吃人狗狗: 11.2011

11.28.2011

"Art" or "Art Not" -- What's in a name

The term found art—more commonly found object (French: objet trouvé) or readymade—describes art created from undisguised, but often modified, objects that are not normally considered art, often because they already have a non-art function. Marcel Duchamp was the originator of this in the early 20th century.
Found art derives its identity as art from the designation placed upon it by the artist. The context into which it is placed (e.g. a gallery or museum) is usually also a highly relevant factor. The idea of dignifying commonplace objects in this way was originally a shocking challenge to the accepted distinction between what was considered art as opposed to not art. Although it may now be accepted in the art world as a viable practice, it continues to arouse questioning, as with the Tate Gallery's Turner Prize exhibition of Tracey Emin's My Bed, which consisted literally of her unmade and dishevelled bed. In this sense the artist gives the audience time and a stage to contemplate an object. Appreciation of found art in this way can prompt philosophical reflection in the observer.
Found art, however, has to have the artist's input, at the very least an idea about it, i.e. the artist's designation of the object as art, which is nearly always reinforced with a title. There is mostly also some degree of modification of the object, although not to the extent that it cannot be recognised. The modification may lead to it being designated a "modified", "interpreted" or "adapted" found object.

------from Wikipedia

11.23.2011

Sharp + Apple = AppleTV ?

iPad 3 To Get Thinner, Have Sharper Display
http://www.forbes.com/sites/briancaulfield/2011/11/22/ipad-3-thinner-get-sharper-display-thanks-to-deal-with-sharp-analyst-says/

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11.19.2011

BBC E-mail: Pakistani derision at 'obscene text' ban

peter saw this story on the BBC News website and thought you
should see it.

** Pakistani derision at 'obscene text' ban **
The Pakistan Telecommunications Authority sends mobile phone operators a list of hundreds of "obscene" words to be banned from text messages. Nosheen Abbas reports on the reaction.
< http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/em/fr/-/news/world-asia-15793721 >

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11.18.2011

俄羅斯總統獲頒孔子和平獎

俄羅斯人權運動者批評，中國大陸嚴重侵犯人權，人權紀錄惡劣，普亭同樣不尊重人權；大陸這種國家把獎頒給普亭這種領導人，「普亭當之無愧」。

一針見血啊。

好尷尬普亭獲孔子和平獎
【聯合報╱記者羅印冲／綜合報導】

2011.11.18 03:03 am

俄羅斯總理普亭今年獲得第二屆「孔子和平獎」，但尷尬更勝喜悅。得獎消息傳到俄國後，普亭本人和俄羅斯官方不僅保持沉默，執政黨網站日前還批評該獎項一文不值，直言「越來越多不知名小獎項，想死皮賴臉地黏上普亭」。

多維網報導，普亭是俄國現在執政的「統一俄羅斯黨」領袖，雖然他本人在獲獎後未置一詞，執政黨網站卻引用俄國知名記者多連科的評論，認為孔子和平獎一文不值。還有評論家說，普亭必須照顧到和北京的友誼，這讓普亭陷入尷尬的處境。

普亭獲獎後，俄國不斷出現撻伐聲浪。俄羅斯人權運動者批評，中國大陸嚴重侵犯人權，人權紀錄惡劣，普亭同樣不尊重人權；大陸這種國家把獎頒給普亭這種領導人，「普亭當之無愧」。

俄羅斯紀念碑人權中心負責人奧爾洛夫說，普亭本人實際上敵視人權理念，在他獲獎後，只會讓孔子和平獎在國際社會中，顯得更為貶值和毫無分量。他還說，他無法判斷普亭是否出席頒獎典禮，「如果他真的出席，那只會增添事件的滑稽和荒唐」。

俄國官方對普亭獲獎始終保持沉默，俄羅斯媒體不是低調報導，就是乾脆視而不見。當九月間普亭獲獎的消息首次傳出時，普亭的新聞秘書佩斯科夫就曾表示，他還沒向普亭報告。

孔子和平獎是大陸「中國鄉土藝術協會傳統文化保護部」創設的獎項，去年首屆得獎者為國民黨榮譽主席連戰，但頒獎典禮在連戰不知情也未出席情況下，草草將獎盃和獎金頒給毫不相干的大陸女童。該獎在九月間曾遭大陸官方撤銷，本月中恢復授獎。

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