unknown armature: body socks
I’ve been researching and testing some body sock prototypes, as part of a series of prosthetic research initiatives I’ve been Continue reading
sensory substitution
I collaborated with the Philosophical Psychology Lab at Gordon College, working with philosopher Brian Glenney on experiments with the vOICe, Continue reading
a passing futurism
I’ve excerpted from Edgerton’s book once already, but there are so many bracing claims that it’s worth another paragraph or Continue reading
horizontal identities
“Because of the transmission of identity from one generation to the next, most children share at least some traits with Continue reading
minimum force, corporeal anticipation
From this NYT review of Richard Sennett’s The Craftsman, which has been on my desk forever, only now making its Continue reading
Tour masters, schedules, reservations
“When I was very young and the urge to be someplace else was on me, I was assured by mature Continue reading
the blinking beginner
Perhaps “intellectual” is too effete a word for US readers anymore—perhaps artist as well. But a cultural producer, a public Continue reading
tools for conviviality
Last year, Suzanne Fischer pointed to Ivan Illich’s Tools for Conviviality as a worthy guiding set of principles for critical making: Continue reading
repetition, tardiness, and collaboration
Last Saturday I sat down to work with some friends and colleagues on an upcoming public art competition proposal. The Continue reading
“Aggression in…
“Aggression in autism spectrum disorders is almost never directed to people outside the family or immediate caregivers, is almost never Continue reading
shock of the old: a history of “things”
David Edgerton’s The Shock of the Old: Technology and Global History Since 1900 is the best kind of corrective for Continue reading
two ways to make a duck
The Atlantic Cities channel interviews Chris Anderson about his decision to leave Wired to start his own DIY drone business: Continue reading
