a visual collective outlet of inspiration
take a stroll on the cliffs thinking about paul bowls after watching a movie at the cinematheque and ending on the terrasse of the nord pinus sounds like a good day. great pics of tangier by salva lopez. by pp.
If you dont like hawaii there’s always hong kong: whistleblower Edward Snowden missing in HK
link to above video: NSA – TMI
dear NSA staff, thank you for protecting us all. we do hope posting this is in no way an infringement of some recently approved law (or is it?) we somehow felt that it sits quite well in between architecture and art, just two of the tiny little things hitler banned in 1937 (cause he couldn’t draw, see entartete kunst). now, we do trust you guys are all well-meaning folks, but having all this surveillance in place, couldn’t it one day fall into the wrong hands? say sarah palin’s, or richard nixon’s third nephew? now, that could be some heavy shit! they will block any opponent from there on and sarah will become the queen of the united states. or worse, imagine sarah sporting the same clothes as us… real time!!! if i got this right, we now have all our facebook, google search, verizon calls, and probably personal diaries from high school recorded and monitored and we’re told that is the heavy price we’re paying to have 100% security. hmmm, how come this brilliant system didn’t catch the bad guys in boston when we had a lead on them to begin with? i bet the spies were too busy monitoring nk’s naked google searches, i know i would have been. if you ask me maybe too much information is… well too much information. but please people, seriously, i definitely don’t want to be somewhere in zurich, reading somebody else’s mein kampf part two when i’m 94. for a more accurate report see this bbc article. by xy
wanna be an artist?
1 in 5 teenagers will experiment with art
51% of kids wanna grow up and become a rock star, the other 49% go to art school and wanna be in the “creative field”. it’s the easiest cop-out in history, cause it’s “cool” and seems fun and easy enough. the bonus is you can brag to your friends about what you do, and you can finally justify that stupid outfit you’ve been wearing. with all of that who would want to become a scientist? that sounds hard, if not outright boring! until the time comes when you actually have to “be” a real artist, and 98% of that 49% go crying back to their mommies and beg for their boo boo bunnies. the other 1% drift in-and-out of art rehab and the last 1% actually become what they wanted to be. so listen up kids, being an artist sucks. it’s damn hard, it takes commitment, passion and 110% of what you probably don’t have. if perchance you do have all of that, very few ever make any money at it. so basically, go back and study to become a banker, or a business man. your mom and dad will surely be pleased. by ht
quote of the day
“the trouble with fiction… is that it makes too much sense. reality never makes sense.”
-aldous huxley, the genius and the goddess
the difficulty of being
i always wanted a forehead attacked by doubt, think i am well on my way. by sv
nicholas alan cope – architecture
absolutely in love with these amazing architectural pictures from photog Nicholas alan cope . Reminds me of the work of lucien herve on whom we posted something few weeks ago. by pp.
ECHEC & MAT
for you dd. by pp.
Digital Glitch Art in the Green Book Series by Jehad Nga
selections from jehad nga’s “green book series” on display now until july 12th at the bonni benrubi gallery
above plate: 24 x 30″, edition of 8 – $4,000.00 – 40 x 50″, edition of 5 – $7,500.00
above plate: 24 x 30″, edition of 8 – $4,000.00 – 40 x 50″, edition of 5 – $7,500.00
love the idea of these series by friend and foe, the new york times photographer jehad nga… it’s a little gerard richter, if richter was a hacker or a coder. here’s a little blurb about the process and the ideas in the work: “selections from jehad nga’s green book series on display now at the bonni benrubi gallery on 57th and madison, nyc. completed last year, the series takes it’s name from the green book, a short book setting out the philosophies of former libyan leader muammar gaddafi. the project saw the artist ‘intercepting’ censored images from the internet in libya, converting them into binary code, and combining them with the code of each chapter of the green book. the result is an unsettling, and oddly beautiful group of images created entirely from preexisting data. each print while visually magnetic for it’s striking primary palette and digital abstract forms, also asks sobering questions about technology, government and our place in the digital age.”
“nga’s assignments have found him covering stories in somalia, kenya, iraq, liberia, libya, darfur, ethiopia and iran. his work frequently appears in such respected publications as the new york times, the new york times, time magazine and forbes, among others. in 2005, nga was awarded the picture of the year international award (POYI) for his coverage of the darfurian war and chadian refugee crisis. he received it again in 2006 for his coverage of operation steel in iraq. in 2005, nga also received first, second and third places from the chinese international press photographers for his coverage in uganda, chad and darfur, as well as the “top 30 under 30″ award by photo district news.” artists website. by uh
JEAN-PHILIPPE DELHOMME – BUSHWICK PAINTINGS
wouldn’t mind own one of these… from his diary by pp.
mechanisms and apparitions
it’s been a wallace stevens couple of weeks for me. one of the most relevant and significant poets of the last several hundred years, there is truly no one like him. although ‘the man with the blue guitar‘ is one of my favorites, his solid voice reading ‘so-and-so reclining on her couch‘ is sublime. the projections, traces of plato, traces of modigliani perhaps? beautiful. by sv
Gisele Bundchen in Jeans 6
hmmm, yep that’s gisele alright. love the choice of 80’s merc. nice! by xy
XAVIER VEILHAN – Architectones in L.A.
the latest body of work of french artist xavier veilhan revolves around LA architecture from the mid century. the case study house n°21 by pierre koenig was one of them. veilhan wanted to emphasize the purity of the architectural shapes by filling the space with smoke, and replacing the water in the ponds with a dark black liquid. the result is ghost like, simple yet impressive. by pp.
