“Like women on Reclaim the Night marches, the mere presence of these girls on stage reminds us that it is not women’s freedom (to be themselves, to dress as they want) that should be curtailed, but rather the prurient way that they are perceived. What’s required is a shift in perception: a piece of hair twirled or teeth biting a lip is not an invitation to something else.”
Month: July 2016
The Large-Scale Trolling Of The Berlin Biennale
“Their plan to embody and exacerbate the present (DIS calls our period ‘post-contemporary’) is a funeral with neither corpse nor mourners: the curators deliver, under the sign of a provocative ‘re-presentation’ without expertise, an ultimately inaccurate, homogenised and universalist account of what our epoch entails, such that their embodied present is virtually meaningless.”
The Bizarrely Wonderful Universe Of Subversive Garfield Hacks
“That same tabby whose suction-cupped paws once graced the windows of family station wagons across the nation has also spawned a very odd subculture — one that draws from the worlds of avant-garde art, complex mathematics, and deliberate stupidity.”
The Woman Who Put L.A. On The Art Map
“The events helped fuse a young and geographically disconnected L.A. art scene. And debauchery unfurled on a grand scale. Guests would stream out to their cars the next day, wincing in the early-morning sunlight; others would stay for weeks on end, until the next party blossomed.”
How Is Art Looted By The British Empire Different From Art Looted By Nazis?
“Museums, auction houses and collectors feel free to ignore non-European groups who ask for the repatriation of their artworks. Indeed, some commentators even attack such requests.”
Thousands Of People Strip Naked And Paint Themselves Blue (For Art)
It was for a photographer, so being outside, naked and painted different colors of blue, was totally acceptable. [VIDEO]
The Deeply Sincere Performance Art Of Yankee Candle
“There’s a year-round Bavarian Christmas village (a village within the Village) that’s showered with fake snow every four minutes and has a toy shop with a resident Santa who refuses to break character. Yankee Candle Village is the epitome of sensory overload.”
This English Theater Told A Woman Her Gender Ruled Her Out For Directing A Play
“There was nothing to misunderstand – those are the words they wrote; they wrote that a male was better.”
Scientists Store Music, Books On DNA
In a University of Washington lab test tube, researchers stored an HD video of the song “This Too Shall Pass” by OK Go. They also stored the text of 100 books, and the Declaration of Human Rights in multiple languages.
Want To Better Understand How Cities work? Here’s 6000 Years Of Data That Just Came Online
Their data lists not only the size of past cities, but how, when, and where they emerged. That’s a big deal—and not just for historians.