Thursday, August 24, 2006

A Sense of Measure


Being-Field
"You can measure distance by time.
'How far away is that place?'
'About 20 minutes.' But it doesn't work the other way.
'When do you get off work?'
''Around 3 miles.'"

- Jerry Seinfeld

Wednesday, August 23, 2006

Transitory


Jetson and Flotsam
"Man ... can go up against gravitation in a balloon, and why should he not hope that ultimately he may be able to stop or accelerate his drift along the Time-Dimension, or even turn about and travel the other way.” - H. G. Wells

Monday, August 21, 2006

MetaTourist


Flaneur
"“…from a dérive point of view, cities have psychogeographical contours, with constant currents, fixed points and vortexes that strongly discourage entry into and exit from certain zones.” - Guy Debord

Friday, August 18, 2006

To Move and Embody


Floating an Idea
"We can escape the commonplace only by manipulating it, controlling it, thrusting it into our dreams or surrendering it to the free play of our subjectivity." - Raoul Vaneigem

Thursday, August 17, 2006

Nettime


Looping
"[T]he image no longer even has time to become an image." - Jean Baudrillard

Wednesday, August 16, 2006

The Thickening of Time (Using A Granular Apparatus)


Focused
"When a work appears to be ahead of its time, it is only the time that is behind the work." - Jean Cocteau

Tuesday, August 15, 2006

Slayer


Figment
"Clocks slay time... time is dead as long as it is being clicked off by little wheels; only when the clock stops does time come to life." - William Faulkner