Art and context
HIGH WIRE19 July 07
A fine line between art and the impossible. Around 11 o’clock on Saturday morning, Didier Pasquette will – weather permitting – walk between three tower blocks at the Red Road flats in Glasgow.
Art collections and commentary
Francis Bacon audio interview26 September 07
Art-Resources
the drawings of Leonardo da Vinci14 November 06
Art, politics and activism
Professor Dame Mary Douglas27 May 07
Challenging and wide-ranging social anthropologist whose ideas and influence reverberated far beyond her discipline
A moveable feast
Professor Mary Douglas argues that it’s more important to ask what kind of social organisation produces strong disgust responses than to argue about whether disgust is innate or learnt.
Art, science and technology
gabcast10 September 07
Gabcast.com is a podcasting and audioblogging platform that offers an easy way to create and distribute audio content. Most people will use a touch-tone telephone to make their recordings but we also provide worldwide access to the service through VoIP. Once you have made a recording and have published it, a newsfeed is immediately and automatically updated to alert subscribers to your channel.
Urban and rural observations
Elaine Bullard29 May 07
Elaine Bullard at 92 has been awarded an honorary degree after spenting more than half her life charting Orkney’s flora. Officially known as the Botanical Recorder for Orkney, her field work was undertaken in an old Reliant three-wheeler onto which she had constructed a make-shift tent. Now I’d love to see a photo of that!
Web art sites
New Media Art and Ethics in South Korea8 February 07
New Media Art and Ethics in South Korea by Young-hae Chang and Marc Voge