sexta-feira, 10 de setembro de 2004

Imitation of Christ In a unique collaboration with Creative Time, Imitation Of Christ has launched the most contemporary and renegade model of the retail experience. The store, a moveable installation, is a beautifully designed clear plexiglas box that contains the lone salesman (Jed of Imitation of Christ), the single item for sale each day (from an array of items ranging from the $7,000 couture dress on day 1 to an unpredictable temptation for $50), and a neon sign announcing the store. Capitalizing and commenting on the frenzy of Fashion Week in New York and challenging the pressure to conform to the retail approach, the Imitation of Christ store will sell just one item each day to the first buyer. Ephemeral in spirit, location and operating hours, the nomadic store literally picks up and changes locations throughout the day, and closes as soon as the item sells. A map, designed by Eric Anderson, can be found on www.creativetime.org where red dots change each day at 1:00pm to announce the strategically chosen store locations and times of operation for the day. After its New York debut, the store will pack up and open in Los Angeles, London, Paris and Tokyo. Creative Time's participation with The Imitation of Christ Retail Store continues its 30-year history of supporting art of all disciplines in the public realm — visual arts, film, fashion, music, and performance — that challenge established ideas and identities and invigorate our everyday experiences throughout the city. [from press release] Tip: don't miss some other recent projects done with Creative Time support; like 9-11 Tribute to Light and Anne-Marie Schleiner's Operation Urban Terrain :-) September 8 — September 15, 2004 Various Locations, NYC Link 10:30:26 PM  Google It!  comment []

"In the Shadow of No Towers" by Art Spiegelman. "This dark, troubling and sometimes hilarious 9/11 comic, created in a jumpy city uneasily balanced between Bush and Osama, may be the finest and most personal work of art to emerge from the tragedy. [Salon.com] 8:03:40 PM    comment []

Zentai woman. Xeni Jardin: Fleshbot points us to a pervtastic online gallery of zentai bondage fetish photos. What is zentai, you ask? Generally, it means a hot chick dressed up in a tightly fitted, opaque, body sock-y thing that covers every inch of her skin. Latex, leather, cloth, whatever. I'm trying to imagine what it must be like to be really turned on by this stuff. After a few minutes of squinting at my laptop, I still can't, so fuck it, I'll instead offer you this snip of engrish prose from the site: "The wonder space which cannot be moved satisfactorily ... How can the sound of the outside which can be heard through cloth really be heard?" Ponder that, grasshopper, while you click this Link. [Boing Boing] 1:58:18 PM    comment []

Furtherafield: a social art program “ Furthermore... a book of proposalsѼ. Meandering faux rural rustiche underwhelms hard edged modernism. Furthermore... is the latest installment in a story that has spanned half a decade. A story of a unique project following a community's move from three brutalist concrete towers to a cozy mock Victorian village. Over the last five years 25 artists have spent time living and working at Sheil Park in North Liverpool. For Furthermore these artists have been invited to propose a work for the newly finished estate which will be published as a book of proposals.” Artists involved: Jordan Baseman, Vittorio Bergamaschi, Catherine Bertola, Marcus Coates, Bill Drummond, Leo Fitzmaurice, Anna Fox, Neville Gabie, Stefan Gec, Lothar Gotz, Grennan&Sperandio, Dirk Konigsfeld, Kelly Large, David Mabb, Gary Perkins, Philip Reilly, Paul Rooney, Becky Shaw, Julian Stallabrass, Chloe Steele, Greg Streak, Tom Woolford, Elizabeth Wright. Curated by Neville Gabie and Leo Fitzmaurice “The last residents will have moved into their new homes at Sheil Park. Desirable ’close“ properties sandwiched between the neglected areas Kensington and Anfield in the north of the city. Within secure perimeter fences, the estate could be seen as a village oasis or a kind of open prison complex. Characterised by the vacancy of a dormitory town but surrounded by the menace of an inner city. In terms of regeneration too the development could be seen a first flush of spring in an area of permanent winter. A new physical landscape, populated by an unchanging community. A new dawn that seems oddly incongruous to the elderly population.” — ‘In ten years it will look like the estate the other side of the fence.’ Events and site visits Site Tours with “a book of proposals” based at the project Portacabin in Sheil Park 16th September - 3rd October 12pm - 6pm Or by appointment The Portacabin, Sheil Park Community Centre, Penlinken Drive, Sheil Road, Liverpool L6 Book launch party 18th Sept The Tudor Rooms, Prescott Road From 7pm till Late. Launch at 8pm Celebrity Auction/ Web cast Thursday 23rd Sept Bill Drummond will auction art and artifacts from FURTHER Up in the Air at Sheil Park Community Centre, Penlinken Drive, Sheil Road, Liverpool L6 Web cast by SPLICE Live at www.talkaoke.com. Come live to the event or bid on line by going to www.talkaoke.com/events/splicelive Link 1:46:25 PM  Google It!  comment []

