What's Happening In The World?
Why this Collection?
Being a computer artist/programmer, I
am naturally interested in how things are organised and how they work.
It is generally concidered normal for visual artists have a sketchbook,
so on one level this is my proceedural sketch book. Looking to see how
the world around me actually works.
The collection is fairly arbitrary. I have merely collected stries from
the (two) news media (the BBC and the local, Manila, TV station
GMA) which are easilly available to both myself and many others around
me. Some stories have been followed -but not all. I have merely
collected the items that interested me (for some reason) while at home.
Some major stories may have therefore escaped attention entirely.
However, if one is interested in trying to find some solution to the
problems facing us -then presumably one needs to have some idea of what
is happening in the world -and perhaps this collection can provide us
with starting points.
What is it?
- -A Conceptual Sketchbook
- -A Collection of Curiosities
- -An Inventory of Problems
- -A Portrait of a Period
What's in it?
Because I'm interested in the way
things are organised and they way they interact -I have tried to
conceptualise the various items in terms of different "Ecologies"
(Systems).
So Here is the News:
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Spot
the bias?
Of course all these reports are
written from a particular socio-political (economic) perspective.
They are all biased.
However, if one can spot the bias -then this too can give an
interesting insight
into how people thaink
(and presumably, act).
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