Television Delivers People, Richard Serra (1973)

04.23.2012 | by Dylan | Comment

Faces of the Taliban

03.05.2012 | by Dylan | Comment

Photographer, Larry Towell, gives us a glimpse of the other side.

“They’re not ominous; they’re not all wrapped up looking sinister,” he said. “(Some) just look like kids.” This glimpse into their camp humanizes the insurgents when the “media dehumanizes (the) enemy during war.” – read the story at CNN

Follow These Flys on Twitter

02.29.2012 | by Dylan | Comment

Artist, David Bowen taught this colony of house flies how to tweet.

“This device sends twitter messages based on the activities of a swarm of houseflies. The flies live inside an acrylic sphere along with a computer keyboard. As the flies move and interact inside their home they fly over the keys on the keyboard. These movements are collected in real-time via video. As a particular key is triggered by the flies the key’s corresponding character is entered into a twitter text box. When 140 characters are reached or the flies trigger the “enter” key the message containing the accumulated characters is tweeted. Thus twitter messages are sent in real-time based on the predilections of the swarm of flies.”

Follow them on twitter @flycolony

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Modified Turntable Plays Tree Rings

01.25.2012 | by Dylan | Comment

Rad: modified record player designed to interpret a fallen tree’s rings into rather dynamic piano pieces. Read more at treehugger.com

Police Brutality: The Coloring Book

01.24.2012 | by Dylan | Comment

“46 contemporary artists have contributed drawings in response to the recent wave of excessive force used by the police in U.S. cities.”

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Check out a slide show preview over at TWBE.

The Housing Market

01.23.2012 | by Dylan | Comment

Clever illustrated commentary on the housing market from Swedish designer, Patrik Svensson.
via: My Modern Met

ART THOUGHTZ: Damien Hirst

01.12.2012 | by Angella | Comment

Bottom line? Bono and Damien Hirst: Wearing the same glasses.
via: TWBE

Advanced Style Doc Looks Great

01.10.2012 | by Dylan | Comment

The good folks at Advanced style are releasing a new fashion documentary about “stylish New York older ladies.” Looks fun.

CUT ON THE DOTTED LINE

09.22.2011 | by Dylan | Comment

From LA Times: “An anonymous band of artists painted a giant pair of scissors and a dotted line on the face of 200-foot Matilija Dam near Ojai. For years, an alliance of environmentalists, fishermen, surfers and officials from every level of government has called for demolishing the obsolete structure, which was built in 1947. (Mel Melcon, Los Angeles Times / September 19, 2011)”

Bombs Aweigh

01.01.2011 | by Maxwell | Comment

A toast to a simple New Year.