shelter serra and helmut lang

grey area artist shelter serra will have his sculptures featured in helmut lang boutiques in new york, london and los angeles.  nephew of minimalist sculptor richard serra, shelter utilizes unique materials in order to exhibit usages and other depictions of everyday objects.  the grey area x helmut lang will feature vintage american car engines from the 1960’s and 1970’s. by sv

I have a crush: Giovanna Battaglia

if i was a woman i would want to be her…. i have to admit giovanna is my new crush. love the way she carries herself and what immaculate style. too bad she’s going out with that roitfeld trustafarian painter boy. to me, she sits up there with the other two of my favorite style icons, capucine and  anouk aimee. they must be related in some way. well giovanna, if you ever leave vladimir you know where you can find me. by xy

Voter fraud?

more to come on this in the future

“we’ve all used ATMs, and most everyone has something such as an iPod. now, have you ever, anytime, anywhere, had one of these electronic devices switch data input on you?” asks selwyn duke of american thinking in a recent article. “so how is it that in our high-tech universe of flawlessly functioning electronic gadgets, voting machines are the only ones prone to human-like ‘error’? if there’s an explanation other than human meddling, again, i’d truly like to hear it.”

wow. and i thought voter fraud was exclusive to countries like russia, pakistan and iran, i guess not anymore! here’s what the guy who posted this video wrote:

“i initially selected obama but romney was highlighted. i assumed it was being picky so i deselected romney and tried obama again, this time more carefully, and still got romney. being a software developer, i immediately went into troubleshoot mode. i first thought the calibration was off and tried selecting jill stein to actually highlight obama. nope. jill stein was selected just fine. next i deselected her and started at the top of romney’s name and started tapping very closely together to find the ‘active areas’. from the top of romney’s button down to the bottom of the black checkbox beside obama’s name was all active for romney. from the bottom of that same checkbox to the bottom of the obama button (basically a small white sliver) is what let me choose obama. stein’s button was fine. all other buttons worked fine.

i asked the voters on either side of me if they had any problems and they reported they did not. i then called over a volunteer to have a look at it. she him hawed for a bit then calmly said “it’s nothing to worry about, everything will be ok.” and went back to what she was doing. i then recorded this video.

there is a lot of speculation that the footage is edited. i’m not a video guy, but if it’s possible to prove whether a video has been altered or not, i will GLADLY provide the raw footage to anyone who is willing to do so. the jumping frames are a result of the shitty camera app on my android phone, nothing more.” original post. by ts