Linky Friday: Work & Brainwork
Housing, Law, Work, Brainwork, and Art!
The Destatuification of a Justice
Or, an opportunity to meditate upon our ambiguous legal history and its uncomfortable place in contemporary political life.
Ignorant Bullies Censor Art Exhibition
Ignorant protesters successfully censor an art exhibition in Boston.
Obama’s Awkward ‘Between Two Ferns’ Interview
Artistically speaking, turning ‘Between Two Ferns’ into a commercial for the Affordable Care Act was a bad idea.
Intellectual Art, Popular Media, and Getting Away from Aesthetic Subjectivity
In the May 2012 issue of the Atlantic, writer Taylor Clark has an excellent profile of videogame developer Jonathan Blow. He’s misanthropic, severely thoughtful, and somewhat abrasive. But he’s also a brilliant creator and a near perfect example of what Clark thinks the medium needs more of: developers willing to make smart videogames. Because for Clark the…
Hi-Dee Hi-Dee Hi-Dee Ho! – or, continued musings on relativism in art
By Sam Wilkinson In my (unpopular) arguments about the relativism with which I approach art – that all art is equal, that all consumers are equal, and that nobody is substantively wrong – I have repeatedly struggled to find a way to make the argument in a persuasive and compelling fashion. This, I suppose, is…
A New Ending Couldn’t Destroy Mass Effect’s Artistic Integrity
[Note: This is a companion piece to something I wrote earlier this week on the same subject but from a different point of view. In addition, while there are no spoilers per say, the way I talk about and characterize Mass Effect 3’s ending in the abstract might make it better for people who want to approach…
