Archive for the 'Ranting' Category

The Culture and Computing project, in retrospect

Thursday, December 13th, 2007

Some three years ago, I wrote a short paper for a Unesco DigiArts workshop on art, technology and education, held in Linz, Austria. Although I was already in Denmark for a different but related event just a few days before the workshop, and my intention was to stay with Trevor in Amsterdam between Denmark […]

Re: The Spirit of Resistance

Monday, November 19th, 2007

In many places, resistance is futile (you will be assimilated). So yes, artists can provide new insights and new forms of resistance in these situations, insofar as they take great effort in understanding how the system works, and that their works enable others to understand how the system works too, and not just be auto-therapeutic […]

Sa kasawiang palad …

Saturday, November 10th, 2007

Pagbabalik-tanaw tungkol sa aking nakaraang post (Baranggay Eleksyon: maka-taktak! maka-tarat!) … Sa kasawiang palad, ang mga kabataan ay inilululong at inihahanda na rin ng barangay sa maduming mundo ng pulitika…
Starting ‘em young: “Kickbacks” and “love gifts” an SOP for some SK execs
AVIGAIL OLARTE
11/06/2007 | 08:17 AM
Sangguniang Kabataan (SK*) council member Lira Sanchez (not her real […]