'A magazine bringing art, philosophy, poetry and critical theory together in exposing the naunces or contemporary life and culture'
I bought this the other week and it has been an excellent read! The focus of the issue was 'the critique of science' which is rather fitting with all these thoughts of science and future designing buzzing around our heads.
It has a mixture of short articles and interviews by scientist and artists (and it seems a fair few graduates of MA Aural and visual cultures at Goldsmiths-note, possibly interesting course...) and also illustrations and illustrated pieces. Lots of SOUND ARTISTS and alternative ways of thinking and exploring...
Best bits
-'We are just playing' -the observation and relevance of child's play in adult life and culture. (Jonny Briggs interview linked in with this, commenting 'all children are artists, the problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up').
-Mike Hulme - scientist and professor of climate change commenting on 'Transparency and the limits of the see-through knowledge' and world that we are living in.
-'The misunderstanding is that science is considered more precise than poetry'.
Its all very philosophical and questioning and in this issues quite sciency, questioning the effect of science in our culture, its necessary, but damaging...
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