“Robot, Fetch Me that Pail of Water”
What if Princess Buttercup had lived in the year 2012, and fallen in love with the robot boy Wesley? And what if that robot boy was only a meter tall and made of...
political analysis
Fascist Aesthetics and the Heroic – Sontag, Riefenstahl and Propaganda
Some materials to think through in relation to questions of Nazi and Fascist aesthetics, and the influences of German art and politics between WWI and WWII. Reflections on Nazi film propagandist Leni Riefenstahl,...
Power, Vision, Knowledge – Statistical Sight, Criminal Visuality and Disciplinary Power
Some resources reflecting on Teddy Bear Patriarchy by Donna Haraway and The Body and the Archive by Allen Sekula. How does the history of natural dioramas, depictions of animals in Africa, the construction...
The Politics of Fiction
I’m a storyteller. That’s what I do in life — telling stories, writing novels — and today I would like to tell you a few stories about the art of storytelling and also...
The B Corporation – Hype or Hope?
So I was recently asked to share some thoughts on the rise of the B Corporation–or benefit corporation–and their role in relation both to Occupy Wall Street and possible shifts in economic thinking...
Yukon Denali Hybrid or Why Not to Tow An Elephant
That’s right, a Yukon Denali Hybrid! If that sound like an oxymoron, that’s probably because it is. I happened upon this car while walking to work today, and saw one sitting at...
