blog_body:Oily, gunky, messy tar pits give up some of their many fossils.: Tar pit at Rancho La Brea Pits, source of thousands of prehistoric animal fossils. Photo by David E. Crawley, courtesy of the University of California-Riverside.New strains of bacteria found living in the 28,000 year-old Rancho La Brea tar…
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To watch people being prepared for a surgical operation, and to see the fear in their eyes, is quite unsettling, even in a museum environment. But nothing compares to witnessing the sheer agony of a person who is tormented by actual and accute pain, either physical or mental. However, this is…
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burst_body:This is my new favorite site: BadScience.net. Based in England, it looks at various claims made in the media and examines whether the science behind them is any good. Lately they’ve been debunking various health complaints supposedly linked to WiFi. Much fun! …
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While cleaning my desk and preparing for the coming artworld marathon, I came across the book “Curating Subjects,” edited by Paul O’Neill and given to me by Ann Demeester, director of Amsterdam’s De Appel Foundation, which offers Europe’s premier curatorial training program. The book is a treasure trove of thoughts on…
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Last fall I stumbled across an article about the technology behind Microsoft Photosynth. Today I found a nice little video (that apparently had been hiding under my nose on YouTube) demonstrating how the system works. You can also see another demo here from the TED site.
Besides being…
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Hello All,
Yet again, I apologize for not keeping up with my blogging duties. Starting next week, our summer program series begins with the first installment of “7 Weeks, 7 Wars, 7 Objects: Treasures from the WVM Collection.” Each program in the series will feature 7 previously unseen objects from our artifact…
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Tonight at 11, the top floor of the Post CS building, the Stedelijk Museum hosts the fourth annual SKOR-lecture. This time the topics will be intellectual property and free public space. The publication of the book (Open 12) was mentioned here before.
Speakers are McKenzie Wark (AUS), Professor of Cultural and Media…
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