Foucault News

News and resources on French thinker Michel Foucault (1926-1984)

Above picture can be found here And on another site..(fastcodesign.com) Note to Designers: Forget Wearables, Tackle Senseables Ravi Sawney, CEO of RKS, calls on designers to think about the next stage of personal technology. Let’s face it: the concept behind wearables—collecting data on oneself—is something people have sought for generations. French philosopher Michel Foucault, for …

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Miro Brada, Discontinuity, the new Artform This film was presented during an exhibition in Holland Park, UK between 18.Oct-3.Nov 2013: http://mirobrada.blogspot.co.uk/2013/… It is partially based on the philosophy of Michel Foucault… The interview I was doing with Miroslav Marcelli (a student of Foucault) about Foucault philosophy is here: http://mirobrada.blogspot.co.uk/2013/… You can also find this interview …

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To Be King To Be King To Be King by Christine Dixie is an animated video installation informed by the first chapter in Michel Foucault’s book ‘The Order of Things’ (1966), entitled Las Meninas. Opening Reception: 26th February 2015 from 6pm, Preview from 4pm with the artist Exhibition: 26th February – 7th March 2015 (Sulger-Buel Lovell …

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Mauricio (see comments) explains that this is one of a series of buildings named after philosophers. So there are also a Nietzsche building and a Durkheim building. With thanks to Dyogo Leão for this news. Edifício Michel Foucault Further info 01 – Introdução • Como todo imóvel Ágata, o padrão de acabamento do Edifício Michel …

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