http://tdar.info/blog Wed, 29 Jul 2009 17:04:23 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Two recent stories have me thinking that TDAR ought to open a Psychological Services Division. First, today's NYTimes reports an ongoing battle on Wikipedia over the publication of all 10 plates from Hermann Rorschach's famous Rorschach test, the ambiguous inkblots that a patient is supposed to interpret. I had no ... http://tdar.info/blog/2009/07/29/psyche-out/ Oh! Snap! A chance meeting with Philly's own Chris Powell reveals how TDAR is on everyone's mind. He was spotted sporting the jewelry right there- Flava Flav style.  Indeed, it's real embroidered bling done by the fine fellows at Obey Your Brain. It's as if we have hired them.  Or ... http://tdar.info/blog/2009/06/19/bling/ The previous postings are a live account of TDAR's Monday activity. For those coming late to the game: circa autumn a certain local educator approached TDAR after seeing our FLUX exhibit at Historic Yellow Springs. He invited TDAR to consider creating a project that would address the issue of ... http://tdar.info/blog/2009/05/21/highschool-wrap/ 2:20 p.m. - A dramatic climax! With our greatest crowd of the day (approx. 60 people), the a capella group gave an impromptu singing lesson / concert! 1:09 p.m. - Just learned how to spot a WWII airplane! 12:49 p.m. - Too many updates to mention. We've had a few more 3-D ... http://tdar.info/blog/2009/05/18/live-from-high-school/ We arrive [fergcorp_cdt_single date="18 May 2009, 05:00:00"]. http://tdar.info/blog/2009/05/12/high-school-countdown/ This is the Padlock video the previous post refers to. It is all well and good viewed here with a nice steady internet connection, but let's  be clear: this exists on a VHS tape, playing from the purest white television compact set in the Padock Gallery in south philly. Indeed. http://tdar.info/blog/2009/05/09/the-video/ [singlepic=238,320,240,,left] TDAR rolled out its video recap remix at Padlock Gallery in South Philadelphia this past Saturday. The show featured a smörgåsbord of PIFAS paraphernalia and performance. Showing artists included the usual suspects--too many to name here, but if you take a gander at the PIFAS faculty page ... http://tdar.info/blog/2009/05/06/tdar-showing-now-at-padlock/ For those out and about this weekend--TDAR will be screening a "greatest hits" video from our "Academic Aesthetic Breakout Session" project this Saturday, May 2nd, from 8 p.m. - midnight at Padlock Gallery. The video is TDAR'S contribution to Padlock's "PIFAS at Padlock" show, which features new work from ... http://tdar.info/blog/2009/04/29/saturday-pifas-padlock/ When TDAR shows up at the local high school, we likely won't be wearing our usual professorial garb. That's because in our effort to explore "academic integrity", we'll be trading roles with the students and asking them to teach us something. At the risk of explaining too much, I'll quickly ... http://tdar.info/blog/2009/04/26/doing-it-at-a-high-school/ Work continues on TDAR'S high school "academic integrity" project.  After discovering that the pvc plumbing joint we really needed didn't exist, we finally erected our new temporary classroom--an old idea we've just now gotten around to trying out in preparation for this event.   The cube is shown here at ... http://tdar.info/blog/2009/04/20/temporary-classroom-temporarily-assembled/