The Oily Land is fresh piece of performance/video art from Portuguese street artist ± MaisMenos. It features a rabid, war-related mash-up and a gent dressed in black, Medieval crusader attire painting a wall with a roll extensor. Read more »
Tilt focus? Check. HDR? Check. Super wide angle? Check. Sometimes, this time-lapse does all three at once, from Vegas sunrise to Vegas sunset with the Moon soundtrack going dum dum dumdumdum. Too much? Read more »
Cheng Li was sentenced to one year of “reeducation through labor” at a labor camp after performing unsimulated sex acts on March 20 on a balcony and in the basement of the Museum of Contemporary Art in Beijing. The 51-year-old performance artist appealed for administrative reconsideration yesterday, since his charge of “causing a disturbance” is overzealous – only a small private audience of artists and critics was present. These spectators were also arrested. Read more »
Parting Shot
NYC sticker enthusiast Roberta Thorn reminds subway riders that war criminals are out there. (Photo: Roberta Thorn/Flickr)
According to Suffolk Country District Attorney Tom Spota, the human remains found at Oak Beach may not all be connected to one serial killer and that at least four sets of them could’ve been dumped by two other murderers. He also said that the case isn’t like a TV episode of CSI and is “going to take a very long period of time to complete.” These developments must be very comforting to the seaside community and realtors set to start renting properties for the upcoming summer season.
The T_XT_RT group show has just arrived from San Francisco to freshen up this text art genre with Tim Etchells’s frantic, neon phrases, textured remixes of War Is Over and I Am a Man posters by Felandus Thames and Brian Dettme’s sculptural cut-ups of books-turned-dioramic creatures. SF and NYC writers and poets will do readings on May 19 and June 2. It’s a textartvaganza! “T_XT_RT,” Group Show, May 5 – Jun 25, Jenkins Johnson Gallery, New York
Northrop Grumman unveiled its secretly built optionally piloted vehicle (OPV) dubbed the “Firebird.” Designed to fly in either drone or human mode, it can carry an array of sensors and surveillance equipment, including the ability to eavesdrop on phone calls from 30,000 feet. Although the defense contractor said arming the spy plane isn’t its “primary focus,” the aircraft will be capable of carrying missiles. Naturally.
America has a serious OxyContin problem right now. Due to the widespread abuse of the heroin-like drug, manufacturers have switched to the gel form, making it harder for drug addicts to grind up and sniff and denying actual prescription holders access to the more effective original formula. It has also lead to a marked increase in the street price of the snortable “classic” version reports hip rehab website The Fix. In some places, oxy abuse has led to a surge in heroin use, leaving U.S. drug policy in perfect karmic alignment.
The doc Better This World tells the story of young social justice activists David McKay and Bradley Crowder who were arrested for “intent to commit acts of violence” at the 2008 Republican Convention and investigated as domestic terrorists. Read more »
Ai Weiwei “Graffiti” Artists Arrested
A pair of protesters were arrested at a rally in Hong Kong yesterday for alleged “graffiti” in support of arrested/missing Chinese artist Ai Weiwei. They were detained and released on bail, but face “selective persecution” in June. Read more »
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