Nick Mirzoeff
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augmented animality
ByThe wildlife project--which is very intriguing--has hints of William Gibson's recent work about it as well, precisely because the tiger is "out of place." As most large mammals are now, in effect, living in curated spaces, rather than &quo ... -
The Theatre of War
ByThis is a very powerful performance of war. Stephen Duncombe's title reminds us of Martha Rosler's iconic anti-Vietnam War series of prints "Bringing the War Home" that showed GIs involved in military action in domestic settings, such ... -
HIDVL
ByHi--do check out the Hemispheric Institute Digital Video Library. It's not all indigenous work but there's a good deal of interesting material there from across the Americas very best Nick ... -
Re: The University at Albany and the Gathering Outrage
ByThe YouTube isn't working at the moment:(Great interview with the technocrat Philip ... -
Re: Self-Branding, Service Logic, And The Humanities: A New...
ByIt's depressing but by now not surprising to read that the post-disciplinary methodology of visual culture was used as an umbrella term for budget cuts and mergers--can you point me to any links where I can find out more about this? Thanks! Note that ... -
Re: Reality Check
Re: Reality Check
BySteve, I hope you're right. First signs don't look good with Obama immediately taking climate change off the table, declaring he's ready to compromise and then the GOP come out with a mission to destroy him... ... -
Re: Still Batty
Re: Still Batty
ByI can't help thinking about the broom handles used at Abu Ghraib, the truncheon used on Louima, the continuing upsurge of homophobic violence. Somehow, the baseball bat is becoming a 'dog whistle' for homophobia. ... -
Re: Reality Check
Re: Reality Check
ByHands up all those who think that the Rethugs will take the tax cuts and then try and defund health care anyway? ... -
Op Tunisia
ByThis is a really interesting genealogy of "politicization" in a group not dedicated to that end. I'm struck by the role of the Tunisian and Egyptian revolutions across the cluster. On the one hand, the actions of Anonymous are very creditab ...