tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-58973254636030823292011-06-07T23:48:59.109-07:00This experimental seminar at the <a href="http://www.sfai.edu">San Francisco Art Institute</a> grapples straight up with the ways that education remains the determining factor of one's social station. <a href="http://www.studiospell.com">Stacy Garfinkel and Stephanie Ellis</a> lead the class agenda to make art - interventions and images that move beyond easy binaries and offer new insights into what it means to be educated.nikihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04897228957573082569noreply@blogger.comBlogger331100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5897325463603082329.post-75139980335870722802007-05-07T00:25:00.000-07:002007-05-07T00:27:42.127-07:00

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Laura Swanson contextualized her Diversity Project.James Baldwin quote from today:Art has to be a kind of confession... The effort it seems to me, is: if you can examine and face your life, you can discover the terms with which you are connected to other lives, and they can discover them, too — the terms with which they are connected to other people. You read something which you thought only

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Michelle flynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15506316692835591172noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5897325463603082329.post-69277584533068329972007-05-01T12:04:00.000-07:002007-05-01T12:08:17.734-07:00

james baldwin

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Oh 'Bag Boy' where for art thou???

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It's like a fairytale in this studio!

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I came across this article when researching Edward Tufte. "Particularly disturbing is the adoption of the PowerPoint cognitive style in our schools. Rather than learning to write a report using sentences, children are being taught how to formulate client pitches and infomercials."

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Stephanie sent this email:News, info, and opinion by Mac users, for Mac users.March 16, 2007internetWant to download YouTube videos? Kiss themPosted Mar. 16, ’07, 3:45 PM PT by Thomas Gagnon-van LeeuwenCategory | Internetkissyoutube.jpgYouTube is great, of course. It’s the best way to waste your time on a cold Friday afternoon, watching clips of your favorite artist’s concert or facetious

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In class 3/9/07:

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thank you Stephanie!

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">Link"McCain and others attacked Coulter's hate speech, and thus far, according to the New York Times, Romney has distanced himself from the remark, but not the hate spewer herself. Romney spokesman Kevin Madden told the press, "It was an offensive remark. Governor Romney believes all people should be treated with dignity and respect." One might expect that Romney would go further and help

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From Jennifer's email:I am pretty sure that we talked about this in class a few weeks ago - littlekids being asked to pick the good doll from a category consisting of only one black doll and one whitedoll - I am thinking it was mentioned in the Bill Cosby video. Anyway, they reconstructed the testin current day to see if the results changed. This video we in a group DVD you can get on

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Brought into class today, the op-ed written by David Brooks titled A Critique Of Pure Reason, March 1, 2007.David Brooks previously wrote Bobo's In Paradise.

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Mentioned in class regarding learning how to read. Is there a New Yorker article in reference to this?Another reference can be found on NPR

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3/2/07, in class:Key terms:aperture/openingmeaningtruthexclusions/inclusionsaperture/closureplural/singularauthorityHow is something legitimized or validated?How can these issues be negotiated in the open letter/a studio practice?Reading in the context of a meaning, this reader, at this time.Topics and issues - separately and at the same time.To unsettle the equation between meaning and truth.

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Some themes discussed in our class discussion:The Depression Era and the Self-Made ManThe Ghost of the pastConsumerism/Living More With LessReference:Learning Is A Public Art Sourcebook Spring 2007: Open Letter Workshop 3/2/07

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Some themes discussed in class. TwinsConsumerismAlternatives to current educational institutionsReference:Learning Is A Public Art Sourcebook Spring 2007: Open Letter Workshop 3/2/07

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Some links from our in class discussion:Nick Anderson can be found on Wikipedia.Dave Hickey, "Heresy of Zone Defense"Reference:Learning Is A Public Art Sourcebook Spring 2007: Open Letter Workshop 3/2/07

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In our class discussion a few themes were noted:Ventriloquism"normal"Laura referenced:Fangoria MagazineReference: Learning Is A Public Art Sourcebook Spring 2007: Open Letter Workshop 3/2/07

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Class discussion notes 3/2/07Guided by the following, we read and responded as a group to the first of the open letters.Read for promise. Think of today's workshop as a forum for moving or translating the open letters to a wider audience. Fundamental questions are 1) the necessity of the work or why bother? 2) how to claim the voice already present to take up the challenge of "public

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Last week blurb.com, creator of various on-line book possibilities, spoke in Jack Fulton's class and in one of the "Chatterings" in the Lecture Hall. Sarah Wert, their producer, has sent a thank-you coupon for our students, faculty, and staff to save a little bit on their first order. Special discount for free shipping (a value of $8.95) off your first book. You can download our free software at

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Class meeting, 2/23/07 (Un) Learning Apparatus Conditions:1. Feed studio practice2. Material quality or trace3. Template - others could use4. Allow/permit failureWhat is an apparatus for you? In class responses:Braces - such as for scoliosis (back brace), dental For repairTrapezeSex toysStep stools - to physically prepare Early airplane - flying apparatusWindmills How do you understand the term?

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In our class discussion, in response to the reading, Sean Cubitt, "Turbulence," Digital Aesthetics (1998):Related websites:p.150 - www.mongrel.org.ukp.141 - www.jodi.org referenced through wikipedia.p.141 - Simonbiggs can be found through a google searchetymonline.comThe above links referenced in the chapter we read, as well as many others from the book can be found on the online companion to

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Anthony followed up on the Bill Cosby clips he originally sent in a recent email:I asked the uploader of that Cosby Youtube clip what it was from, and he said "It's from a TV special called "Black History: Lost Stolen or Strayed." It was available briefly on home video in the late 1980s." Kind of pricey. You can watch another short clip (the ending). And there's not much info online about it,

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Sent by Laura by email. The Racial Politics of Speaking WellBy LYNETTE CLEMETSONPublished: February 4, 2007Maybe it’s time for a national therapy session on the word “articulate.”

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Class discussion on Achievement Gap - 1/26/07"What It Takes To Make A Student" article in the New York Times Magazine, November 26, 2006.What's the role of a school in a democratic society?Social institutionMargaret Spellings and Bush are attempting to close what they have termed the "achievement gap".They are locating the debate in two places:academia - causesschool - curesIn response to the

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class notes 1/19/07This is a letter addressed to someone but available to a wider readership. The letter can be written to a public figure (alive or dead), imagined or yet to be born; family member, friend, or mentor; or worst enemy (actual or imagined). Avoid easy targets and obvious critiques that require little analysis. The letter must engage and be engaging to a reader. The goal is both to

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The reading list:Lead with primary source material, moving out when necessary to secondary sources.Secondary reading sources have back stories, i.e. Harvard Norton Lecture Series.Recover the originary moment.Small wedges into opening things out.Observe reverberations and echoes of the origin. Are they soft or loud?Observe abandoned futures/alternate possibilities. What are the untold stories?

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During our conversation in class on January 19, 2007, the question was raised about the education one receives about society and the ability to detect a lie.The article in the ">New York Times Magazine section by Robin Henig was referenced.

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class notes - 1/19/07Brainstorming as discussed in class:non-judgmental spacesynthesis of all ideasExample: Magic: The Gathering card gameWhat is the language of brainstorming?What is the education process in order to understand how to brain storm?What places or things aid liberation to brainstorm?When did brainstorming become a naturalized process?Is the learning process different when learning

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