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Sculptures that make novel use of books – in pictures

17-07-2021 18:00

As a child in Baltimore, graphic designer Stephen Doyle had a babysitter who read newspapers horizontally – across, not down, the columns – to create new meaning. The word play inspired his adult hobby of making book sculptures. “I started the series when ‘hypertext’ was a novel internet term. Linking one text to another seemed rather dada,” says Doyle. “I wondered what it would look like if a book’s lines connected to others elsewhere in the pages

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‘Not in this town’: artwork about Britain’s ‘nuclear colonialism’ removed

17-07-2021 17:00

Tory councillors are accused of censorship over installation on atom bomb tests in Australia in a Southend park An Australian artist has accused a group of Conservative councillors of using “bullying strategies” to silence and censor her work after an installation she created to highlight Britain’s “identity as a colonial nuclear state” was removed from a park in Essex.The councillors threatened to “take action against the work” if it was not removed, ac

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Global art takes root in the Balearics – with a whiff of Somerset

17-07-2021 06:00

Hauser & Wirth is known for its galleries in Zurich, Monaco, Hong Kong, New York, LA and Bruton.For all the lizards, the loquats and the lantana, Menorca’s newest art gallery, which lies amid the blue waters and lolling yachts of Mahón harbour, carries the faintest whiff of a corner of Somerset.Illa del Rei, a 40,000-sq-metre island a short boat ride from the Menorcan capital, Mahón, has a long and unique history. As well as being the site of a sixth-century Christian bas

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Why We All Need To Pay Attention To How Artificial Intelligence Works

17-07-2021 00:01 via feedproxy.google.com

Each link is a small expression of intelligence, and the algorithm, even without users being aware, extracts and accumulates that intelligence in the form of fixed capital. – Nonprofit QuarterlyNonprofit Quarterly

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