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From CT4CT: Creative Tools for Critical Times
Every tool is a weapon if you hold it right. (Ani DiFranco, 1993)
CT4CT: Creative Tools for Critical Times is a repository of artistic projects that exist at the intersection of contemporary culture, critical theory, and civic engagement. It is a research project of the Institute for Public Pedagogy (iPP) and was created by David Darts as part of an ongoing study of contemporary art, emerging technologies, and social practices. more...
Visit the recently added page for information about new artists and projects. Click on the Discussion tab at the top of each page for information about additional artists and projects still to be added to this wiki. For links to related sites and groups, visit the resources page. If you have a comment or would like to participate in this project, contact darts[at]mediamind.org.
In a world increasingly defined by change, contemporary art and artists can provide powerful lenses for perceiving and understanding the technological, cultural, economic and environmental transformations happening around us. As McLuhan pointed out over 30 years ago, art can serve as a “Distant Early Warning System” that can be relied upon to “tell the old culture what is beginning to happen to it.” more...
