December
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(photo: Farming in Nevada, credit: Michael Eckblad)
Anyone who has imbibed in the fermented fruits of Ubuweb might not know they owe their art-drunken joy to the proxy efforts of one Kenneth Goldsmith. Mr. Goldsmith is a ‘conceptual poet’ and exhilarating art-theorist whose efforts push boundaries-freeing information and nurturing thought–the legacy of which we can only begin to grasp. It’s a rare soul who can break down a door and then prove it never existed in the first place. He is one such soul.
The Believer magazine interviewed Mr. Goldsmith for their October 2011 issue. We strongly encourage you to give it a read. It’s gripping.
Here’s to the crazy ones.
The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. They’re not fond of rules. And they have no respect for the status quo. You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them. About the only thing you can’t do is ignore them. Because they change things. They push the human race forward. And while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius. Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do.
Rest in peace, Steve. Thanks for Everything. (via ckck)
“A sustained … increase in Treasury rates would eventually cost U.S. taxpayers an additional $75 billion each year.”
— Matthew E. Zames, a managing director at JPMorgan Chase and the chairman of the Treasury Borrowing Advisory Committee.
It’s starting to look like the debt ceiling might actually not get raised. If you really want to understand the potential consequences, learn more here and then do something about it.
Click through below for some beautiful shots of Station Identification on top of the Foshay Tower during last week’s Northern Spark festival! Video to come…
Station Identification (via The Notion Collective’s flickr stream)
The first view of the Station Identification when stepping out onto the observation deck. Here now, at the end of the night, visitors await the sunrise.
Great writeup of Northern Spark by Peter at Cubicle Cafe. Looks like a wonderful night, wish we could’ve made it to the rest of the events!
My night started out on the Mississippi Megalops, a project of Works Progress. The river ride was one of the highlights of the night. Learning about the river, and seeing sunset over St. Paul.
After the ride we headed over to see Jim Campbell’s Scattered Light. This actually looked really neat coming in on the boat ride, you could actually see the silhouettes of the folks walking across the array.
From this point on till dawn, I don’t have a lot of photos. I feel like we just missed a lot of things (like food at food carts, performances, unannounced bus stops), and a lot more things just weren’t tested well before the night of and didn’t work out. I wish I remembered to take a picture of the Sperm & Egg creations, an interactive game, there could have been more interactive activities. Crazy, glow stick capture the flag in Loring Park, with a burning trash can bonfire was nice, and Dianne Willow’s glowing plankton were pretty as well.
The best came at the end of the night, visiting the Notion Collective’s Station Identification. The sea of noise created by their many radios, the delirious participants, some drunk or just tired, and sun rise over Minneapolis was a great way to end the night.
