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Leo and his Archive

One of the more fun activities one can engage in while doing art history is to dig through the incredible treasure trove that is the Smithsonian’s Archives of American Art. From Aline and Eero Saarinen to Lucy R. Lippard, many of the most distinguished and engaging figures from the history of American modern and contemporary [...]

RANDOM NOTES ON A FRIDAY NIGHT

– Librairie Yvon Lambert: très chic.
– Book title of the night: The Sound of Downloading Makes Me Want to Upload, published by
– The Institute of Social Hipocrisy, who anyway seem to have a knack for great names.
– mono.kultur is now available from Amazon, apparently.
– Ada would qualify as a great contender for a girl’s [...]

TEDxKREUZBERG

While some of us will be celebrating having early Christmas dinner, Betahaus Berlin will open its doors to receive TEDxKreuzberg in an event they promise not to be less than interesting. It will host 18 minutes talks from several speakers and afterward they promise a nice atmosphere at the bar, to mingle, discuss and chat [...]

WO STEHST DU, KOLLEGE?

On the occasion of the first 20 years of the Berlin-based magazine Texte zur Kunst a symposium organized by Isabelle Graw and André Rottmann asks the question of art criticism’s potential as social criticism. When the magazine was founded in Cologne in 1990 the methods of ‘Social Art History’ promised to present contemporary art in [...]

WILD TALK

Few months ago, when blogging about this video from Everynone, I came to know Radiolab’s widely famous radio podcasts.
And that was it!
Since then I got caught in their web of highly developed narrative techniques and styles, sound games, and most of all, highly interesting subjects.
They start every podcast with a main subject on which they [...]

CHEERS

Call it firewater, a highball, a chaser, or one for the road – this interview will leave you thirsty for more…

GENERAL PUBLIC LIBRARY

General Public Library
Curated by Mylinh Nguyen
Art in General
79 Walker St
NYC 10013
Sep 16 – Nov 13, 2010

LESS RISK, MORE FUN

Today, quite a few people in Berlin gathered to make a strong statement against governmental plans, or deals, to extend nuclear-powerstations’ lifespans.
So, Angie, keep in mind for whom you do the job and who ensures yours. Shut those dirty oldies down. Especially interesting: in 2005, no 7% of the world’s energy consumption were produced by [...]

NOT READY FOR THE PLUNGE?

One of the best things about working in the arts in New York right now is the preponderance of small-scale, independent projects, schools, and initiatives. Places like The Bruce High Quality Foundation University and the Public School, NYC are great outlets for people seeking engaging dialogue about the arts but who are not ready to [...]

PIMP IT UP

A little diversion for when you feel like you spent too much time in your own life – reinvent yourself and learn some essential knowledge about pimping, such as how to pimp-slap some punkass. Word.
Yours truly,
Vicious D. K. Shmoove