jenlindblad

There is a maximum capacity for safe and positive experiences with art in museums. The right capacity absorbs diversity in learning styles. Some people can sketch in museums. Some people can take photos. Some people can talk. Some people can look. Any of these actions can be catalysts for deep and meaningful engagement. And they can all do all of these things peaceably if there is enough breathing room among them.

Sittplatsen i fönstret på Seven Eleven är som gömslet i skogen, man ser allt utan att synas. En plats som finns överallt syns inte längre. Jag letar efter platser som inte vill mig någonting. På jakt efter platser som inte är kluriga koncept, som inte är idéer om identitet eller slogans om samhörighet. Där staden får göra det den är bra på, erbjuda anonymitet, ensamhet, tomhet. Där den struntar i dig.

“Our goal is to support the creation of a wide range of works, from animated GIFs to software-based visualizations, and our hope is that through this open call, artists and developers will help shape the contours of the platform. We want them to help us explore it, to bump up against its constraints, to push the platform in directions we haven’t yet considered.”

"Many psychologists think that we forget languages, and other things, because of 'disuse'—the memories that we don’t try to recall very frequently become more deeply buried over time. Other studies have shown that forgetting a native language might be an adaptive strategy that helps us learn a second one."