You can now purchase signed copies of my book, Domesticated, at the great Dashwood Books in New York. There are only a small number left, so hurry down and get while the getting's good.
Tuesday, 24 February 2009
Sunday, 22 February 2009
Bird Breath
Posted on 10:22 by election
Chilean Tinamou (Nothoprocta perdicaria)I find these X-ray films of birds breathing rather hypnotyzing.
Saturday, 21 February 2009
Looking for the Perfect Beat
Posted on 09:30 by election
Marilyn Diptych © Andy WarholOver the past month or so an art appropriation perfect storm has been battering the cultural landscape. Richard Prince was sued for his use of Patrick Cariou's Rastafarian photos in his series, Canal Zone, and Sheppard Fairey was sued (and counter-sued) the AP for use of a photograph to create his now iconic Obama poster.While those two incidents were being debated
Wednesday, 18 February 2009
The Sheep Market
Posted on 18:24 by election
The Sheep Market is a project by artist/designer Arron Koblin. Arron enlisted thousands of workers on Amazon's Mechanical Turk web service and paid them two cents to "draw a sheep facing to the left." The sheep drawings were collected and printed on collectible stamps. The animated process of each sheep's creation may be viewed here.UPDATE: Check out Ten Thousand Cents, another Arron Koblin
Tuesday, 17 February 2009
The Noble Beast
Posted on 05:05 by election
Andrew Bird © Cameron WittigAll Things Considered just interviewed Andrew Bird about his beautiful new album, Noble Beast. He is a fascinating guy who takes a unique approach to his creative process."I've always been obsessed with moss and moose's horns. The number eight, the sort of roundness of the number eight," he says. "The last record I made is a much more, like, pointy, toothy, jagged
Monday, 16 February 2009
Nicolai Howalt's Car Crash Studies
Posted on 10:30 by election
© Nicolai HowaltNicolai Howalt's new series, Car Crash Studies, is a brutal survey of the violent allure of the automobile. The images speak to our dark romance with car chases, joy rides, and drag races. They are abstruse evidence of the ever present danger that draws you close during the "Chicken Race" scene in Rebel Without a Cause and carries the tension throughout Two-Lane Blacktop. The
Miss Atom 2009
Posted on 08:25 by election
Alyona Kirsanova, sexy with cooling towersVia Wired:"Meet Alyona Kirsanova of Novovoronezh, one of the contestants in Russia's "Miss Atom" 2009. She is 22, works for Novovoronezhatomenergoremont, and loves "enjoying life." Don't you just want to take a dip in the cooling pond with her?"I am casting my vote for Nicolina, the warrior princess of light water reactors: Nicolina and her daughters,
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