A New Year’s Reading List

A New Year’s Reading List

Some of the best known theorists of social practice published or toiled away at new books in 2011. Although I haven’t read them yet, I’d bet that this fresh wave of ink will churn the debate within this always contentious art sphere all the way through...
Episode 320: Christine Hill

Episode 320: Christine Hill

http://traffic.libsyn.com/badatsports/Bad_at_Sports_Episode_320-Christine_Hill.mp3 download This week: Duncan, Brian, and Abigail Satinsky in conversation with Christine Hill at the Open Engagement conference, which took place from May 13 to 15, 2011 at Portland...
Detroit is Alive: Pay Attention

Detroit is Alive: Pay Attention

If I was an artist or, uh, social practitioner working in Detroit right now, I’d be pretty pissed off at all the obsessive media focus devoted to what’s been dubbed ‘Detroit Ruin Porn’ (for a great critique of said genre of porn, see this)....
Episode 249: Ted Purves

Episode 249: Ted Purves

http://traffic.libsyn.com/badatsports/Bad_at_Sports_Episode_249-Ted_Purves.mp3 download This week: The first in our series of interviews from the Open Engagement conference that took place in Portland this past May. We start off with an excellent discussion that...