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Banksy show officially authorised by elusive street artist to open in Glasgow

Gallery of Modern Art show includes original artefacts, ephemera and stencils used to create famous works Read more on https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/jun/15/banksy-show-officially-authorised-by-elusive-street-artist-to-open-in-glasgow

Catégories: AMC1°_2-3-Representing the world and oneself, B1B2-3. Art & Power, LLCET°_1-1-Art and protest, LLCET°_1-2-Polemical art | Tags: , , , , , | Commentaires fermés sur Banksy show officially authorised by elusive street artist to open in Glasgow

Could a robot ever recreate the aura of a Leonardo da Vinci masterpiece? 

This month, the internet was flooded with stunningly ethereal digital art portraits, thanks to the work of the latest artificial intelligence-assisted application to go viral: Lensa. Users uploaded their photographs to the app and then – for a small fee – it used AI to transform their profile pictures into, say, a magical elfin warrior princess … Continuer la lecture »

Catégories: AMC1°_1-2-Science and techniques, promises and challenges, B1B2-3. Art & Power, B1B2-6. Scientific Innovations & Responsibility, LLCET°_1-2-Polemical art | Tags: , , | Commentaires fermés sur Could a robot ever recreate the aura of a Leonardo da Vinci masterpiece? 

Six Ways J.M.W. Turner Painted a Changing World

J.M.W. Turner may have regarded himself first and foremost as a landscape painter, but his art tells us a lot about the volatile and rapidly modernising times that he lived through. His lifelong interest in the inventions, conflicts, politics, society, culture and science of his time influenced many of his most original works and transformed … Continuer la lecture »

Catégories: AMC1°_2-3-Representing the world and oneself, B1B2-3. Art & Power | Tags: , , , | Commentaires fermés sur Six Ways J.M.W. Turner Painted a Changing World

Maori facial markings get visibility

Maori journalist becomes first person with facial markings to present primetime news Written by Jeevan Ravindran, CNN Updated 31st December 2021 Maori journalist becomes first person with facial markings to present primetime news A Maori journalist has made history in New Zealand by becoming the first person with traditional facial markings to host a primetime … Continuer la lecture »

Catégories: A2B1-4. Self-representation & Relation to others, A2B1-8. Past within Present, AMC1°_2-1-Being heard, AMC1°_2-3-Representing the world and oneself, AMCT°_1-2-Public and individual freedoms, AMCT°_3-1-Power and influence, AMCT°_3-3-Common inheritance and diversity, B1B2-1. Identities & Exchanges, B1B2-7. Diversity & Inclusion, B1B2-8. Territory & Memory, LLCET°_2-2-Self-representation | Tags: , , , , , , , , | Commentaires fermés sur Maori facial markings get visibility

Indigenous communities celebrate the Aboriginal Flag

Who is Harold Thomas, the man who created the Aboriginal flag? Posted Tue 25 Jan 2022 Harold Thomas designed the Aboriginal flag in 1970.(Supplied: David Hancock) The Aboriginal flag, for the first time, can now be freely used by all Australians. That’s because Harold Thomas, the man who designed the flag, agreed to transfer its copyright to the Commonwealth … Continuer la lecture »

Catégories: AMC1°_2-3-Representing the world and oneself, AMCT°_1-1-Unity and plurality, AMCT°_1-3-Equalities and inequalities, AMCT°_3-3-Common inheritance and diversity, B1B2-1. Identities & Exchanges, B1B2-7. Diversity & Inclusion, B1B2-8. Territory & Memory, LLCET°_2-2-Self-representation, LLCET°_3-2-Anchoring and inheriting | Tags: , , , , , , | Commentaires fermés sur Indigenous communities celebrate the Aboriginal Flag

Banned books and digital resistance

As Calls to Ban Books Intensify, Digital Librarians Offer Perspective Posted on November 24, 2021 by Caralee Adams Image credit: Roger Nomer | The Joplin Globe From Texas to Virginia to Pennsylvania, there is a growing movement to challenge books in schools that some suggest are inappropriate for students. Concern goes beyond explicit content; it … Continuer la lecture »

Catégories: AMC1°_1-1-Production and circulation of knowledge, AMCT°_1-2-Public and individual freedoms, AMCT°_3-1-Power and influence, B1B2-3. Art & Power, LLCE1°_1-3-Utopias and dystopias, LLCET°_1-1-Art and protest | Tags: , , , , , , | Commentaires fermés sur Banned books and digital resistance

Scientists Know how to solve the climate crisis

Scientists have just told us how to solve the climate crisis – will the world listen? Simon LewisWed 6 Apr 2022 The new IPCC report offers not only hope, but practical solutions. Governments that have signed off on it must now act A solar power plant on Karbi tribal land in Assam state, India, February … Continuer la lecture »

Catégories: A2B1-7. Saving the Planet & Designing our Futures, AMC1°_1-2-Science and techniques, promises and challenges, AMCT°_2-2-From the protection of Nature to ecological transition, B1B2-6. Scientific Innovations & Responsibility | Tags: , , , | Commentaires fermés sur Scientists Know how to solve the climate crisis

Josephine Baker : from dancefloor to Pantheon

Dancer, singer … spy: France’s Panthéon to honour Josephine Baker The performer will be the first Black woman to enter the mausoleum, in recognition of her wartime work Jon Henleyin Paris Sun 28 Nov 2021   ‘Resistance heroine’: Josephine Baker entertains the troops at a London victory party in 1945. Photograph: Jack Esten/Getty Images   … Continuer la lecture »

Catégories: AMC1°_2-1-Being heard, AMCT°_3-1-Power and influence, B1B2-2. Private Space & Public Space, B1B2-3. Art & Power, LLCET°_1-1-Art and protest | Tags: , , , , , | Commentaires fermés sur Josephine Baker : from dancefloor to Pantheon

The truth is out: Britain’s immigration system is racist. Now let’s fix it.

All parties, including my own, have been complicit in making bigoted laws. Acknowledging this is the first step to rectifying it. Diane Abbott Mon 30 May 2022 A protest march in London against the 1971 immigration bill. Photograph: Frank Barratt/Getty Images The unspoken rationale underlying British immigration policy since the second world war has always … Continuer la lecture »

Catégories: AMC1°_2-1-Being heard, AMCT°_1-1-Unity and plurality, AMCT°_1-3-Equalities and inequalities, AMCT°_3-1-Power and influence, AMCT°_3-2-Rivalries and interdependencies, AMCT°_3-3-Common inheritance and diversity | Tags: , , , | Commentaires fermés sur The truth is out: Britain’s immigration system is racist. Now let’s fix it.

For 50 years, governments have failed to act on climate change. No more excuses.

Conflict and Covid make these troubling times, but national leaders must cooperate and take action now. Christiana Figueres, Yvo de Boer and Michael Zammit Cutajar Thu 2 Jun 2022 Leaders agreed to cooperate on threats faced in common at the UN Conference on the Human Environment in Stockholm, 1972. Photograph: Pressens Bild/AFP/Getty Images   At … Continuer la lecture »

Catégories: AMCT°_2-2-From the protection of Nature to ecological transition | Tags: , , , , | Commentaires fermés sur For 50 years, governments have failed to act on climate change. No more excuses.