Archive for February, 2008

The Flexibility of Concrete

Thursday, February 28th, 2008

Laguna de San Gabriel, Los Angeles, California, May 16, 1965 opening day, by Eloy Zarate and Benjamin Dominguez family as appeared in this NPR article.
After reading and listening to a few accounts of new Hamas-made hole-in-the-wall that separates Gaza and Egypt, I couldn’t help but notice the many flexible uses of concrete in the [...]

The Sinister in Whitney Biennial 2008

Saturday, February 23rd, 2008

“Towards a Critical Faculty” reader compiled by Stuart Bailey aka Dexter Sinister
I was pleasantly surprised to find Stuart Bailey listed as one of the artist to be included in this years Whitney Biennial 2008. I’m curious as to what he will be offering to the show. From what I gather, his work is without form, [...]

Zero Love from Myspace

Friday, February 22nd, 2008

It happens. Just didn’t think it would happen to our benign little corner of myspace. I still don’t know why they removed our entire profile, I emailed them a couple of times and they wrote me this response:
Hello,
We do not keep records of removed profiles or images. If it was removed by Myspace, it was [...]

Across the Universe, Literally

Monday, February 4th, 2008

Screen grab of Britney Spears’ “Oops, I did it again” video. Watch it.
Just heard on a BBC report that the Beatles song “Across the Universe” is being literally beamed across the universe through NASA’s Deep Space Network. It’s aim? The hope that it’ll be intercepted by an alien life form on it’s route to star [...]

Premature Buzz

Saturday, February 2nd, 2008

This CBS news clip I found on the site of Sanford L. Smith’s website got me thinking about the future, the year 2013 to be exact. I was wondering what shape the New York Armory Art Fair will be like when it turns 100. The clip is a 1988 report on the 75th Anniversary [...]