Theo Jansen’s Strandbeest
Do Ho Suh’s Floor
Tomoko Takahashi’s Allurements of Mass Media causes a stir, if performance artists drink till they fall over how long before the rest of the population follow?
A wonderful collection of photos from film found in cameras by a camera collector.
via we make money not art
As you may be aware the Department of Finance are calling for submissions in their ongoing review of the Artists’ Tax Exemption. The Arts Council have started an email postcard campaign to call on the Minister to preserve this vital lifeline for Irish artists, their press release clearly states the case for the tax exemption and kills many of the myths about the exemption.
Q.How many Bush administration officials does it take to screw in a lightbulb?
A. click
and while we’re on the lightbulb topic
Q. How many performance artists does it take to screw in a lightbulb?
A. I dunno, I left after the first four hours
Letterman mocks Bush’s manly hammering skills, apologies to all our little girl readership but c’mon you know you’re no good at hammering stuff but at least you’re not pretending to be a cowboy, from the always amusing one good move. And if you liked that you’ll love Jon Stewart’s Daily Show every day on More4 the new C4 channel (where available).
Very nice UFO sightings visualisation using google maps, make sure to check out the google ads on the page.
via Eyebeam
Kid gets picture of Bush, sticks a thumbtack though it and rephotographs it with himself giving the thumbs up for a school project, walmart photolab call the thoughtpolice cops who call to the school to investigate. Fuck Yeah!
via Eyebeam
The new Cat Power album entitled The Greatest will be released January Matador have the full track listing, details of the world tour if you’re feeling brave and a free mp3 of the title track (MP3 link) to download, , she’s back with a band and sounds great.
A feast of photography goes under the hammer in NY, among the items that caught my eye were a complete set of Nicholas Nixon’s 30 Brown sister photos (his wife and her sisters) for $180,000, Alberto Korda’s uncropped Che print for $16,800 and a nice Robert Frank for $22,000.
Oh and that Yul Brynner mentioned at Galleryhopper, it’s here.
From the Guardian first accounts of Rachel Whiteread’s Tate Modern Turbine Hall installation
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WalkSpace for the iPhone is an alternative walking app to let you navigate the city in a new and unexpected way.
