<nettime-ann> [ann] Turbulence Commission: "Exegesis" by Kushal Dave

["Turbulence" <turbulence@turbulence.org>]

November 1, 2005
Turbulence Commission: "Exegesis" by Kushal Dave
http://turbulence.org/works/exegesis
Needs Java 1.4 + [see http://turbulence.org/works/exegesis/about.html 
for other technical recommendations]

"Exegesis" is an attempt to understand how people quote the Bible - which
parts they choose to quote, and why. It highlights the portions that
appear most often on the web and presents excerpts from some of them.

The Bible is quoted in a range of contexts: political, academic,
scientific, ethical, literary, and, of course, religious. All are on
display, along with careful discussion about the meanings and
implications of every line. Where the Bible is used to persuade, Dave is
particularly interested in whether it is treated as a set of facts and
literal dictates, or as an eloquent expression of subjective ideas. Many
pages examine the subtleties, ambiguities and contradictions in the
Bible, while others make explicit statements such as "God Hates Fags."
"Amidst all this, though," says Dave, "a picture of a beautiful and 
inspirational Bible emerges, with popular passages seemingly just as
likely to be encouraging as proscriptive."

"Exegesis" places a set of rules in motion. No editorial selection is
applied.

"Exegesis" is a 2005 commission of New Radio and Performing Arts, Inc.,
(aka Ether-Ore) for its Turbulence web site. It was made possible with
funding from the Murray G. and Beatrice H. Sherman Charitable Trust.

BIOGRAPHY

Kushal Dave is a software engineer at Google, New York, where he works on
a range of projects. His previous job was at IBM Research in Cambridge,
where he had the privilege of catching the visualization bug while
studying Slashdot, emails, and wikis with Martin Wattenberg. Kushal has
long been obsessed with citation and commentary, having produced an
annotated version of presidential debates and a program to analyze
product reviews. He has a B.S. in Computer Science from Yale University.

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