I just stumbled upon the story of Josh Harris. How did I miss this until now???
“Josh Harris is the founder of Jupiter Communications and Pseudo.com. The dot-com pioneer dreamed up legendary art project Quiet: We Live in Public, a late ’90s spycam experiment that placed more than 100 artists in a “human terrarium” under New York City, with webcams capturing their every move. It ended badly, and Harris’ personal life later took a dive when he tried ...
Jon Rafman’s http://codesofhonor.com
Jaime Martinez‘ solo exhibition “Ciencias Sobrenaturales” opens tomorrow at the Vice Gallery in Mexico City and I wrote a little curatorial text for it. Don’t miss it!
Testo in pdf (italian version)
Manuel Palou, 5 Million Dollars 1 Terabyte, 2011
1 TB hard drive containing $5,000,000 worth of illegally downloaded files. A full list of the included files along with their download url can be found here.
[via sympathyfortheartgallery]
David Byrne made a bunch of fake screenshots for iPhone apps that don’t exist. They’ll be in an exhibit called ‘Social Media,’ at The Pace Gallery (510 West 25th Street) from September 16 – October 15:
“The exhibition focuses on contemporary artists exploring public platforms for communication and social networks through an aesthetic and conceptual lens. In an era of increasingly omnipresent new technologies, Social Media examines the impact of these systems as they transform ...
