Interesting thread on how trees should be managed by city councils, vs “topping”
‘Dr Eoin Lettice on Twitter: “At the risk of repeating myself, a serious discussion needs to be had about how @corkcitycouncil and its agents are managing our mature trees in the public realm. This horror show from Ballyphehane today. Topping trees is bad practice for a whole bunch of reasons. [Thread]’
(tags: topping trees ireland maintainance dcc)
James Bridle / New Ways of Seeing
This will be a must-listen, starting this week on BBC Radio 4 and for download: ‘New Ways of Seeing considers the impact of digital technologies on the way we see, understand, and interact with the world. Building on John Berger’s seminal Ways of Seeing from 1972, the show explores network infrastructures, digital images, systemic bias, education and the environment, in conversation with a number of contemporary art practitioners.’
(tags: seeing vision machine-learning james-bridle internet digital future art)