http://www.thatartistwoman.org


this lady has lots of ideas!!!

MCA CHI.

http://www2.mcachicago.org

tiles is the new thing... MCA website also has taken this new aesthetic and platform. i remember working at microsoft last year when the new windows 8 was released...
tiles in real time is the all the rage.
i like them.

i think overall the website is really nice, its clean and white, and in comparison to the AIC website (which is gray and gloomy) .

education tab is cool cause its broken down for teachers, students, families or teens... i don't get to visit the MCA as often as i should or want to. I gotta get to it!

Forced Finger.

learn how to draw...or play the piano!

http://www.wired.com/2015/01/machine-guides-hand-teach-draw/all/1


"they’re a mode to examine how machines and humans might interact with each other in the future. “The aim of this system and software was to understand the negotiations people make when machine and humans have different perspective and same goal,” Datta writes. “How they complement each other or counter each other.”"

cool idea.

StoryCorps.

http://storycorps.org/memory-loss/
I thought this site was cool and easy to navigate. i didn't have any idea as to what i was getting myself into but it became clear right away what the website was about.


in programs & initiatives i found something of interest to me and my thesis...
The Memory Loss Initiative:
The Memory Loss Initiative has created a unique toolkit called Commemorate, designed to help organizations record, share, and preserve the stories of clients living with memory loss.

Im going to be looking at ways to preserve and archive memory, this is one way thats new yet old. oral histories is our first history and I think its cool to hear personal stories. everyone has lived a life different than the next..

my grandfather has Alzheimer's i wonder if i could do this with him without him knowing. ...sad face.


and...
 i always look at jobs and internships page on websites for fun.
$$$

STRANGE HOTEL. ROBOT STAFF.

How would u like to be serviced by a robot?
well ...now u can. just go to Japan.
like everything else.....they're doing it first. First to have capsule hotels...now first to have robotic human-like staff.~~!! tweaky.

Cnn has all the info...

http://www.cnn.com/2015/02/04/travel/japan-hotel-robots/index.html

YOU HAVE TO BID ON THE ROOM. the highest bid wins the room!!
$$$$$

reservations can be made ....at... http://www.h-n-h.jp

looks lovely. 

i wonder how many more of these will be the future, or present. hmmm...

safe travels!

-Daniella

A-GAMES PROJECT ----video games & education

"a new report on how teachers use video games in classrooms identifies features they find most useful to track student learning, as well as gaps where better tools could help link games more closely to the curriculum." 

• A-GAMES stands for Analyzing Games for Assessment in Math, English language arts/Social Studies, and Science
• UNIV. of Michigan and New York university study of 5th-8th graders
•  "formative assessment" vs.  "summative assessment," is assessing learning as it happens (formative) versus at the end of the semester/high stake testing (summative) 
• 57% of teachers use digital games in their classroom (survey)
• they found that a combination of video games and external resources worked best for student learning
• "they represent one of the fastest-growing areas of venture investment in education." $$$$$
• GAMES Are essential, but teachers find many issues in its beginning stages. 

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/02/150219090456.htm

In 2011 alone, crowdfunding website Kickstarter raised almost $100m in pledges with more than 27,000 art-related projects.

How art & technology are crossing roads....

--Social Media as a tool for artists.
--3D printing as medium
--graphic design
--good art vs bad art
Q: How does technology allow for experimentation as an artist?

....
"the goal of a contemporary artist who is choosing to create art with new technologies should not be to "extract" meaning from the technological platform, but to use it as a base for new bold directions. "
...

http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-19576763

FOUND OBJECTS. GIFS.

http://laughingsquid.com/pizza-is-the-new-black-a-fun-series-of-richly-colored-monochromatic-pizzas-made-with-unusual-ingredients/


This is for my MAT's. We recently taught a lesson on material exploration at an elementary school. Students created images using found objects and this reminded me of that lesson.
I don't know how to make "gifs" or whatever but it would be cool to create one large one of all of our students works.

https://www.ted.com/talks/avi_reichental_what_s_next_in_3d_printing

An Ear on an Arm

http://time.com/3692990/art-science-converging-again/



"In 2007, the Australian performance artist Stelarc started growing an extra ear on his left arm through a series of operations that are still ongoing. The ear is actually made up of his own stem cells woven into a biodegradable frame. Eventually a Bluetooth device will be inserted and Stelarc will be able to hear and communicate through it."

That's crazy!!!
Do you consider this a merging of Art && science ?? 
It seems a little more like science to me.