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Paddy Johnson on new media commercial spaces in New York. This is the only interesting topic in the art world right now, since computers rule our world and non-new media art has devolved to the point where a player must be (a) gorgeous, (b) from Columbia University, and (c) painting large but tepid imitations of Umberto Boccioni. Johnson's list of galleries that matter (with intermittent zingers): Foxy Production, artMovingProjects, vertexList, Bryce Wolkowitz ("blinky light art"), bitforms ("shows a lot of crap"), Postmasters, Deitch Projects [(a) (b) and (c) above subsidize Paper Rad/Arcangel? my query, not Johnson's], Team ("founder...has a PhD in film studies"--not a zinger per se), LMAK Projects, and PaceWildenstein ("just kidding").
Related: bitforms vs vertexList clip and save comparison chart.
Such a deal!!!!!!!!
$1.29 for EMI songs on iTunes!!!!!!!
Just read about it in the New York Times. It is good that the artists are being compensated better.
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Photo of the hexagonal "atmospheric" structure on Saturn revealed in the Cassini flybys. The hexagon was observed by the Voyagers, just not this clearly, so it's been around at least 20 years. The word atmospheric is in scare quotes because, sisters and brothers, we all know this is an artifact and will quickly rival the Face on Mars as a subject of speculation. The first planetary minimal art piece--a "Saturnwork," if you will. Or perhaps...
Another blog-sized Petra Cortright capture. This work would be really great on a big plasma screen. Just kidding!
"Bass Iterator 2" [mp3 removed]
Done a couple of years ago but never posted (I chose another version). It's more in the art-techno genre before I started caring about musical structure. The "iterations" are all timbral--the notes don't change.
Michael Bell-Smith, "Video Created to Fix Stuck Pixels in Computer Monitors Recast (with Soundtrack and Sunset) as Video to Fix Your Stuck Mind" (link to Quicktime .mov here ). This was posted a while back but I missed it (thanks, paul). Very amusing--excellent title.
Petra Cortright: from Selected System Landscapes:
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Karl Blossfeldt meets Tron by way of pixel art. The image above is a "remix"--apologies to the artist, just wanted something self contained and looping for the blog since most of imagery fills the entire screen. You can page through the presentation, which is somewhat JODI-esque but with more of the cool botanical imagery--by clicking anywhere on the screen. Just singling out a couple of pages I like--for the busy surfer.
"Enigmatic Rap (Piano Version)" [mp3 removed]
Somewhat inspired by a piano rendition of Gary Numan's "Are 'Friends' Electric?" I heard a while back, but without the emo vocals that came with it.