Off To a Great Start

Submitted by jesse on Sat, 01/07/2012 - 10:24

We're still in the process of getting the Academy up and running, yet we're thrilled with the response we've had from friends and the public. For example Joshua Errett wrote a great article in NOW magazine emphasizing our desire to adapt education for the internet age.

We also had a wonderful first event to kick off our Impossible Ideas series, with Rick Salutin joining us to discuss popular uprisings and protests around the world. Video from that event is now available via YouTube.

There are currently two programs active at the Academy, the Street Writers who meet on Tuesday evenings, and the Hacking Reality program presented by Metaviews, which meets Thursday evenings and Sunday afternoons. There are four other programs currently in development, and we have received several other applications for programs that we hope will start in the weeks and months to come. Keep an eye on this site and our events page for updates.

If you have an impossible idea of your own, our application to propose a program at the Academy of the Impossible is now open. Please feel encouraged to submit your own programming idea, and hopefully we can work with you to make it happen.

Topics

"Why, sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast."
—Red Queen, Alice in Wonderland

“Be Realistic:
Demand the Impossible"
—political slogan used by
the Situationists in 1968

“Let's set our sights beyond the abominations of today to divine another possible world.”
—Eduardo Galeano

"Impossible is not a fact. It's an opinion. Impossible is not a declaration. It's a dare. Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary. Impossible is nothing."
- Muhammad Ali