----------empyre- soft-skinned space---------------------- Thank you all, hey what wondrous and scary things I’ve learnt this month and thanks Ian - its a joy to see a contaminated browser
Ive spent the past two days pulling out Buffel grass while its easier after the rain - very satisfying. I cant make a difference to a continent but I can clean up my own yard :) wishing u all a safe and fun holiday season xx Melinda > On 3 Dec 2017, at 12:13 pm, Renate Terese Ferro <rfe...@cornell.edu> wrote: > > ----------empyre- soft-skinned space---------------------- > Hello all, > I am keeping the topic of Contamination open one more day through Sunday > evening in hopes that our guests may feel compelled to add one more comment. > > Thanks to Amy for picking up on so many threads and to Ian for the > contamination manifesto. Pop up ads contaminate the interfaces of the web > similar to the way Ian’s banners of critical phrases do. My favorites are…. > Inhabit the polluted, escape enclosure, attack the antiseptic…. > > Thank you Melinda for writing about the Indigenous spaces of the Australian > desert reminding us how location, eco-homeostasis, and culture become > interwoven with issues of contamination, seepage, enclosure, and disclosure. > The Thunder Raining mages and the Kulata Tjuta images you linked were moving > and incredibly rich. > > And to Ricardo your posts on effluvia prompted me to successfully find Mauss’ > In A General Theory of Magic in the Cornell Library. Thanks to your poetic > posts. > > And to Ben the medicinal and cleansing properties of mushrooms were an > interesting addition to our discussion on Contamination. I agree with Murat > I would love to know more! > > This is a busy time of year for most of us as the semesters are ending but I > will remind you all that the idea for this month’s topic was inspired by a > large symposium at Columbia and e-flux in New York City on Toxic Assets. I > thought our month was a rich array of brainstormed synapses and I think all > of you this month for joining in. > > We will be taking the month of December off but we will be back on or around > January 7th. Wishing you all a wonderful holiday and brilliant New Year. > Warmly, > Renate Ferro > > > Renate Ferro > Visiting Associate Professor > Director of Undergraduate Studies > Department of Art > Tjaden Hall 306 > > > _______________________________________________ > empyre forum > empyre@lists.artdesign.unsw.edu.au > http://empyre.library.cornell.edu _______________________________________________ empyre forum empyre@lists.artdesign.unsw.edu.au http://empyre.library.cornell.edu
