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La Biennale di Venezia
WhoamI: how to go from a
school into a game.
Tuesday the 2nd of October, at 4 pm, there will be
the first presentation of our project "WhoamI".
How to transform design school into a game.
There will be myself and Lucia Giuliano, if you are
curious, let's meet there...
PAC Padiglione d'Arte Contemporanea
Alberto Garutti, Twenty
Years of Teaching
Next saturday, in Milan. He is one of the best
Italian artist around, and the show is about 20
years of teaching activity
From 17 to 24. It should be very nice.
Thanks to Legrenzi Susanna for the link.
More (in Italian) at: http://www.comune.milano.
it/.../D484197071E6C76DC1256FC40...
Utopianism
Utopianism is probably a necessary social device
for generating the superhuman efforts without
which no major revolution is achieved.
(Eric Hobsbawm)
http://www.guardian.co.uk/.../oct/01/eric-
hobsbawm-quotes
http://www.economist.com/node/21564184
Milan
Pow Wow
This morning I went to Politecnico, where they
have a class in game design (very curious and
fascinating, indeed).
The course had Spartaco Albertarelli as a special
guest. He is one of the finest game designer
around. A very nice presentation with a lot of
interesting thoughts, ideas, things to ponder
about.
He designed more than 130 games (here above one
of the nicest), and knows an enormous amount of
interesting things.
Here the link to Pow Wow: http://www.
bestqualitytoys.com/Pow-Wow-p-21021.html
Here the link to mr. Albertarelli's wikipedia entry
(in Italian):
London, United Kingdom
Makies
This is very nice (thanks to Marcia Caines for the
link):
London-based toy and games company MakieLab
has rolled out the alpha version of their Makies,
customizable web-created 3D-printed action dolls.
They are 10 high dolls that come complete with
poseability, cute clothes, and
removeable/changeable eyes & hair. While not
interactive yet, the head of the dolls is designed
to fit a Lilypad Arduino (or similar). In this open
alpha period, dolls can currently be created and
ordered at the Makies website and future versions
will be available soon.
http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spartaco_Albertarelli
As more of us can afford publishing tools, which
were historically only available to publishing
houses, we have increasingly adopted them to
share our stories and thoughts online.
The invention of the printing press in the mid-
1400s cheapened and quickened the arduous
process of writing texts by hand.
The cheaper the publishing, the cheaper the
books, making information more accessible and
The Potential for Journalism
in the Expanded Field
Keep reading at: http://laughingsquid.
com/makies-3d-printed-action-dolls.../
Here the link to their website for you to try: http:
//makie.me/
creating an economic environment where more
people could become publishers; all this in turn
creates an increasingly diverse, cheap, and
accessible flow of information to an increasingly
wide audience.
Before the printing press, books were rare and
expensive; few possessed them and few could read
them. The internet has expanded what the
printing press started to an unprecedented
degree.
Keep reading this interesting article by Ben
Valentine at: http://hyperallergic.com/.../the-
potential-for.../
Researching Online Education
Very interesting research made by Union Square
Venture people (thanks to Piero Rivizzigno for the
link).
...is an overview of online education. The first
section looks at whether web software can change
students' outcomes and what sort of pedagogy
could be appropriate for the internet. The second
section overviews the higher education market in
the United States. The third section includes
information on efforts by American schools to link
test scores and teacher performance.
The work led us to a few hypotheses:
We're skeptical a business model that charges for
content will work at scale and in the long run.
We expect education platforms that offer vertical
content and/or specific education experiences will
be more successful than horizontal platforms,
though we think credentials and careers offer two
opportunities for horizontal aggregation.
Without credentialing or careers, online education
seems aspirational and removed from the day-to-
day of many people.
Keep reading at: http://www.usv.
com/2012/10/researching-online-education.php
Here the link to the whole document: https:
//docs.google.com/...
/1DOlGP3mvRYVWZVynKTvhARQ.../edit
Oegstgeest, Netherlands
Corpus
The "Corpus" building is seen in Oegstgeest, 35
kilometers (21 miles) southeast of Amsterdam,
Netherlands.
