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Saturday, April 28, 2012

The magnitude of mindfulness: Fellows Friday with David Gurman

The Nicholas Shadow — St Ignatius Church, San Francisco, 2009. A Russian-founded Orthodox church bell bearing the icon of St Nicholas tolled hourly registering the number of reported civilian deaths in Iraq on that day. Click to see larger size. Photo: David Gurman
The magnitude of mindfulness: Fellows Friday with David Gurman

Artist David Gurman’s installations use live data feeds from conflict zones to trigger lights, tolling bells, shadows and more, connecting us to the rhythms and intensity of far-away violence in real time.

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