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| Artistic appropriation is considered in a great article tweeted by the NYTimes below image source: NYTimes |
Happy New Year! It was wonderful getting
away for the holidays to a warm and tropical locale—a highly recommended remedy
to weeks of final exams, marking, and final project deadlines. Faced with the
new term and a new slate of students, I am truly refreshed and looking forward
to what the semester will bring in terms of good conversation and new musings.
The Twitter world also went into something
of a hibernated state over the holidays and has reawakened with a great deal of
activity. Glancing at my feed over the past week, I was happy to see
artist/activist Ai Weiwei returning to his Twitter account, but it seems that the sad
developments in Egypt have also taken over much renewed discussion (see my
final tweet pick for an engaging article). The requisite best-of
2011 lists are also fun to read, and so a few of my picks will have you thinking back
and assessing what you gained and learned. It’s great to be back home and ready
to tackle a new year!
GOOD Books: When 2012 was the future
Today's #TED: Paddy
Ashdown on how global power is shifting and how nations are connected in ways
never seen before
Scorsese's HUGO is the best movie I've
seen in at least a year. Don't miss it. It's wonderful.
Outdated law + rip/mix culture collide:
Richard Prince & Fair Use in the NYTimes:
12 Art World Habits to Ditch in 2012...
are you offended?
Show & Tell: “Things I Saw This
Year”:
“To
live in Cairo these days is to live in constant disorientation.”@yasminerashidi on the
spasms of violence in Egypt