Tag: Art
Box Sized DIE is a public installation in a London banking district by Portuguese artist João Onofre. It’s a soundproofed, airtight black box. Inside, UK band Unfathomable Ruination will be playing death metal until they run out of oxygen, every day for most of July, starting on Sunday. The installation is part of the Sculpture In The City public […]
Over the past twenty years or so, Detroit has become a symbol of a failed city, to America and to the world. Yet, recent reports show that artists are flocking there, believing it’s the new hellhole that can be revitalized to provide cheap rents, urban inspiration, and deep artistic roots. But unlike the Lower East Side […]
As internet-based art proliferates, it’s fascinating to watch work that is rooted in the digital as it migrate into the world of physical art spaces. The success of these transitions is varied, but Jon Rafman‘s practice is endlessly fascinating. His exhibition at the Contemporary Art Museum of St. Louis opening tomorrow feels likely to bridge that gap. As curator […]
Miao Jiaxin‘s Airbnb listing describes itself as “the best cage accommodation you could ever find in New York City.” The cage, located inside a sunny studio in Bushwick with “roof access,” will be available for reservations at no cost to participants, provided they follow a set of rules. The studio will be livestreamed 24/7, but […]
Journalist Esther Honig sent an unedited photo of herself to 25 graphic designers around the world, with the instructions “make me beautiful.” The resulting series, Before & After, is both moving and humorous in its representations of beauty ideals embodied by these designers of varying ability. You only need to look at the American image […]
A statue erected in Kazakhstan to celebrate local author Abai Qunanbaiuli and Russian exile and scientist Yevgeny Mikhaelis was removed, just a day later, after residents complained that it looked like the two were taking “a selfie” with a mobile phone. This perceived reference to social media was not to the public’s liking that the […]
Right of Jeff Koons’ ecstatic ejaculate puddle, Cicciolina’s clumped mascara is perfect blue. It’s not blue. It’s more specific than blue, but like the pink pimples on her ass, spread half-hoisted onto his painted dick, it is the perfect color it should be. There are 150 objects in his Whitney retrospective (opening to the public Friday), spanning decades of a […]
Gone are the days of Lincoln and Washington’s plaster casts. President Obama’s portrait 3D-printed. Recently produced by the Smithsonian Institution and a team of experts form the University of Southern California, the bust only required five minutes of the president sitting to get his face scanned by handheld 3-D cameras. Then, after an additional 40-hour-long process of digitally programmed plastic-melting, ta-da: […]
“This is extreme Capitalism,” says Jennifer Lyn Morone, officially Jennifer Lyn Morone™ Inc, a C-corporation according to the state of Delaware. In her website and video pitch, the Design Interactions graduate student explains how she has “established a new business model that is designed to determine the value of an individual relative to society and to the data he or she […]
“Pro Anti Anti” is the latest of Liars’ art-centric music videos. Previously, they’ve used the open source #RGBDToolkit for “The Exact Color of Doubt” and artist Ian Cheng’s visuals for “Brats.” This time, director Yoonha Park created realistic, layered wax casts of Angus Andrew and Aaron Hemphill’s faces using 3D-scanning software and various mechanized and manual processes. It all […]
