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Roden Creator
Via latimes.com
May 13
Perhaps the greatest progress made over the last decade on James Turrell’s Roden Crater: The artist has finished detailed plans so the in-progress earthwork—already nearly 40 years in the making—can be finished without his involvement, if necessary.
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Edible Forest
Via popupcity.net
May 13
Taking urban ag to the next level, Seattle’s Beacon Hill neighborhood is creating America’s first Food Forest. A 7-acre plot two miles from the city’s center will be planted entirely with foragable plants, from fruit and nut trees to berry bushes and herbs.
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Didactic No More
Via guardian.co.uk
May 13
Tate Britain’s new presentation of its permanent collection does away with the white didactic labels that have accompanied works since the museum opened under that name in 2000. It’s just one part of a “radical rethink” of the way the museum presents art.
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Why Call It Art?
Via queensmuseum.org
May 10
Why are some projects called art while others aren’t? Queens Museum director Tom Finkelpearl mulls the question in a new blog series, landing on an initial list of aesthetic values related to participatory art: Complexity, Relation to Tradition, and Transformation.
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Wooden Vinyl
Via factmag.com
May 10
Amanda Ghassaei, who’s been 3D-printing records from mp3s, is now focusing on wood. In her latest project she’s created the world’s first laser-cut vinyl discs from wood, including Radiohead’s “Idioteque” and the Velvet Underground’s “Femme Fatale” in maple.
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Evolving Brand
Via guardian.co.uk
May 9
“The elder statesman of radical ideas,” Stewart Brand’s ’60s bona fides include publishing the revolutionary Whole Earth Catalog and cofounding the Well. At 74, he’s not slowing down: he’s now trying to resurrect extinct species by retro-engineering their DNA.
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Public Space Transformed
Via creativetimereports.tumblr.com
May 9
Our friends at Creative Time Reports have posted an open call for original photography of public spaces—whether Zuccotti Park, Tahrir Square, or Oscar Grant Plaza—before, during, or after major political events or social struggles.
