Archive for October, 2006

A quick response to the last post

31Oct06

I suppose I didn’t go into enough detail about the video clips. I’ll do that soon. for now, this is a ramble.
Imposing.
Space.
Landscape.
Small made large.
can’t make it good make it big?
I want a self portrait. the eyes connect the viewer in a way that doesn’t happen with any other part of the body. Plus I’ll look [...]

New Points. New Ideas.

28Oct06

For my photo printmaking class I had the idea to take 3D scan data and overlay it with photographic imagery. Here’s the first concept image. I’ll be actually printing the image in class on Tuesday.
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Continuing on the thread of turning the three dimensional into the two dimensional and back into the three dimensional again, I’ve [...]

Blogger to show waterboard is not the same thing as surfing.

18Oct06

Brad Spangler writes:
I want to get waterboarded. In order to call attention to this heinous practice and make it the subject of broader public condemnation, I believe it needs to be shown to people. I’m volunteering in order for it to be so shown — online, as a video. These are the sort of dark [...]

Lawyer gets put in prison for aiding terrorists

18Oct06

Lynne F Stewart put a lot on the line by helping an accused terrorist communicate with his followers in Egypt. How long before people like Stewart are labeled enemy combataints and disappeared?
Full text:
October 17, 2006
Lawyer, Facing 30 Years, Gets 28 Months, to Dismay of U.S.
By JULIA PRESTON
Lynne F. Stewart, the radical defense lawyer, was sentenced [...]

Bush signs Military Commission bill into law

18Oct06

The New York Time’s coverage pretty much repeates what’s been stated already. But doesn’t mention that the bill would indemnify CIA agents from legal reprocussions of past acts.
Also, they generalize Democrats as all being against the bill, yet 12 of them voted for it.
Full text:
October 18, 2006
Bush Signs New Rules to Prosecute Terror Suspects
By SHERYL [...]