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Test

Posted on August 27, 2014 by xenjacob

This is a test of the blog.

Posted in Activism, Composition, Cybernetics, Language, Performance

10 to 4

Posted on January 26, 2011 by meadow

School for Designing a Society 10 to 4 by Susan Parenti 10 to 4 is an acoustic play which twists shards of political activism and thought’s aging into the brain of language. The play posits a “language brain”: given that…

Posted in Activism, Composition, Cybernetics, Language, Performance

Cybernetics Conference in Urbana

Posted on June 1, 2008 by admin

by elizaBeth Simpson Larry Richards refers to Cybernetics as “a way of thinking about ways of thinking, of which it is one”. During May 11-14, the 2008 American Society for Cybernetics Conference was hosted in Urbana, Illinois. The theme was…

Posted in Cybernetics

Leap Day House Concert

Posted on February 29, 2008 by admin

by Jacob Barton On Leap Day 2008, recent SDaS students presented a House Concert in the living room of La Casa Grande Colectiva, a co-op house in historic East Urbana. The offerings were variegated: a science fiction therapy scene, an…

Posted in Activism, Composition, Cybernetics, Language, Performance, Video

Matriztic Institute in Santiago de Chile

Posted on July 31, 2007 by admin

By Rob Scott I first encountered the work of Humberto Maturana at the School for Designing a Society, where his ideas about neurophysiology and cognition have been foundational. It was a great priviledge for me to attend a one-week course…

Posted in Cybernetics

Graphics by Herbert Brün on exhibit at the University of Illinois

Posted on May 6, 2007 by admin

An opening reception, to mark an exhibit of graphics by Herbert Brün, was held in the library at the School of Music at the University of Illinois on May 3, 2007. Herbert taught in the Music Department at the University…

Posted in Composition, Cybernetics, Language

Constructivism, Design, Cybernetics: Radical, Social, 2nd Order

Posted on April 12, 2007 by admin

By Mark Enslin The School for Designing a Society co-hosted the 2007 meeting of the American Society for Cybernetics, from March 30th to April 1st. Unlike its other professional meetings, which typically are hosted at universities or chain hotels, this…

Posted in Cybernetics, Project Report, Video

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