Skip to content

Category Archives: knowledge

I would like to be smarter

Thursday, May 12, 2011

I had a conversation last night with a man who is working to develop neuro-enhancers. Do you take them yourself? I asked, casually. I wondered secretly whether the field of neuro-enhancement research was progressing at a faster rate than all the other neurosciences.
He said that he did not. He is happy with the [...]

Also filed in future, literature, revolution, science | | Comments Off

LECTURE ME

Thursday, March 3, 2011

It started off harmlessly enough, my obsession with online lectures. A few TED talks a week between e-mails, until I had gone through the entire TED back-catalog. By then I had grown tired of the format – the applause intro, the smug cleverness of the speakers, the shallow content and short timeframe. TED was intellectualism [...]

Also filed in politics, society | | Comments Off

Leo and his Archive

Wednesday, January 19, 2011

One of the more fun activities one can engage in while doing art history is to dig through the incredible treasure trove that is the Smithsonian’s Archives of American Art. From Aline and Eero Saarinen to Lucy R. Lippard, many of the most distinguished and engaging figures from the history of American modern and contemporary [...]

Also filed in art, documentary | | Comments Off

RANDOM NOTES ON A FRIDAY NIGHT

Saturday, January 15, 2011

– Librairie Yvon Lambert: très chic.
– Book title of the night: The Sound of Downloading Makes Me Want to Upload, published by
– The Institute of Social Hipocrisy, who anyway seem to have a knack for great names.
– mono.kultur is now available from Amazon, apparently.
– Ada would qualify as a great contender for a girl’s [...]

Also filed in leisure, night | | Comments Off

TEDxKREUZBERG

Thursday, December 9, 2010

While some of us will be celebrating having early Christmas dinner, Betahaus Berlin will open its doors to receive TEDxKreuzberg in an event they promise not to be less than interesting. It will host 18 minutes talks from several speakers and afterward they promise a nice atmosphere at the bar, to mingle, discuss and chat [...]

Also filed in berlin, events | | Comments Off

WO STEHST DU, KOLLEGE?

Friday, December 3, 2010

On the occasion of the first 20 years of the Berlin-based magazine Texte zur Kunst a symposium organized by Isabelle Graw and André Rottmann asks the question of art criticism’s potential as social criticism. When the magazine was founded in Cologne in 1990 the methods of ‘Social Art History’ promised to present contemporary art in [...]

Also filed in anniversary, art, berlin, culture, events, magazines, politics, society, theory | | Comments Off

WILD TALK

Tuesday, November 16, 2010

Few months ago, when blogging about this video from Everynone, I came to know Radiolab’s widely famous radio podcasts.
And that was it!
Since then I got caught in their web of highly developed narrative techniques and styles, sound games, and most of all, highly interesting subjects.
They start every podcast with a main subject on which they [...]

Also filed in comic, culture, education, leisure, music, radio, science | | Comments Off

CHEERS

Saturday, November 6, 2010

Call it firewater, a highball, a chaser, or one for the road – this interview will leave you thirsty for more…

Also filed in leisure, life, science | | Comments (1)

GENERAL PUBLIC LIBRARY

Thursday, October 7, 2010

General Public Library
Curated by Mylinh Nguyen
Art in General
79 Walker St
NYC 10013
Sep 16 – Nov 13, 2010

Also filed in art, books, exhibitions, new york | | Comments Off

LESS RISK, MORE FUN

Saturday, September 18, 2010

Today, quite a few people in Berlin gathered to make a strong statement against governmental plans, or deals, to extend nuclear-powerstations’ lifespans.
So, Angie, keep in mind for whom you do the job and who ensures yours. Shut those dirty oldies down. Especially interesting: in 2005, no 7% of the world’s energy consumption were produced by [...]

Also filed in berlin, future, health, history, life, politics, society | | Comments Off