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Parental Guidance

Posted on June 14, 2015 by Francois Lachance

Rated PG for elements of exaggerated meanness and ridicule, and for some mild language Motion Picture Association of America Rating for Matilda The movie based on the novel by Roald Dahl has indeed not only exaggerated meanness but also lots … Continue reading →

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Beyond Mere Description

Posted on June 12, 2015 by Francois Lachance

Gillian Sze“The Hesitant Gaze”quiet night think Ekphrasis is not only to compose a text inspired by the artwork itself, but also to be carried off by the uncontainable surge of memory and affect, judgment and speculation. Teasing out what might … Continue reading →

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Observing Details

Posted on June 10, 2015 by Francois Lachance

Dr. Selia Karsten’s Course“Holistic Approaches to Information Technology” http://astralsite.com/5011/ Note that the top banner graphic doesn’t link every machine to the same network. There are breaks. (for me this represents the space for the human to be the connecting agent … Continue reading →

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O

Posted on June 5, 2015 by Francois Lachance

First line of Lisa Robertson’s Boat: Day o pens That spacing reminds me of one of the topics of Robertson’s Nilling (The Story of O). There Robertson opens: I open the codex; with skirty murmur, commodiousness arrives. And a few … Continue reading →

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Cryptic Notes on Energy Transfers and Transduction

Posted on June 3, 2015 by Francois Lachance

If the hunger for stories is not to lead to mere accumulation, dépense. Retelling in some circles appears as just another form of appropriation. Expenditure results in transmutations. And so for day 309603.06.2015

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Sonorous Swoon

Posted on June 2, 2015 by Francois Lachance

A telling paratext … Finnegans Wake was another intimidating work singled out by Caedmon. According to the album’s liner notes, speech acts as both “concert” and “crutch” in helping readers to appreciate Joyce’s linguistic sonority: “With a work like Finnegans … Continue reading →

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A Fresh Take on the Cliché

Posted on June 1, 2015 by Francois Lachance

“Do you know what a cliche is? It’s a story so fine and thrilling that it’s grown old in its hopeful retelling.” From French Exit by Patrick DeWitt delivered with impeccable panache by Michelle Pfeiffer in the film. And so … Continue reading →

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A Sense of Reaching Out

Posted on May 29, 2015 by Francois Lachance

Hervé GuibertÀ l’ami qui ne m’a pas sauvé la vie About the baths in San Francisco at a certain time in history… Cette menace qui flotte a créé de nouvelles complicités, de nouvelles tendresses, de nouvelles solidarités. Avant on n’échangeaient … Continue reading →

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Thinking Through Actions and Images

Posted on May 20, 2015 by Francois Lachance

Lev ManovichSoftware Takes Command p. 97-98 According to Kay, the key step for him and his group was to start thinking about computers as a medium for learning, experimentation, and artistic expression which can be used not just by adults … Continue reading →

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Inside and Outside

Posted on May 19, 2015 by Francois Lachance

R. Murray SchaferThe Tuning of the World [T]he string quartet and urban pandemonium are historically contemporaneous. A study in contrasts. And so for day 308119.05.2015

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