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There's also Kenneth Goldsmith's UbuWeb, a curated directory of (hard or impossible-to-find) avant-garde art, music, writing, video. Launched in 1996. http://u

by marttt 8y ago

There's also Kenneth Goldsmith's UbuWeb, a curated directory of (hard or impossible-to-find) avant-garde art, music, writing, video. Launched in 1996. http://ubu.com http://ubu.com https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UbuWeb https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UbuWeb

Funes- 8y ago
This one's great. I've lost count of how many films I've watched that I would have never found otherwise. Here's another big art repository: https://monoskop.org/Monoskop https://monoskop.org/Monoskop And a very well-documented collection (a "wiki") of paintings, also non-profit: https://wikiart.org https://wikiart.org
- marttt 8y ago
  +1, I forgot about Monoskop, a truly fascinating resource. Another interesting one is Aaaaarg (according to Monoskop's wiki, originally with one less "a", acronym of Artists, Architects, and Activists Reading Group): https://aaaaarg.fail/ https://aaaaarg.fail/ https://monoskop.org/Aaaaarg https://monoskop.org/Aaaaarg Basically it's a collaborative environment for reading, annotating and discussing texts. The content is submitted by users and (thus) of high quality. I think you need an invite to access the community. Also, the domain used to be aaaaarg.org, but I think they faced copyright issues of some kind and had to find an alternative domain. (Not sure about this; excellent new suffix, though!) EDIT: More precise description: https://www.memoryoftheworld.org/blog/2014/10/28/aaaaarg-org/ https://www.memoryoftheworld.org/blog/2014/10/28/aaaaarg-org...
randomsearch 8y ago
Possible contrarian insight: in the era of recommendation systems, hand-curation is due a big comeback. I’ve been listening to the BBC’s Introducing Mixtape podcast for a while. I also use Spotify and really enjoy its recommendation but the 6 Music podcast is just stellar. As paywalls restore quality journalism, I believe a renaissance for curated content is possible.
- bopbop 8y ago
  Interesting - what would the evidence that current paywalls are/have restored quality journalism be? As in, do you believe this uptick in quality journalism has already happened/is happening? And what associates it with paywalls? Presumably you'd have to be seeing quality journalism behind paywalls for this to be case?
aasasd 8y ago
searches for the go-to litmus test of Gruuthaagy Welp, apparently this is the rare case where ‘avant-garde’ isn't the same as ‘experimental’ or ‘underground.’

by marttt 8y ago

Funes- 8y ago

This one's great. I've lost count of how many films I've watched that I would have never found otherwise. Here's another big art repository: https://monoskop.org/Monoskop https://monoskop.org/Monoskop And a very well-documented collection (a "wiki") of paintings, also non-profit: https://wikiart.org https://wikiart.org

marttt 8y ago
+1, I forgot about Monoskop, a truly fascinating resource. Another interesting one is Aaaaarg (according to Monoskop's wiki, originally with one less "a", acronym of Artists, Architects, and Activists Reading Group): https://aaaaarg.fail/ https://aaaaarg.fail/ https://monoskop.org/Aaaaarg https://monoskop.org/Aaaaarg Basically it's a collaborative environment for reading, annotating and discussing texts. The content is submitted by users and (thus) of high quality. I think you need an invite to access the community. Also, the domain used to be aaaaarg.org, but I think they faced copyright issues of some kind and had to find an alternative domain. (Not sure about this; excellent new suffix, though!) EDIT: More precise description: https://www.memoryoftheworld.org/blog/2014/10/28/aaaaarg-org/ https://www.memoryoftheworld.org/blog/2014/10/28/aaaaarg-org...

randomsearch 8y ago

Possible contrarian insight: in the era of recommendation systems, hand-curation is due a big comeback. I’ve been listening to the BBC’s Introducing Mixtape podcast for a while. I also use Spotify and really enjoy its recommendation but the 6 Music podcast is just stellar. As paywalls restore quality journalism, I believe a renaissance for curated content is possible.

bopbop 8y ago
Interesting - what would the evidence that current paywalls are/have restored quality journalism be? As in, do you believe this uptick in quality journalism has already happened/is happening? And what associates it with paywalls? Presumably you'd have to be seeing quality journalism behind paywalls for this to be case?

aasasd 8y ago

searches for the go-to litmus test of Gruuthaagy Welp, apparently this is the rare case where ‘avant-garde’ isn't the same as ‘experimental’ or ‘underground.’