Jerry Gritzinger of Maple City is competing with over 1200 other artists to be one of ten finalist in ArtPrize. His Map is a work in progress; work that he has been doing his whole adult life. Of the 2000 map panels he is displaying one third on a vertical wall [...]
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ArtPrize, The Map?
September 19, 2009A PICTORIAL MEDIA ARCHEOLOGY and Media Transformation
August 17, 2009Thomas Weynants’ website explores early visual media in a wonderfully deep detail. I would love to bring a magic lantern show to The Bay
Henry Jenkins is the Director of the MIT Comparative Media Studies Program. He tells the story of our media transformation in this video.
Historical Note 1
April 28, 2008Fighting Killer Worms
By Patrick Skelly, Scientific American May 2008
“Bloodsucking worms called schistosomes are among the world’s most worrisome human parasites. A new genome sequence and powerful genetic tools promise to help crack their secrets.”
As I skimmed the article this historical nugget jumped out.
“The worms, also known as flukes, once brought down an army. They spread [...]
