Norm Kyle Thompson - Fine Art Pioneros del arte de la red La chica de la izquierda de la foto se llama Olia Lialina, y acaba de vender una de sus obras: con este apretón de manos está cerrando la transacción. Olia Lialina es una de las pionera del arte de internet: todos sus trabajos han sido creados especialmente para ser difundidos en la red. La aparición del net.art –un arte inmaterial que se crea y distribuye en internet- evidencia futuras transformaciones en la recepción de prácticas artísticas. Los primeros intentos de vender arte de internet durante lo que hoy conocemos con el nombre de Periodo Heroico nos parecen especialmente interesantes porque no fueron llevados a cabo por galeristas ni agentes del mercado, sino por los propios artistas en un intento por reflexionar sobre la naturaleza de sus obras. 1. Utilizamos el término net.art para referirnos a aquellas prácticas artísticas creadas especialmente para difundirse en la red. José Luis Brea, editor de Aleph, (definía): Pequeña guía de navegación. Cuatro artículos Dos libros Un wiki subir
WANG (Women Against Non-essential Grooming) Women’s difficulty with pull-ups is about more than biology | Fit and Feminist (via rememo) And I always want to point out here: women, on average, possess more lower-body strength, while men, on average, possess more upper-body strength. There’s a lot of overlap and it isn’t always individually applicable, but that’s the generalization, averaging across the population. But we SOCIALLY value upper-body strength, and upper-body muscles. So we construct women as weaker, because we refuse to measure them on the body parts where they may be stronger, we devalue those. Lifting is mostly done with the legs. Push-up and pull-ups are upper-body strength exercises. (via iknewiwouldregretthis) This stuff plays into all sorts of other body image problems, too. (via dancing-painted-bears) (via terribaeddel-magpie) (Source: brutereason)
ALTFoto Valentina Tanni | In Art There Are No Schools, Only Hospitals 'The Birthmark' - Nathaniel Hawthorne In the latter part of the last century there lived a man of science, an eminent proficient in every branch of natural philosophy, who not long before our story opens had made experience of a spiritual affinity more attractive than any chemical one. He had left his laboratory to the care of an assistant, cleared his fine countenance from the furnace smoke, washed the stain of acids from his fingers, and persuaded a beautiful woman to become his wife. In those days when the comparatively recent discovery of electricity and other kindred mysteries of Nature seemed to open paths into the region of miracle, it was not unusual for the love of science to rival the love of woman in its depth and absorbing energy. Such a union accordingly took place, and was attended with truly remarkable consequences and a deeply impressive moral. "Georgiana," said he, "has it never occurred to you that the mark upon your cheek might be removed?" "Shocks you, my husband!" "None! "And you did dream of it?"
Life Of Pix - Free Stock Photos & Images - Photography net-art.org | portal to web related art Why Dove’s Latest “Real Beauty” Video Gets It All Wrong Originally published on BodyLoveWellness and cross-posted here with their permission. Alternately titled: “Please, Please, Stop Sharing That Video.” Chances are, someone has sent you this video and told you how inspiring it was. To be honest, I didn’t find it inspiring at all. Instead, it just made me angry. Here we go again, with Dove pretending to empower women to love their bodies, with the big honking caveat that you should love your body only when you’re more conventionally attractive than you realize. In case you haven’t watched the video, the premise is that women are their own worst enemies, who focus on and emphasize their own worst physical qualities. A sketch artist draws their faces based on their descriptions, and then redraws their face based on the description of someone who just met them. That may sound inspiring (ish), but it doesn’t work for a number of reasons. Here are my top five (in no particular order). 1. 2. 3. What if people see you as “less beautiful” than you are? 4.
Net.art I don't want to be a 'natural beauty' Photo: Getty Images. Posed by model. It must be nice to be a “natural beauty.” To be gorgeous without effort or even interest. This type of beauty is perhaps the most impressive. It’s hard to escape the concept of natural beauty. I was disturbed. But we are always talking about girls’ appearances, actually. Advertisement It sets up a strange dynamic. Being beautiful in track pants is a major accomplishment. Being beautiful without makeup is a triumph. Being beautiful early in the morning, while exhaustedly walking the dog or slogging miserably to work—success!! A few months ago, in the New York Times Room For Debate session on makeup, a man proudly trumpeted his wife’s ability to look super hot without even putting makeup on! Now imagine a woman who’s gotten “work done.” We women often put a lot of effort into, and pay a lot of money to attempt to “look natural.” It can all seem a little ridiculous, when you lean back from it for a second and squint.
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