Andrew Bruce
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The Ethical Mirror
There is a recurring anxiety in discussions of artificial intelligence that AI systems merely “reflect” their users back to themselves. Usually this is framed negatively: the machine becomes an echo chamber for delusion, narcissism, bias, or compulsion. This concern is real. But perhaps the metaphor of the mirror itself deserves deeper attention. Mirrors are not
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Fatiha Pratice – 13 May
I’m happier with today’s attempt. I was quite discouraged after my version of the 11th and couldn’t bring myself to practice yesterday. Today I went back to the Lo Fi audio and did a ‘listen and repeat’, but without the distraction of trying to read a transliteration whiel I did it. I’m still strugling to
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‘Dippin’ Strips and Caesar
This family favourite is inspired by one of my student days lunches: White Spot’s ‘Dippin’ Strips and Caeser’ bought at the Triple O’s concession in SFU’s quadrangle. I see this is no longer on the menu so I guess it’s now a heritage recipe. Just like the dish itself is ‘inspired’ by White Spot, my
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“Perogie” night
Tonight’s dinner was pierogi ruskie, or “perogies” as we called them growing up. They’re a favourite around here and the musings about ‘not having had perogies in a while’, turned to requests to ‘have perogies soon’, to ‘you’re making perogies right? I just bought some…’ I don’t mind taking requests, and perogies are a hometown
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Fatiha Practice – 11 May
Deeply unsatisfactory practice today…I tried a cold read from another transliteration. This one arranges the syllables in an odd way and added vowel sounds at the end of each line that don’t fit with my other experiences of the text.
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Dev Log: Pushing the Optical Challenge
Up to this point, the game has relied on a left-eye-only ghost piece — a subtle way of encouraging the weaker eye to do more of the perceptual work. It was effective, but only for a while. After enough sessions, I noticed something had shifted. The challenge was still there in theory, but in practice
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Problems of Method and ‘Working Through’ in Joseph Beuys
Few 20th century artists provoked as much debate around the merits of their art as Joseph Beuys. In spite of the volumes of art historical and critical work dedicated to his legacy, there remain numerous gaps in the interpretation of his work. As many have noted, these gaps exist in part due to Beuys own
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The Birds and the Bees (and Basalt and Trees) of Joseph Beuys
The Birds – Natural History in Beuys and Deleuze/Guattari Beuys’ work shows his attempts to make tangible the philosophic and political post modernism that we now identify with Deleuze and Guattari. Where the two philosophers rely on examples from natural history to work out pre- and para- political theories, Beuys attempts to work out and