The international conference, Innovation, Substance, Vision — The Future of Art, was held at the Pierre Hotel in Manhattan in 2003 and hosted by the Foundation for the Advancement of Art. The speakers at the one-day conference were: * Jan Koenderink, a vision scientist from the Netherlands and author of Color for the Sciences and […]
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Por um longo tempo, os críticos de arte moderna e pós-moderna têm contado com a estratégia do “Isso não é repulsivo?” Refiro-me à estratégia de, dado que as obras de arte são feias, triviais, ou de mau gosto, apontar que “uma criança de cinco anos poderia tê-las feito”, e assim por diante. Em sua maioria,
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[In July 2015 I gave a talk at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University on “The Next Revolution in Art.” The text of my talk follows.] Why art matters to us Art is a perennial human desire. We need and hunger for stories, images, and sounds that are unique, beautiful, self-affirming, and/or profound. We love to
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In my Introduction to Philosophy course this week we are reading and discussing The Fountainhead, a great novel on the themes of independence and integrity. In Part One, Rand’s primary purpose is to contrast the characters Howard Roark and Peter Keating. Here is a table (click to enlarge) summarizing the main events in each young
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On Sunday, July 26, I’ll be giving a talk at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. My topic is “The Next Revolution in Art.” An excerpt from the opening of my talk: “Art is a perennial human desire. We need and hunger for stories, images, and sounds that are unique, beautiful, self-affirming, and/or profound. We love
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Michael Pearce is the author of the recent Art in the Age of Emergence, for which I wrote this blurb: “Michael Pearce is that rare phenomenon — a practicing artist who knows art from the inside and an intellectual versed in what the cognitive sciences teach us about why we make art. This book —
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A commentator at my site objects to my discussion of Existentialism and the meaning of life: “In all honesty this is just a bunch of JibJab with really no actual true meaning funny how people waste years and thousands studying this irrelevant b***** go out side be outdoors live a little bit” The Urban Dictionary
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