George Dyson on Cognition

" I think that we are generally not very good at making decisions. Mostly, things just happen."


George Dyson on Machines and Cognition. Via The European.

Are All Artists Liars?

The answer to your question "The Economist" is yes.

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)

Kathryn Schulz: On Being Wrong

Ted Talk: Kathryn Schulz: On Being Wrong

"The miracle of your mind is not that you can see the world as it is. It is that you can see the world as it isn't."

Jacques Derrida on Photography

Derrida talks about the reasons he did not want to be photographed or have his image published. Video.

Sun Ra Lectures

In early 1971 Sun Ra was artist-in-residence at University of California, Berkeley, teaching a course called "The Black Man In the Cosmos". One half-hour of each class was devoted to a lecture (complete with handouts and homework assignments), the other half-hour to an Arkestra performance or Sun Ra keyboard solo. I think you should listen here on Ubuweb.


The John Cage Sun Ra duets are also worth a listen.

RSA Talks

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

How I make Important Decisions

Oblique Strategies

I Love you John Baldesari!