DesignBoom interviews the godfather of transgression. Artist Vito Acconci was once a pioneer of performance - today his interest has shifted to architecture. He wants to see what happens to a space if you turn it inside out, if you stretch it or if you warp it. DesignBoom | clip | previously 1 |... View full entry
Cooling Man , is an online calculator that determines how many tons of greenhouse gases each of the 37,000 "burners" will produce with their art projects and community camps.sfgate View full entry
examples of good decorating from the Practical Encyclopedia of Good Decorating and Home Improvement (1970). via things View full entry
Yep. Thats right. Pluto is kicked out of the club and downgraded to TNO (trans-Neptunian object). | beeb | discuss: My Very Energetic Mother Just Served Umpteen Noodles View full entry
Where is Grigory Perelman? He's in St. Petersburg... And Perelman has rejected offers to attend and receive prizes for his monumental proof for the Poincaré Conjecture.NYT l previous View full entry
To greenwash, according to Word Spy, is "to implement token environmentally friendly initiatives as a way of hiding or deflecting criticism about existing environmentally destructive practices." But it also means outright deception. Calling timber-harvesting and pollution-reduction programs that... View full entry
This Saturday, the notorious Heidelberg Project in Detroit, an ongoing art reclamation of urban space project, is celebrating it's 20th anniversary with a 'Connect the Dots' festival. At Heidelberg, the eye is prone to connect dots visible in church windows, with those on satellite dishes, fire... View full entry
Robert Hughes, the celebrated art critic reveals how his life was deeply scarred by the dark side of the Swinging Sixties: "It was like living with a deranged alley cat; moreover, an alley cat who ascribed her libidinal raging to ideological purpose." (The sentence after that one in the article... View full entry
"The four-bedroom, four-and-a-half-bath home has a devilish history: White recorded the White Stripes' 2005 album "Get Behind Me Satan" in its grand staircase and foyer. The home is listed at $930,000." Here is the interesting detail: "The master bedroom was hand-painted by White." I wonder if... View full entry
"The Israeli Defence Forces have been heavily influenced by contemporary philosophy, highlighting the fact that there is considerable overlap among theoretical texts deemed essential by military academies and architectural schools..." frieze View full entry
There is a really fascinating post-ISEA discussion / disillusionment happening on the relevance of current practices of electronic art to the idea of an "interactive city," all started by this letter from kanarinka, who asks, "Is psychogeography/locative media work simply R&D for a new... View full entry
Anish Kapoor has created a mirror on Manhattanism. The enormous mirror will be placed at Rockefeller Center next month--I wonders will this put some perspective on any retroactive manifestos? NYT View full entry
Joe Frank's people have posted a podcast of Joe's 1996 show on the homeless in LA. It's an incredible voice, sound and music montage of human life in the city. Via iTunes or joefrank.com/cast/. JF has long had a cult following for his sweeping and absurd audio performances. A few are available... View full entry
Exhibition Project: ”˜the accused is a non-ape and therefore has no rights under ape-law' (hearing, Planet of the Apes, 1968)...ZOO LOGICAL GARDEN Opening: Friday, August, 25, 2006, at 6 pm _ with performance of elephant Suzy _ 7 pm: DJ performance by DJ Grazzhoppas Bigband: 4 DJs... View full entry
The 52nd International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia is looking for proposals for an exhibition of contemporary art in Africa. VB View full entry