art is the opposite of death

kateoplis: Withdrawn & Discarded. The end.

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 21:06:02 -0400

Withdrawn & Discarded. The end.

hyperallergic: Tips for Artists Who Want to Sell, or Channeling...

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 20:59:44 -0400

Tips for Artists Who Want to Sell, or Channeling Baldessari in Bushwick

John Baldessari, “Tips for Artists Who Want to Sell,” (1966-68). Acrylic on canvas. 68 x 56 1/2 in.…

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hyperallergic: Michigan Attorney General Says Detroit Art...

Sat, 15 Jun 2013 11:44:41 -0400

hyperallergic:

Michigan Attorney General Says Detroit Art Collection Can’t Be Sold

Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette (via Wikipedia)

The battle over the future of the Detroit…

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there’s a buenisimo thunderstorm rolling over ciudad de...

Mon, 10 Jun 2013 23:37:10 -0400

there’s a buenisimo thunderstorm rolling over ciudad de mexico right now, the air smells like rain, black chilhuacle, and coffee.

upperplayground:

New mural in #MexicoCity by El Curiot called “El Retorno de Akhankutli” @curiotli #mexico

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Mon, 10 Jun 2013 14:29:04 -0400

"How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives. What we do with this hour, and that..."

Mon, 10 Jun 2013 14:23:25 -0400

“How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives. What we do with this hour, and that one, is what we are doing. A schedule defends from chaos and whim. It is a net for catching days. It is a scaffolding on which a worker can stand and labor with both hands at sections of time. A schedule is a mock-up of reason and order—willed, faked, and so brought into being; it is a peace and a haven set into the wreck of time; it is a lifeboat on which you find yourself, decades later, still living. Each day is the same, so you remember the series afterward as a blurred and powerful pattern.”

- Annie Dillard, The Writing Life (via)

stencils: FinDAC - Redemption of Angels (by Fin DAC)

Mon, 10 Jun 2013 14:22:15 -0400

stencils:

FinDAC - Redemption of Angels (by Fin DAC)

npr: guardian: Edward Snowden: ‘I do not expect to see home...

Mon, 10 Jun 2013 14:11:43 -0400

npr:

guardian:

Edward Snowden: ‘I do not expect to see home again’ The whistleblower behind the NSA surveillance revelations speaks out.

The man who leaked NSA information to the press revealed himself over the weekend. Read and listen to analysis from NPR’s Tom Gjelten on NPR’s The Two-Way.

Edward Snowden is currently holed up in a hotel room in Hong Kong—a move NPR’s Frank Langfitt explores in his Morning Edition story filed from Shanghai.

stencils: Seth (by Ausmoz)

Mon, 10 Jun 2013 14:09:08 -0400

stencils:

Seth (by Ausmoz)

theatlanticcities: Continuing our look at last weekend’s...

Mon, 10 Jun 2013 14:03:12 -0400

theatlanticcities:

Continuing our look at last weekend’s National Day of Civic Hacking, Emily Badger pulls up a handful of maps that show discouraging differences between the American North and South, as seen through several different data points.

Read: 5 Maps that Show How Divided America Really Is

[Above map: “Percent on food stamps”]

hyperallergic: Community Art Project Victimized by Arson Rises...

Wed, 05 Jun 2013 16:17:22 -0400

hyperallergic:

Community Art Project Victimized by Arson Rises from the Ashes

Burned structure of the OJ House at the Heidelberg Project (all images courtesy the Heidelberg…

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hyperallergic: A Guerrilla Registry of Historic Places Pops Up...

Tue, 04 Jun 2013 13:26:27 -0400

hyperallergic:

A Guerrilla Registry of Historic Places Pops Up in Brooklyn

Anna Robinson-Sweet’s “National Register of Historic Places, 2013 Additions, Brooklyn, NY”…

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Early 1930s Map of Trolleys in and around Brooklyn

Tue, 04 Jun 2013 13:25:33 -0400

Early 1930s Map of Trolleys in and around Brooklyn

faunagraphic: First steps to saving the world! Wasp army and...

Sat, 01 Jun 2013 09:42:14 -0400

faunagraphic:

First steps to saving the world! Wasp army and mechanical hands controlled by fairy wrens. (at Sheffield)

justpaint: ART IN THE STREET

Sat, 01 Jun 2013 09:41:53 -0400

justpaint:

ART IN THE STREET

austinkleon: Harvey Weinstein tells Errol Morris how to sell...

Fri, 31 May 2013 18:56:41 -0400

austinkleon:

Harvey Weinstein tells Errol Morris how to sell the work. Brilliant.

kateoplis: The Next Life’s on Me

Wed, 29 May 2013 18:35:06 -0400

kateoplis:

The Next Life’s on Me

makingdealszine: @tonetank #Brooklyn 2013 #ScumLife #ToneTank

Wed, 29 May 2013 18:34:59 -0400

makingdealszine:

@tonetank #Brooklyn 2013 #ScumLife #ToneTank

austinkleon: For a while, it seemed like I was getting sent...

Wed, 29 May 2013 18:34:42 -0400

austinkleon:

For a while, it seemed like I was getting sent this article, “Creative People Say No” at least twice a day. The idea is that creative geniuses say “no” to a lot of requests (like, a psychology professor researching processes of creative genius) in order to get their work done, so if you want to be a creative genius, you have to say no a lot so you can get your work done.

A bunch of people asked me what I thought about it, and I said, “It’s good advice for the rich and famous.”

Ian Bogost explains it nicely, here:

[Y]ou have to say ‘yes’ for a long while before you can earn the right to say ‘no.’ Even then, you usually can’t say ‘no’ at whim. By the time you can say ‘no’ indiscriminately, then you’re already so super-privileged that being able to say ‘no’ is not a prerequisite of success, but a result of it.

There was a little index card in the back of Steal Like An Artist that didn’t make it into the book that sums up my own point of view: “Be as generous as you can, but selfish enough to get your work done.”

(Thx @ayjay.)

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Wed, 29 May 2013 18:34:34 -0400