Presidential campaign commercial archive 1952-2004. Mark Frauenfelder: "The Living Room Candidate" from the American Museum of the Moving Image is a mind-blowing and well-designed archive of Presidential Campaign commercials. I never forgot watching Lyndon Johnson's "Peace Little Girl" spot when I was three years old. Link [Boing Boing] 1:28:15 PM    comment []

Home movies. One of the more interesting developments in the 2004 presidential campaign is the home movie phenomenon. First there was "Outfoxed," Robert Greenwald's indictment of Rupert Murdoch's fair and balanced news channel, which opened not in a theater near you, but in your neighbor's house. And now we have "There's Something About W," a damning, point-by-point critique of the havoc wreaked by the Bush administration. Featuring the sober analysis of intelligent Bush critics like Paul Krugman, Molly Ivins and Kevin Phillips and enlivened by the one-liners of comedians like Bill Maher, Will Durst and Al Franken, the 40-minute documentary is a useful tool of political persuasion for the swing-voter couple who lives down the street. (Franken gets off the best shot: "During the 2000 campaign, when Bush said he was against nation building, I didn't realize he meant only our nation.") [Salon.com] 1:27:02 PM    comment []

Lonely Island: wack-ass online shorts and mp3s. Xeni Jardin: Last week in LA, I went to a Channel 101 screening -- monthly events where a edgy creatives show short films before a live audience, who in turn vote the work on or off the proverbial viewing island. The project isn't a cable TV show yet, but it ought to be. I understand they recently shot a cable pilot for FX, so perhaps it will. One of the teams who participate regularly in the Channel 101 showdowns is The Lonely Island, and they've just posted a bunch of their work online. It's terrific stuff. One of their pieces, which screened at last week's event, is a dry, deadpan music video performed by two guys, called, uh, "Just 2 Guyz." (MPEG-4 Link, MPEG-1 Link, 2 min.). I loved their "Nintendo" animated short, too (MPEG / Quicktime, 3 min.) Episodes of the Lonely Island short series The 'Bu are here (Link), with Sarah Chalke of Scrubs and Roseanne fame. Other celeb links -- Brooke Shields has a 5-minute bit in the begining of Episode 2: Regarding Ardy. (Link). Kal Penn (of Harold and Kumar and Gilmore Girls) plays Fred in Episode 2. A source close to the project says, "Kiefer Sutherland interrupted the filming of episode 1, then told all sorts of fanciful embellishments about it on Leno and Letterman. (Link)." Link to The Lonely Island, and Link to the Channel 101 site where you'll find more online shorts. [Boing Boing] 12:57:10 PM    comment []

Lab Notes from UC Berkeley. David Pescovitz: In this month's of Lab Notes from UC Berkeley Engineering, I look at: *Sniffing Out Airborne Diseases: integrating human cells and microfluidics to detect pathogens in the air *Wireless Ways to Go Green: the environmental impact of reading the news online *Protecting Planes with Fabric: testing next-generation ballistic cloth * The Invention of Virtual Cinematography: the key to The Matrix's "bulllet-time" sequence Link [Boing Boing] 12:29:31 PM    comment []

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