Isabel De Sena Cortabitarte

In this paper I assert that in bio-art, the use of humour as a rhetorical tool holds the potential to bring ambiguous, non-normative perspectives into ethical questions that arise from developments in the life sciences (that field concerned with the study of living organisms and the advancement of life-altering interventions, such as bioengineering and genetic manipulation). … More “It’s not a joke!” Bio-art and the aesthetics of humour

Tyler Calkin

Toys are for everyone, not just the young: models, miniatures and replicas are as much for adults as they are for children. And the function of a toy extends beyond a moment’s amusement. Throughout history and across cultures, toys have been created to serve as tools for teaching. Indeed, they are almost always instructive in some capacity, eve if they have not been built with a primarily pedagogical intent. Toys are reflectors and propagators of a culture’s ideology, and variably serve as teachers of moral lessons, mathematics, imperialist narratives, class distinctions, and spirituality. … More Whimmydiddles, Whirligigs, and Capital Punishment: A History of Toys and Games, Being A Partial and Idiosyncratic Exploration of Several Centuries of Developments, Focusing Largely on Europe and North America.

K. Bradford

I stood in a temple of toilets. It was open-air, roofless. Everything pointed skyward. I sat on a toilet and looked up as dusk fell. … More The Re-tech of Noah Purifoy: an overture in detritus

Tom Leeser

The political theorist, Hannah Arendt stated that we “define labor as the opposite of play.” However the predominant value of labor has evolved from physical activities embedded in a manufacturing economy to a form of indexical finance that is decoupled from the production and exchange of things. This digitally based “fiat” economy has fractured the definitions of labor and play that was articulated by Arendt. … More Play: Active – A curatorial project in the form of a workshop

Dan Bustillo

Part I Dataveillance: Negotiating Consent
Part II Secrecy: The Art and Magic of Deception Tactics … More A Compilation of Tangents on Surveillance, Anonymity and Deception Tactics.