girlwonderadventures of an often distributed medium2006: a look back- December 30, 2006 Two years ago, I came across this set of questions via Alex's blog. My archives are still not up past a year ago so I can't tell you how I got to it-- just that it was through his site. For the last two years, I've looked forward to answering them again. This is my third time. So here you go: my 2006. 1. What did you do in 2005 that youd never done before Shot a gun. Went to India. Visited a slum. 2. Did you keep your New Years resolutions, and will you make more for next year I mumbled...http://www.girlwonder.com/2006/12/2006_a_look_back.html Final review at 1:30 -- done!- December 18, 2006 Please to cross your fingers for me, to send good thoughts, to wish me well. At 1:30, I give my final semester presentation. It's been an exhausting week, between long papers and my first Ph.D. application (and more than that--I'll post later). But. Think well of me at 1:30. This is the most exhausting presentation I do each semester. It's scary. I hope it goes well. Update It was okay but not great -- because right now, my thesis is at a not great point. The good part of things were our..http://www.girlwonder.com/2006/12/final_review_at_130.html An history of wrong footing- December 8, 2006 "NB The socially delightful usefulness of responsive architecture has only recently gathered an establishment smart gloss and in so doing has cheapened the tight nice original usage of the very wordresponsive." --Cedric Price, "AN HISTORY OF WRONG FOOTINGTHE IMMEDIATE PAST," undated. Generator Folio DR1995:0280:65, 15, Cedric Price Archives, Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montreal. Cedric Price was weary of what responsive architecture seemed it might become--long before blobs and...http://www.girlwonder.com/2006/12/an_history_of_wrong_footing.html The books on the desk, the thesis draft chapter- December 6, 2006 In lieu of giving you something to read that I'm working on, I'll show you what I'm reading... the list now includes Alice in Wonderland, Nietzsche's Gay Science, Johan Huizinga's Homo Ludens, Karl Popper's Open Society and its Enemies, and a whole bunch of books on art and cybernetics from the 60s. These don't include the 1200 images I have of material from the Generator project in the Cedric Price Archives at the CCA in Montreal. Sometime tonight, I hand my advisor a draft of my...http://www.girlwonder.com/2006/12/the_books_on_the_desk_the_thes.html Time and braveness- December 2, 2006 Use time well. Use time creatively. Don't trap time. Don't let time slip away. Don't be scared. Be brave. This quote from Cedric Price Opera is in the Jude Kelly section on page 87. I'm not sure whether she said it but rather hope Cedric Price instead did. Kind words for me, as I write about Cedric's GENERATOR project, the subject of my thesis...http://www.girlwonder.com/2006/12/time_and_braveness.html |