By definition, the Internet is a global network of connected computers. But in practice, it takes on wholly new characteristics; it’s at once a revolution in communication and a commonplace utility. It’s an extension of our collective consciousness and a great way to waste hours looking at cats. It’s both a physical place – present […]
Ubiquitous on the web, but elusive in real life–that’s the reality for the Internet’s most famous hat: a wheat-brown, “A-Tooth” style New Era Red Sox cap, otherwise known as the “scumbag hat.” The scumbag hat derives from one the Internet’s most popular memes, Scumbag Steve, which first started appearing online in January 2011 as a way for […]
What is the most difficult part about curation – both in the art world and more broadly? I grew up with a house filled with art. Art was everywhere – a Picasso print next to a painting by a friend of my parents, a Calder mobile over family photos, with some interesting Mies Van der […]
Early naysayers pessimistically predicted the Web would wash over individuality and creativity to establish a new world order of globalized boredom, but they couldn’t have been more wrong. Far from ushering in a domineering, tedious and bland monoculture, the Internet turned out to be the saving grace for the curious and their niche interest groups. […]
Kofi Annan famously described literacy as “a tool for daily modern life in modern society.” He proclaimed, “for everyone, everywhere, literacy is along with education in general, a basic human right…literacy is finally the road to human progress.” At the time he spoke these words in 1997, there was no way to know how profoundly […]
A digital renaissance and era of enlightenment is upon us. The digital polymaths of today are empowered to do things themselves that would have been near-impossible to do without an immense amount of help just a few years ago. The merging worlds of art and science through technology are creating contemporary, ultra-empowered visionaries who have […]