Building Communities Through Mesh Networks
November 16, 2014 5:49 pm Leave your thoughtsAlyx Baldwin is the kind of technologist we love. While we are impressed which much of Baldwin’s work, the project Tidepools... View Article
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About Ben Valentine
Ben Valentine is a culture creator/critic/curator. From the Midwestern United States, Ben sought to become a part of exciting new conversations around culture by immersing himself online and within the small art community in Indiana. After living in New York City for two years where he worked as a writer and artist assistant, Ben moved to the Bay Area seeking a compromise between his passion for social work and art. Ben has curated for the Indianapolis Museum of Contemporary Art; co-curated the Tumblr Art Symposium; written for Hyperallergic, Idiom Mag, and C-Monster; interned with Creative Time; and is currently an Americorps VISTA with United Way of the Bay Area.
Crowd-Sourced Comics and the Power of Political Cartoons
September 25, 2014 10:01 am 3 CommentsNikahang Kowsar loves to make people laugh at the world’s problems, and he is deeply committed to doing so. As... View Article
Civic Engagement Through Play In Vietnam
August 10, 2014 1:47 am Leave your thoughtsA new publication we’ve been reading, Vietmeme, focuses on civic life in Vietnam as seen through and influenced by the... View Article