ul lia href="http://www.pocproject.com/"POC/a/li lia href="http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art/features/frisson-of-power-blockbusting-art-shows-1044167.html"Frisson of power: blockbusting art shows - Features, Art - The Independent/abr/ Byzantium, Babylon and now the Tsars. The blockbuster shows of the moment all celebrate the art and artefacts of long-lost empires. Tom Lubbock thinks he knows why/li lia href="http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/visual_arts/article5270325.ece"Turner winner Mark Leckey attacks 'shock art' - Times Online/abr/ “I kind of hate the relationship the press in Britain has towards art,” he said. “I hate the way it’s all Damien Hirst and Tracey Emin and Banksy. They expect spectacle and shock. Art is not like that. The art world I know is not like that; it’s a whole other world.”/li lia href="http://blog.aapglobal.com/2008/11/30/marnix/"Interview with Visual Artist Marnix de Nijs | Aap!Global! Blog!/abr/ Marnix de Nijs is as one of the leading exponents of interactive sculptures, and recently sat down with Aap! to discuss some of his recent artwork that explores the dynamics between the human body, machines and other technology./li lia href="http://varnelis.net/blog/george_orwell_in_the_sentient_city"george orwell in the sentient city | varnelis.net/abr/ Yesterday#039;s New York Times reports on something I#039;ve been saying all along: that the sentient city is also a surveillance city and the digital trail we leave as we move through it allows corporations and governments to spy on us like never before. Yes, there#039;s a chance it#039;s all for our benefit. But for how long? See You#039;re Leaving a Digital Trail. What About Privacy?/li /ul