NEW SERIES ANNOUCEMENT :: [RE:CON]VERSATIONS
reconnaissance (n.) 1810, from French reconnaissance "act of surveying," literally "recognition," from Old French reconoissance (see recognizance). U.S. military abbreviation recon is attested from 1918. conversation (n.) mid-14c., "living together, having dealings with others," also "manner of conducting oneself in the world;" from Old French conversation, from Latin conversationem(nominative conversatio) "act of living
WORK ONLY :: REARRANGING THE LANDSCAPE WITH CARRIE WALKER
This past fall Vancouver artist Carrie Walker traveled to rural Pennsylvania to sketch the locations of a strange and brutal 1700's ritual called a "circle hunt", an event in which early colonists formed a 30-mile circle and slaughtered every animal
WORK ONLY :: IN THE STUDIO WITH KATE CLARK
Kate Clark creates striking sculptures that synthesize the human face onto the bodies of wild animals. In the pursuit of a longstanding interest in the face and its unique abilities for expression, abilities which separate us from other mammals, she brings
IN MEMORIAM, IN SOLIDARITY : AARON SWARTZ's GUERRILLA OPEN ACCESS MANIFESTO
"With enough of us, around the world, we’ll not just send a strong message opposing the privatization of knowledge — we’ll make it a thing of the past. Will you join us?" - Aaron Swartz; Eremo, Italy, 2008 Here at Exit Strata,