Sources:
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Text: Cornelius Holtorf, “A Theory of Ruin-value”; Alex Scobie, “Hitler’s State Architecture”; Frederic Spotts, “Hitler and the Power of Aesthetics”; Naomi Stead, “The Value of Ruins: Allegories of Destruction in Benjamin and Speer”; Georges Bataille, “Visions of Excess”.

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sSpBwTbAc : Leon De la Rosa.

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RT @millsbaker: Calling writing "content" is like calling art "product" is like calling humans "resources" is like calling deaths "damage."—
Jesse Darling (@jessedarling) November 12, 2011

@jessedarling @millsbaker @whitecu_be the noun "content" vis a vi writing refers to it as being one of any number of possible output forms.—
Leon De la Rosa (@ernestoleondlr) November 12, 2011

@jessedarling @millsbaker @whitecu_be this way "user/generator of content" can replace "writer" "painter" "digital artist"=equally creative—
Leon De la Rosa (@ernestoleondlr) November 12, 2011

content will eventually replace all other placeholders for creative output because it puts all of them on the same level. #NoHierarchies—
Leon De la Rosa (@ernestoleondlr) November 12, 2011

contentUSEDcontentGENERATED [THREEexamples]

Apoemic[e]BOOK

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one of these days I'll find these truths to be selfevident #LaGuerraDeCalderon #OWS #Tripoli #Guantanamo #TheWorld http://twitpic.com/72b1qd

#Occupy urself. Ur #99Percent is still our #1Percent. #FirstWorld #ThirdWorld Bigger? http://tinyurl.com/3u6bqhz

the passion of the pissCHRIST to #worship is to #deface #urine is #sterile, #blood is #fertile

at its core, content is malleable and much easier to manipulate than techniques; especially when these are elevated to axioms. #remix—
Leon De la Rosa (@ernestoleondlr) October 06, 2011

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suerte.

in the near future distances will be measured in heartbeats
moments passed will be valued in breaths
finality will not be much more than empty doorways
and nightfall will be taken over
by the brightest of chatter
the noncommitment of breakfast by the kitchen counter
the wetness of lips
as they steal a kiss
off a forgotten cigarette

in the near future history books will be collections of twirling tongues and saliva drops
your voice will travel
from doorknobs to windows
from intestines to fingertips
from menstrual blood to semen scabs
the echo of your every word
will trigger my every step like a vile of blood que me acompaña
en mi cada viaje a casa
mi cada retorno a donde quiera
en donde nunca estoy

in the near future i will be dead
because only decay and demise
poseen nudillos suficientes
to perpetually grasp change

in the near future i will no longer miss you and i will no longer fear you
you will be my lover next door
and i will recognize your every inch of skin by smell alone
i will have no country
solo vecinos
i will have no flag
solo apellidos
no tendre fronteras
only personal spaces
i will have no language
sin cultura
only labios
solo garganta
opposable thumbs
y un puño entero de corazon

b.#TUS 10.04.11
d.#CJS 18.12.11

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From Lessig’s tmblr. on the figth against “piracy act”.

The beginning of a proposal for a case of Practice-Based Reasearch

(to be presented as part of ARE 695a on 11.16.11)

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memes–>genes for culture–>minimum units of cultural information–>nuggets of culture–> internet memes–>amplified nuggets of culture–>animated GIFs as (potential) internet memes

animated GIFs–>packets of information–>information tightly packed–>small sequential files–>packets that unpack themselves–>content as form(?)–>aesthetic information(?)

Master Narratives in Pop Culture (The Aesthetic Experience)

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The Foucault, Galub, Galindo, Tripoli, Occupy Wall Street and Mexico’s (drug) war on drugs case.

The three last names brought into one single packet of information that unpacks itself.

What about the three situations? How to create a context and propagate the packet?

Tweets as linguistic Animated GIFs–>140 char limitation similar to frame rate:file size limitations–>small packet that can contain large amounts of information.

Other cases

These Ignited Estates #Libya #Mexico #US #Italy #Greece #Spain #Congo #Chile #Afghanistan #Iran #Everywhere #World

#Occupy urself. Ur #99Percent is still our #1Percent. #FirstWorld #ThirdWorld Bigger? http://tinyurl.com/3u6bqhz

Do you look/smile like a #consumer? I LUV #OLPC but some questions can still be asked http://tinyurl.com/3horu7j

Nothing intimidates me more than #feminism. I've nothing intelligent to add. #femiNAZism #machSEXism #apoloJUDGism

the passion of the pissCHRIST to #worship is to #deface #urine is #sterile, #blood is #fertile

Questions:

• do these constitute cases of practice-based art criticism?

• could they be incorporated in the practice of critical education?

• possible paths in search of answers

• more theory on memes (internet & otherwise) as educational tools

• more theory on cognitive aspects of animated GIF’s

• implementation of social media in educational practices

• integration into education within institutions

• educational practices without institutions

• possible frameworks

• pedagogy (& theatre) of the oppressed (Friere & Boal)

• rhizomatic theory (Deleuze & Guatari)

• remix theory (Amerika & Lessig)

• media & hacker theory (McLuhan, Wark & McKay)

• meme theory (Blackmore & Stryker)

• aestheticism (Gaut)

• possible methods

• practice based research

• auto ethnography

• fieldwork research (online communities)

• action research (college art classes)

one final question:

can abstractions constitute research and education?

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