"Corpus," a new attraction in the Netherlands, are
hoping that a combination amusement park and
health education museum will encourage kids to
take better care of their own bodies.
The building incorporates a 35-meter (115-foot)
high seated human figure into its structure. All the
walls and halls are modeled with fiberglass to
resemble the inside of a giant human body, giving
visitors the sensation of being shrunk down to a
tiny scale.
Keep reading (and more images) at: http:
//curiousphotos.blogspot.it/.../corpus-building-
in
Link to their website at: http://www.
corpusexperience.nl/en/corpus-experience
Thanks to Anna Barbara for the links.
Roma
He became famous as a world class faker. He's a
fascinating character with lots of very interesting
and disturbing stories.
Finally, I've met him, interviewed and all the rest.
Very peculiar character, definitely worth to meet.
Here the link to his website: http://www.
antoninocardillo.com/
Antonino Cardillo, the Fake
Architect
Leipzig
Is there fake in afterlife?
Another stunning project by Apparatus 22 people.
Here is how they describe they research:
Although derived from reflecting on the
omnipresent and controversial phenomenon of
Here is an article (in Italian) on the fake-scandal:
http://www.lastampa.it/.../cardillo-l.../index.
html
Here is a preview of the interview (in Italian, for
Opere magazine) made to him (thanks to Gioia
Guerzoni): https://www.facebook.
com/groups/GranTouristas/421239147940622/
Go Cardillo Go!
counterfeit clothes and accessories, the question
"Is there fake in afterlife?" considerably expands
the thinking on fake into a territory of intense
debate for believers and atheists alike.
Unwrapping unexpected bonds between the
profane universe of fake - understood as an
extended metaphor of the real - and the spiritual,
the question works as a starting point in raising yet
more questions that would trigger answers,
personal beliefs or narratives.
The work also hints at Paul Valery's quote: "That
which resembles nothing does not exist" by
confronting the audience in big size letters cut out
of hypnotic and colorful lenticular 3D prints of
popular iconography of heaven / paradise /
perfection / afterlife, symbols of wisdom and
central figures in various cultures and religions.
Part of the long-term conversation piece 1000
questions on fashion. With this series, Apparatus
22 aims to address 1000 questions that would shift
the focus of conversation on fashion from style,
trends and "it" items towards issues that could
ignite a debate on the lasting impact of this
industry on many levels: creativity, authorship and
copyright, engagement in public space, economy,
labor, politics, ecology etc.
***
Apparatus 22 "Is there fake in afterlife?"
installation, 2012
site specific variable size
cut out letters of lenticular 3D plastic prints
Pasadena, CA, United States
This has been around for a while, but it is always
nice to check it once more (thanks to Michal Eitan
for the remind).
University of the People (UoPeople) is the world's
first tuition-free online university dedicated to the
global advancement and democratization of higher
education.
The University embraces the worldwide presence
of the Internet and dropping technology costs to
bring tuition-free undergraduate degree programs
to qualified high school graduates around the
world. UoPeople offers Associates and Bachelors
degree programs in Business Administration and
Computer Science.
With the support of academic leadership from top
UoPeople (University of the
People)
Arnolfini
A thirteen-lot sale of items from the late-capitalist
era auctioned on November 28th
Adam & Smith: Athirteen-lot
Sale of Items from the Late-
Capitalist for Auction
universities and having accepted more than 1500
students from over 130 countries to date,
UoPeople is well on its way to becoming a global
higher education leader.
Keep reading at: http://www.uopeople.org/
Here an explanation by Shai Reshef (the person of
vision behind all of this): http://www.youtube.
com/watch?v=K0PJbPlZoNI&feature=share
at Arnolfini, Bristol 5-6pm
These highly sought after objects were once
lovingly mass-produced. They are presented here
in pristine condition for inspection in the pre-
auction viewing for an event which promises to be
the most exclusive sale of 2034.
All items from the Hollington & Kyprianou estate
come with provenance certicates veried by
SpinWatch as genuine late-capitalist period
artefacts.
More at: http://www.electronicsunset.
org/node/1579
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