Is it a eurocentric bias on the visual that the majority of constructivist works start out with optical illusions? I am not sure. But be it as diverse personæ as von Foerster, Watzlawick, Maturana & Varela, or even Francis … Continue reading →
… and I missed it. On 02 August 2007 the godfather of cyberpunk, ↑William Gibson, publicly read from his freshly published, latest novel “Spook Country”—read live in “↑Second Life“ (SL). The event was ↑staged by Penguin, and on YouTube … Continue reading →
Chris Kelty posted this movie at ↑Savage Minds under the header “↑Understanding Modernity Hiply,“ and commented: “There are some great subtle moments in it. Whoever made it has read far too much ↑Edward Tufte [… of “↑The cognitive style of … Continue reading →
Imagine there’s no Heaven It’s easy if you try No hell below us Above us only sky Imagine all the people Living for today Imagine there’s no countries It isn’t hard to do Nothing to kill or die for … Continue reading →
Remember the ↵bombenkrater fusion plus ↵discussion, and my babbling about appropriating urban landscapes ↵by mastership? Well, in Paris ↑they ↑do it, too—of[f] course. via entry at mosaikum
Continue reading →Everybody who ever “set a foot” into “↑Second Life“ (SL), ↑just watch, please. via entry at william gibson
Continue reading →Imagine a world where speaking or writing words can literally and directly make things happen, where getting one of those words wrong can wreak havoc, but where with the right spell you can summon immensely powerful agencies to work your … Continue reading →
↑Steven Spielberg years ago had bought the movie-rights for ↑the adventures of Tintin. He held them for some time, then gave them back, without ever having made a movie from them. Word has it that he meanwhile simply deemed … Continue reading →
↑SFSignal featureas a comprehensive list of ↑SF and Fantasy writers who blog. For the aficionados there are real gems among the entries, like the blog of her Majesty herself, the Queen of Cyberpunk, ↑Pat Cadigan. tnx to just.be
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