With the help of our tags, museums are starting to curate the democratic digital snaphot for their photograph collections. So Flickr-schmooze the Tate Modern (How We are Now), or make the display at musee de l'Elysee Lausanne (We Are All Photographers Now). View full entry
A rising number of gangbangers are moving into well-paid futures as members of the region's building trades unions. Watch your mouth at the job site. Latimes View full entry
The New York Times looks at urban electricity in India: "India’s electricity crisis is becoming all the more acute for the roaring pace of the country’s economic growth and the new material aspirations it has generated." View full entry
Should "native" British families get priority when it comes to public housing in the UK? At least one politician thinks so, officially suggesting "that local British-born families should get priority for scarce social housing over newly arrived immigrants, with the exception of refugees." Hear... View full entry
Almost 40 years ago, Morninglory commune took a zero-footprint path... +, Hippies were right! View full entry
TDN , remember Renzo? View full entry
Paul Helliwell unveils the hidden cost of the Faustian pact with free information. “The demand to pay for music is being resituated as active consumption – if you love your band you’ll pay. Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the future of the music industry, it is, in its lack of... View full entry
how do you memorialize people who vanish? slate View full entry
“Sotheby’s had gambled that the market for contemporary art would continue to rise this week, and it did. The auction house also worked overtime promoting paintings like the Rothko in which it had invested heavily. For months the company had been relentlessly marketing the Rothko... View full entry
The war between New Urbanists and Modernists, worsened by the rebuilding efforts in New Orleans, is being waged on the streets of Philadelphia. Who got the call for a few words from the Modernist camp? Eric Owen Moss, replete with incision and irreverence.| Philly Inquirer View full entry
Simon Reynolds disects a book by Daniel H. Wilson; "Where's My Jetpack? A Guide to the Amazing Science Fiction Future That Never Arrived." (Amazon) A critical expansion of Futurism from 40's on which never leaves the consumerist realm. A quote; "After the info-tech boom's bust and 9/11, we... View full entry
...or Jerry Falwell's idea of AIDS. In San Francisco, there's no mourning for the Christian conservative. Read | Discuss View full entry
A conveyor-belt for crowds in the Tower of London. WSJ View full entry
How the political divide between democratic socialists and romantic anarchists impacts on the art world. frieze l related? View full entry
UbuWeb is pleased to present the latest installment of our ongoing series of full-length e-books. Titles for this series include works by Steve Benson, Maurice Blanchot, Mairéad Byrne, Terence Gower & Mónica de la Torre, Dick Higgins, Bernard Nöel, Severo Sarduy, Claude... View full entry