
Jussi Parikka’s media archaeology focused ideas, notes and short draft writings.
Sizing Up Consciousness by Its Bits - NYTimes.com →
Giulio Tononi’s theory of consciousness study and integration with information theory. Can consciousness be measured in phi?
Beyond McLuhan: Your New Media Studies Syllabus -... →
Christina Dunbar-Hester is among those young lions from her position at Rutgers School of Communication & Information. Here, she walks you through her PhD-level class on technology and media.
Semacode - free QR code scanner →
Semacode is more than just a great QR Code scanner, it also has elegantly integrated history and maps. With fast real-time scanning, Semacode can instantly open web pages, dial numbers, and connect…
August 2010
2 posts
Code and the Transduction of Space →
lazzarato | struggle, event, media →
July 2010
16 posts
Your Entire Life Recorded – Lifelogging Goes... →
Will You Record Your Entire Life?
Lifelogging – recording every single minute of your life – is quickly moving from science fiction fantasy to real life phenomenon. Of course…
Your Entire Life Recorded – Lifelogging Goes... →
Will You Record Your Entire Life?
Lifelogging – recording every single minute of your life – is quickly moving from science fiction fantasy to real life phenomenon. Of course…