The Fragility of Goodness: Luck and Ethics in Greek Tragedy and Philosophy. Also with Bill Moyer.
via brainpickings
On the Connections with Christopher Lydon (July 2000)
Drawing Papers 114 – Woods
Currently at Drawing Center
ethereum
Ethereum : A Next-Generation Generalized Smart Contract and Decentralized Application Platform.
via triplecanopy‘s commission of Primavera De Filippi and Samer Hassan, who will “create a crowdfunding system for artistic production, implemented as a Distributed Autonomous Organization (DAO) within the platform and programming language Ethereum.”
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prints from Turn-based Press
Pronto Plate Lithograph on Rives Lightweight paper.
Request for Proposals (RFP): Miami DWNTWN Art Days 2014
Temporary Public Artworks: Site Determined
Commissioning Fee: $2,000 *Travel and accommodations may be included in the budget.
Deadline: May 5, 2014
Artists are invited to create proposals for temporary public artworks throughout downtown Miami within a one-mile radius of 100 NE 1st Avenue, the Miami Center for Architecture and Design. Artworks will be site-determined and it is upon the artist to propose site in conjunction with project as an integral aspect of the work. Selected artists will also participate in associated public programming during the coarse of the exhibition. Projects will include but are not limited to durational works, site-specific and place-based installations, interventions or social interactions.
Presented by: The Miami Downtown Development Authority & Miami-Dade County Art in Public Places
Curator: Amanda Sanfilippo
Exhibition length: September 19 – September 28.
More details on CallforEntry
Untitled(Montauciel) at Versailles
Untitled (Montauciel), at Cafe Versailles. A gestural homage to the experiments of the Mongolfier brothers.
Photo by Kathleen Hudspeth.
Montgolfier
Expériences des frères Montgolfier à Versailles, le 19 septembre 1783 : [estampe] http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b69421710
Expérience des frères Montgolfier, le 19 septembre 1783, à Versailles : [estampe] http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b6942170k
Herrn von Montgolfier wichtige Endekung der Luft Machine : [estampe] http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b6942175n
Machine aerostatique, de Mr. Montgolfier, construite dans le Jardin de Mr. Réveillon, rue de Montreuil Fauxbourg St Antoine au depens de l’Académie Royale des Sciences. Pl. IV : [estampe] / Sellier sculp http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b55001558k
In honor of her Majesty’s birthday. Under the immediate patronage of the Queen. Royal zoological gardens, Surrey. On Thursday, May 24th., 1838. The first ascent of the great Montgolfier balloon will take place at these gardens … [by J. W. Hoar] : [affiche] http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b8509522d
The Look
Some pics.