WZFR 2015 program. PDF here.
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Culture’s exemption from free trade: A study of media’s autonomy in the World Trade Organization
Culture’s exemption from free trade: A study of media’s autonomy in the World Trade Organization
In recent trade negotiations, such as those that have taken place in the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) talks and the World Trade Organization (WTO), proponents of free trade have argued that there is nothing exceptional about the media that should compel one to treat them differently from any other commodity. Media products should be subject to market de-regulation like any other mass-produced item, be it cars, computers or toys. Against this position have stood critical commentary and popular protest that resist the tendency to treat the media as a commodity like any other. Proponents of exemption have maintained that they have a cultural function or value that should exempt them from trade liberalization. The controversy is fascinating because it speaks directly to capitalism’s historical expansion to cultural production and the extent to which notions of value outside the commodity form continue to inform recent international discussions… [read more at link above]
Security Gate 26.11
Security Gate 26.11 is an Arduino-based, interactive, electronic art work that detects wireless emissions given off by individuals, including cellular and smartphone transmissions, wifi, bluetooth, RFID, and others. Security Gate 26.11 produces individualized audiovisual responses to these transmissions. Our lives are subjected to daily forms of surveillance via mechanisms that are less recognizable to us as
Many more photos here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/northernspark/sets/72157655011050161/ Photos: Shawn Orton.
lb-publicart: Meander is up! Still working out final details about the programming and install. (Source: http://lb-publicart.tumblr.com/)
Infinity and spinning pinwheels of death
(Written about CAA’s project for Northern Lights AOV6.) Read the publication. The Center for Advanced Application’s (CAA) newest product, Infinity, makes visual reference to a class of animated icons that user interface developers refer to as activity progress indicators. These icons not only include the much maligned spinning wheel (suggested by Infinity), but also the