Tag: Internet
ANIMAL’s feature Artist’s Notebook asks artists to show us their original “idea sketch” next to a finished piece. This week, Greg Leuch talks about WhatColor.IsTheInter.net, presented with support from Eyebeam Art+Technology Center. It sounds cliché, but WhatColor.IsTheInter.net began in the shower sometime in mid-November 2012. I forget exactly what triggered the thought process, but I remember pondering how would […]
Four domains were blocked by Russian ISPs this weekend, including LiveJournal.com. According to new amendments signed into law by President Putin on January 30th and enacted on February 1st, access to websites can be temporarily blocked for any singular reported post containing “extremist information threatening society and individuals” under the orders of Rospotrebnadzor, Russia’s Federal Service for […]
There’s a story in the Chicago Reader this morning: “The anti-Vivian Maier.” Apparently, some dude in Chicago found a plastic bag of photos and slides on top of a dumpster, gave it to some other dude — Paul-David Young, “an occasional curator who works in the imaging department at the Art Institute” was “fascinated” with them. By a […]
China’s authorities considers heavy internet use a clinical condition. To combat what they think is a critical epidemic and the downfall of its youth, the government sets up special treatment facilities to cure teenagers, to take them out of their online life into the presumably healthier “real” life with some very “unorthodox psychological sessions.” The […]
Kanye West’s “Gone,” an excellent album cut from 2005’s Late Registration, is officially a hit, only eight years after came out. The track’s newfound fame is thanks to a viral video it soundtracked, in which a producer for the Taiwanese animators Next Media Animation theatrically quits her job. Billboard recently began tracking YouTube views as part of […]
Last week, California became the second state (with New Jersey) to ban “revenge porn,” making it a criminal offense punishable by up to six months in jail and a $1,000 fine according. New York senators are proposing similar and harsher measures: Revenge porn refers to nude and sexually explicit photos and videos that are meant […]
Reader Jeff Owens sent in this picture of a billboard that seems connected to the NSA-skewering sign in Tribeca we showed you yesterday. This one reads “The internet should be regulated,” and is on the corner of 27th Street and Broadway. Clear Channel confirmed that yesterday’s billboard was part of a teaser advertising campaign, but […]
This “New Tarot” series from Noah Spidermen aka Special Projects for the State of Eternity II is kind of great. The Lovers are Ok Cupid, obviously, and The Hermit is Netflix, of course… He’s been submitting them to The Jogging and getting on, consistently. Isn’t that like, the sweet spot of all The Jogging submission acceptances? […]
Yesterday, California became the second state to enact a new law making “revenge porn” a criminal offense, just like in New Jersey. There is a penalty of up to six months in jail and $1,000 fine according to the bill. Summed up by The Guardian: The bill, which takes effect immediately, makes it a misdemeanor to post identifiable nude […]
The mayor’s office announced a big free public wi-fi initiative today, which is good for everyone–you’ll be able to hook up for free in new areas across the five boroughs–but especially for residents of low- and middle-income areas, which often get shortchanged on other city programs (ahem, Citi Bike). The program, funded mostly with private […]
