@ Symbol@MoMA

New York's Museum of Modern Art ads the @ symbol to its design collection.

An enlightened view of acquisition that would never occur to a Ferengi.
http://www.moma.org/explore/inside_out/2010/03/22/at-moma/

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5owXCZ0CDg&NR=1

Video: Louis Armstrong's Potato Head Blues
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_b1pgu8v3Z8

How can a thousand-year old symbol be considered modern design?

Thanks to Glenn Lambert for calling this to my attention.

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[garyfromwv40]

I posted this video to a friend's Facebook page. He's an art enthusisast, and I thought he might get a kick out of the subject matter and you, mickeleh. I didn't know exactly how he'd react because he can be a bit prickly at times. (He loathes so-called installations and performance art.) But he loved your video. I was very pleased.

[mickeleh]

@garyfromwv40 I once heard Laurie Anderson say in an interview that any art tha includes the word "art" in its name is not art. (And Anderson is usually described as a performance artist). Thanks for spreading the word.

[fluroescence]

I'm going to acquire the entire comment section.

[mickeleh]

@fluroescence wise choice. And funny, too.

[LARPSC]

*******CORRECTION****: It's not DARPAnet mickeleh... Its actually ARPAnet.... Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency or DARPA just happened to be funding the project...

[mickeleh]

@LARPSC Thanks for that.

[YourAverageAdam]

i am acquiring the museum of modern art. also, i am acquiring a twix bar.

[pisse3000]

In sweden it's known as 'snabelA' or 'A with a trunk' :D

[Hudzan]

In Bulgaria and Belgium its also called monkey's tail

[Ramian1]

i had fun reading about naming of the @ in other cultures, oh other cultures, will you ever cease to amaze me?

[WatchingMatthew]

I like finding out about information that other people wouldn't care about, but I do lol

[DarkHunterJim]

In Norway we caled it "krøllalfa" or "alfakrøll" in english it means "spinning A" or something. "Alfa" is "A" like Alfa, Beta and all the others......

[fuckyeahtommilsom]

I didn't know it was so old. Neat.

And YES for a genderneutral/transgender symbol, I LIKE that idea.

[GarrisonJensen]

Tacos. The circle "O", This thing that looks like a airplane ✈....

[tekilatree]

I like you ^^ .. Not that it matters, but it's always nice to hear...