This week, we unpack some of the challenges around deciding that something is not art, just because you don’t agree with it or understand it. Does making art an “ism” stifle growth and innovation? Also, long before drones surveilled us, there were...pigeons? Plus, a tease of next week’s show, where we will be talking about what some believe to be the future of photography. Ilse Bing is our Photographer of the Week.

Links for this episode:

• On Taking Pictures - Google+ - Assignment: #metal
  
• Pier Exposure Set at MoMA form 1971
  
• Why is Modern Art so Bad? - Prager University
  
• The Throne of the Third Heaven of the Nations' Millennium General Assembly by James Hampton / American Art
  
• MoMA PS1 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• Pigeon photography - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• Turn Your iPhone Into a Crappy 1985 Camcorder With This App
  
• Algorithm turns any picture into the work of a famous artist
  
• The Next Revolution in Photography Is Coming | TIME
  
• The Future of Photography | Photoshop Blog by Adobe
  
• The Hunt of the Unicorn - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• Ilse Bing - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• IlseBing1986.jpg (1023×828)
  
• Queen of the Leica - Dieselpunks
  

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