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		<title>Arts Thread: Sneak Peek At This Year&#8217;s Object Rotterdam</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:28:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<description><![CDATA[<span style="float: left; margin-right: 15px; display: inline;"><img width="236" height="190" src="http://www.psfk.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/project-rotterdam-236x190.jpg?fedaf9" class="attachment-236x190 wp-post-image" alt="project-rotterdam" title="project-rotterdam" /></span>The international arts fair features 20 designers of unique or limited edition design, crafts, and jewelry. ]]></description>
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		<title>How Significant are Digital Objects?</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[<span style="float: left; margin-right: 15px; display: inline;"><img width="181" height="190" src="http://www.psfk.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/hinkes-digital.jpg?fedaf9" class="attachment-236x190 wp-post-image" alt="hinkes-digital" title="hinkes-digital" /></span>` Playwright and programmer Llewellyn Hinkes has a brilliant essay over at The Morning News which explores how people tend to assign and associate memories, emotion, meaning and significance to physical objects &#8211; what he describes as a kind of fetishisation. And he wonders about the decreasing value and significance we place on all the digital, formerly physical objects in our lives. In one insightful passage, Hinkes talks about why the tangible holds so much value for people: there is something very primal in coveting and collecting things. It’s more akin to a low-level obsessive-compulsive desire for memories. Having memories<a title="How Significant are Digital Objects?" href="http://www.psfk.com/2009/05/how-significant-are-digital-objects.html">Read more...</a>]]></description>
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