ITL HW Assigned Jan 28. due Jan 30 // A. Read or Listen to "The Plastic Backlash" by Stephen Buranyi theguardian.com/environment/20… OR theguardian.com/news/audio/201… // B. Send out 2 Tweets before Wed. Class // Details in Attached Image #SGDPlastic (~1 Hour of work)

HW Assigned Jan 30 for #SGDPlastic // A. Watch longnow.org/seminars/02012… by Susan Freinkel Long Now Foundation // B. Read donellameadows.org/archives/lever… // C. Send out 4 total tweets (2x for each text) // 3 - 5 hours of work. // Be ready to discuss on Monday.

Silent Spring, Population Bomb, Ozone Hole… "What these examples tell us is that threats to life on earth (particularly when they occur elsewhere or in the future) need to be aestheticized in order to carry moral or environmental outrage." #SGDPlastic critical-art.net/necopolitics/

HW assigned Feb 4 #SGDPlastic // A. WATCH 1. William McDonough ted.com/talks/william_… // 2. MBDC_C2C youtube.com/watch?v=JBu6K-… // B. WRITE 3 tweets. At least 1 for each video.

HW due on MON Feb. 11: Pitch us an app. #SGDPlastic // Don't forget the #PIVOT (by Dominic Basulto) washingtonpost.com/news/innovatio…

ITL HW due Wed Feb 13: #MaterialFutures // A. READ A Grand Plan… by Carolyn Kormann about The Ocean Cleanup newyorker.com/magazine/2019/… // B. WATCH Fashion has a pollution problem… by @NatsaiAudrey of Making With Life ted.com/talks/natsai_a… // C. WRITE 1x tweet for each. // #SGDPlastic

iITL HW Due MON Feb 18: MICRO EXHIBITION // SUMMARY: 1. Find three artifacts // 2. Photograph them // 3. Write about the three artifacts // 4. Make a title and tell a story // 5. Be ready to talk about your micro exhibition in class. #SGDPlastic

Homework due before the start of class on Monday Feb. 25th PLASTIC: TOPIC AREAS. Follow the instructions on the 4 slides below. All together you should submit a minimum of 7 tweets by next Monday. Use images, video, URLS or other media #SGDPlastic

HW Due on WED. Feb 27 for #SGDPlastic: Choose and tweet about 3 pieces that you think would be a great fit for the exhibition described here opencall.sciencegallery.com/plastic

Friends, I have found,,, a salmon vending machine

HW due by end of day THU Mar 7th, #SGDPlastic: A. 3x about the potential TOPIC of your final project. (For these, the more specific, the better) B. 2x about the potential FORM of your final project (For these, the more unexpected and hybrid the better.) Be ready to discuss.

The #LAX 7-11 knows you don’t trust it. The Caution tape doesn’t help. “Made Fresh Daily. Really. Every day.” Damn, I haven’t been to the US in a while.

ITL HW Due SUN Mar 17: Mini Literature Review for Final Project. Tweet 3x photos or URLs of texts related to your final topic idea #SGDPlastic

ITL HW Due before class on WED Mar 20: Draft Slide Deck #SGDPlastic

Slides from today's ITL Lecture: amazon.com/clouddrive/sha… #SGDPlastic

ITL HW Due on Wed MAR 27 // 1. Tweet & Comment on x3 exhibition designs you like // 2. Make a preliminary exhibition design sketch for your final project // #SGDPlastic

Saddened to hear about the passing of Agnès Varda. A flimmaker and artist whose work filled me with joy, curiosity and wonder about the possibilities of this world and others.

Join us next week as ITL students Trinity College Dublin present their final projects ScienceGalleryDublin on the topic of Plastic and #materialfutures dublin.sciencegallery.com/events/2019/04… #SGDPlastic

Strange wikipedia edit war happening over at the United Nations ipbes page. One can still access older versions by clicking through, but it is unfortunate and suspicious timing indeed. Wanted to use it in class this week, will try to jump in the fray after hours. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intergove…

‘I couldn’t remember when I last felt afraid on my bicycle. Not just anxious, but genuinely fearing for my life. I do now, after I cycled in Dublin last week’ bicycledutch.wordpress.com/2019/07/03/how…