links for 2007-10-18

MTAA on Chris Fahey on what you learn in art school. You can't just turn up for the lectures when you are making art...

"Work that directly uses web portals such as Flickr, YouTube, and MySpace or virtual worlds, such as Second Life–along with projects that demonstrate similar principals of generative consumption–have become a significant part of the collection of inte

"Interested individuals are invited to submit a 1-2 page manuscript on their proposed chapter by November 15, 2007"

"This is completely real. You're buying me a Guinness. You don't get anything."

"I think as long as vendors manage to stay away from the whole “environmental effects of production and consumption” issue, we have a pretty good argument that Open Source is software's solution to creating the perfect efficient market. "

"As you may know, you can view the HTML code with a standard browser. We do not permit you to view such code since we consider it to be our intellectual property protected by the copyright laws. You are therefore not authorized to do so."

"It brought culture to the masses and changed how we view our national treasures for ever. So why, asks Joanna Moorhead, was the country's biggest ever art show airbrushed out of history? "