QU 301: Making the World Visible
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Art History remixed— Cuban-American artist Cesar Santos’s painting series, “syncretism” mixes iconic work by masters from Renaissance to Modernism: including works in the style of De Kooning, van Gogh, Goya, Michelangelo, Rothko and more.
I think that’s so cool! I just really enjoy mashing up old and new in a way that creates new takes on both ideas.
(via evebelieves)
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New York City, incredibly clear, before the trees have filled with leaves.
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Know were you stand: Modern Day Locations blended with Major Historical Events by Seth Taras
1. The Hindenberg Disaster of May 6, 1937
2. Allied soldiers rushing the beach at Normandy in June 1944
3. The Fall of the Berlin wall in 1989
4. Adolf Hitler touring Paris and standing in front of the Eiffel Tower in 1940
This is so cool, I absolutely love what they’ve done here.
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Some of the most iconic photos of our history. Seeing them in color makes it even more surreal.
I’m not sure fi this makes the world more “visible”, but I think it’s very interesting that people can edit photos taken in black and white or in daguerreotype form, and make them into what they might have looked like had they been taken in color.
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In Torrington, CT, two football players have been accused of rape, and as the Register Citizen reports, the 13-year-old reported victim has faced significant bullying on Twitter ever since. Two Torrington High School football players stand accused of sexual assault of a 13-year-old girl. Four others were suspended in a hazing scandal last fall that is still under investigation. One player, the team’s second-highest scorer last fall, was allowed to play even though the team’s coach knew he had been charged with felony robbery and assault.
School officials claim that the sexual assault charges against 18-year-olds Edgar Gonzalez and Joan Toribio, the hazing and other incidents are isolated problems and don’t signal a deeper issue with the culture of Torrington High School, its athletic programs or football team.
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But on social media in recent weeks, dozens of athletes and Torrington High School students, male and female, have taunted the 13-year-old victim, calling her a “whore,” criticizing her for “snitching” and “ruining the lives” of the 18-year-old football players, and bullying students who defend her.
Extremely tough read. A number of tweets are republished behind the link.
What makes this so difficult to read is the fact that it’s beginning to sound familiar. Star athletes are accused of sexual crimes and, instead of being treated like criminals by the media, they are mourned as people with ‘promising futures’ whose lives have been ‘torn apart’. This treatment of certain individuals, disregarding their crime when put in the context if their social standing, is frustrating because it teaches people that sexual assault is okay if it’s done by certain people, and often results in victim blaming, which is the complete reverse if what should happen.
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Big difference. (via NBC)
This is huge. If you think about it, 8 years has past, but we’ve changed as a society so much. Look at all those cameras!
We make the world as visible as we choose to, and I think its interesting that we have taken a historical religious moment and instead of respecting it, we’ve turned it into an opportunity to capture evidence. Years, from now, it won’t matter that we were there, it will only matter if we have proof.
I think that’s very intriguing.
(via directedbycaitlin)
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Google Glass is an all-knowing virtual assistant — is your head ready?
(Photo: Chris Chabot)
“One thing that we’re really excited about and working hard on is transforming the way that people interact with Google.” The words of Scott Huffman, Google’s vice president of engineering for Search, echoed through my head as I watched a video demonstrating the search engine giant’s latest sensation, Project Glass. “From the stilted one-keyword-at-a-time conversation, to more of a natural conversation … like a human assistant.”
Would you wear Google Glass? If so, what aspect interests you most?
I’m always excited for the next big technological advancement. This, when it hits the market, will change the way people interact with each other and the things around them.
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The 10 ton meteor that struck the Russian city of Chelyabinsk Friday set off a shockwave that caused untold damage to the area and injured nearly 1,000 people.
It’s fascinating how quickly images are pulled together following an event like this. International news is immediate and accessible in a matter of moments.
(via directedbycaitlin)
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Letters to Newtown: Preserving 500,000 Messages of Hope & Sorrow
This story was produced in partnership with Mother Jones and Newtown resident Ross MacDonald. For more information about the Letters to Newtown project, follow MoJo’s newly-launched Tumblr.
Walk into the Newtown town hall, and you see bin after bin of cards and letters — some 500,000 at least, more arriving every day. They line both sides of the long main hall and fill up the branching halls and offices. Posters, paintings, quilts, and flags cover the walls. There are banners from students at Columbine and Virginia Tech; there are letters from school kids across America and from people as far away as France and Australia. And there are boxes of Kleenex on every table for those who read them.
I always enjoy photosets that elicit an emotional reaction, and this one definitely did.
I think it’s heartwarming that people, children even, who weren’t there (and probably don’t know anyone who was) still find it in themselves to express condolences.
