Remembering Emma Goldman

The personal is political, and it is worth remembering that Emma Goldman knew it first.


The Chronicle of Higher Education on Emma Goldman's legacy.

The Infinity Burial Project

"The Infinity Burial Project founded by Jae Rhim Lee, proposes alternatives for the postmortem body that promote and facilitate an individual engagement with the process of decomposition.  The Project features the development of a unique strain of mushroom that decomposes and remediates toxins in human tissue, the development of a decomposition ‘kit’, burial suits embedded with decomposition activators, and a membership society devoted to the promotion of death awareness and acceptance and the practice of decompiculture (the cultivation of decomposing organisms)."

Radical Marching Bands Documentary

I love love love the idea of radical marching bands. Who knew there was a movement?

Well there is and there is a documentary about it.

Marching For Change

Boston: Lucy Parsons moving, Rough Mountain Opening

Glad the Lucy Parsons Center is moving to my neighborhood and glad the old space is being put to good use. Read about the win win for Boston here.

Buckminster Fuller Challenge

A) There is apparently a Buckminster Fuller Challenge with major prize money.

B) I occasionally have to be the bleeding heart that I am and post about ridiculously optimistic projects.

The four finalists. Enjoy.

Binghamton, NY: A Lab to Study Altruism through Darwin?

Article from Nature about David Sloan Wison's fascinating attempt to study altruism as an evolutionary phenomenon and to do good.

Evolution: Darwin's City

Claire Bishop: Participation and Spectacle, Where are we Now

Required viewing if you talk / read / think / teach about social practice in the arts. Real criticality is a rare thing. Book looks promising too but I haven't read it yet.

Claire Bishop: Participation and Spectacle, Where are we Now (Lecture on Vimeo)

Issac Asimov and L.A. Library Closings

Isaac Asimov and the library were huge influences on the man I grew up to be and what is happening to librarians in L.A.'s school system is a travesty.

Why Isaac Asimov Would Be Ashamed of Los Angeles' Schools

Neighborhood Survey Art

Be on the lookout for these street art / surveys Bostonians.

Tim Devin

Toronto Planter Guerrillas

Let's make this happen in Boston shall we?

Toronto Planter Guerrillas

New addition to the Tate

Candy Chang

Candy Chang is a public installation artist, designer, and urban planner  who likes to make cities more comfortable for people by facilitating neighborhood feedback on site. Very cool projects.

The Laundromat Project

Love love love this. What better site for work than a laundromat?

What the Luddites Really Fought Against

Smithsonian Magazine on technology, the etymology of the word luddite, and revolution. Fascinating.

RSA Talks

RSA animated talks. What TED talks want to be when they grow up.

Seeding the City

If you live in NYC and have roof access you should know about my friend Eve's project Seeding the City.