Highscreen, 2011, by Aram Bartholl:
“In this public intervention ‘HIGHSCREEN‘ I revived dumped CRT screen from the streets of Berlin to show Internet art on them before they eventually go to electronic hell. Featured works in this intervention: ’404′ by JODI 1997, ‘C.R.E.A.M.’ by Evan Roth 2010, ‘therevolvinginternet.com’ by Constant Dullaart 2010, ‘Super Mario Clouds’ by Cory Arcangel 2002″
This guy is a total genius…
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The italian artist group IOCOSE has thrown some real sunflower seeds on Ai Weiwei‘s porcelain ‘Sunflower Seeds’:
“The porcelain seeds, previously exhibited at the Turbine Hall at Tate Modern, are now part of a new artwork. The new artwork looks exactly the same as the previous one, as the natural seeds and those made of porcelain are indistinguishable from each other. IOCOSE reclaims the authorship of the new installation and reminds viewers of Ai Weiwei’s previous ...
The latest fashion accessory is brought to you by Motoi Ishibashi and Daito Manabe….
Homage to New York, by Jean Tinguely, is one of my favourite artworks of ALL time. I always read about it, I saw photographs, but I didn’t know about this documentary (shot by D.A. Pennebaker). So this is day to remember :-)
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John Cage performing Water Walk on a game show in 1960. Incredible stuff.
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Ryan Doyle, Eva and Franco Mattes aka 0100101110101101.ORG, Jeff Stark, Todd Chandler, Tod Seelie, and Steve Valdez went on a secret mission. For now, we have just one clue: the Zone…
“In the Summer 2010 a group of six artists who barely knew each other embarked on a journey to Chernobyl, to develop a secretive Plan C. The story is not clear at all, and it will probably never be.
They came from different parts of Europe ...
‘There is a new profession of trail blazers, those who find delight in the task of establishing useful trails through the enormous mass of the common record.’
Vannevar Bush, ‘As We May Think’, 1945
TRAILBLAZERS is a live web surf event where you can show off your PRO surfing skills. No keyboard, no google, just pure links! At the event, the participants use a prepared computer with a modified browser: the address bar is removed and each ...
No one beats Marina Abramovic in creating extremely strong emotional responses through performance.
Here you can find an intense report of the performance “The Artist is Present” at MoMA (NY)…
And here are Marco Anelli’s photos of all the people who sat in front of the artist…
In the photo above:
Ulay, Marina Abramović’s partner from 1975-1988, sits with her during her performance. This was the first time they “performed” together since The Great Wall Walk (1988), ...
The father of two kids participating in Tino Seghal’s work at the Guggenheim Museum wrote a great article for The Wall Street Journal SpeakEasy Blog:
I asked them, “Is it art?”
“Sure,” they said.
“But there are no pictures, no sculptures.” I pointed out.
My youngest responded “Yeah, but it’s like spiritual. Not like that stuff.”
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“Hollywood directors dreamed of it: the breakfast machine. Imagine a contraption that sets a chain reaction in motion at the push of a button, frying eggs, juicing oranges, brewing coffee, making toast, and serving it all on a plate with jam, meat and cheese. What a perfect way to start the day!…”
The Breakfast Machine, by Yuri Suzuki and Masa Kimura for Platform21. More photos here…
