Adora Svitak We’re used to the characteristics of social media – participation, connection, instant gratification – and when school doesn’t offer the same, it’s easy to tune out. – Adora Svitak Characteristics Quotes Connection Quotes Easy Quotes Gratification Quotes Instant Quotes Media Quotes Offer Quotes Participation Quotes School Quotes Social Quotes Tune Quotes My family joke that I’m really a very senior person who accidentally happens to be 11. In many countries, schools are preparing students to participate in a democratic environment; yet schools themselves tend to be extremely autocratic, with all high-level decisions being made by adults.
Diane Ackerman On some summer days in New York City, the air hangs thickly visible, like the combined exhalations of eight million souls. Steam rising from vents underground makes you wonder if there isn’t one giant sweat gland lodged beneath the city. – Diane Ackerman
Hito Steyerl What institutions or galleries assume is that videos are available and that they can just stream them for free without taking into account any sort of production cost or anything like that because the web is seen as a sphere of distribution of things that are free. – Hito Steyerl
Nam June PaikTechnology Skin has become inadequate in interfacing with reality. Technology has become the body’s new membrane of existence. – Nam June Paik
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