artnotartnot:

“There is also Mr. Cattelan’s ‘All’ (2007), a largely pointless exercise  in high production values: eight life-size, occupied body bags carved  in Carrara marble.”via The NY Times

artnotartnot:

“There is also Mr. Cattelan’s ‘All’ (2007), a largely pointless exercise in high production values: eight life-size, occupied body bags carved in Carrara marble.”
via The NY Times

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I wonder what Proust would have made of our present-day locus of collective fantasy, the Internet. I’m guessing he would have seized on its wistful aspect, pointing out gently and with wry humor that much of what beguiles us is the act of reaching for what isn’t there. Jennifer Egan NYTimes.com (via somethingchanged)
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Works of art are among those peculiar commodities whose appeal grow as their prices rise. They are Veblen goods, named after Thorstein Veblen, the economist who posited that conspicuous consumption has an inherent purpose as a signal of status. They work a little like that short-lived “I Am Rich” iPhone application, which for $999 flashed the picture of a red gem. Evolutionary biologists argue these conspicuous purchases do the same job as peacock tails — signaling to peahens that they are fit enough to expend an inordinate amount of energy on producing colorful feathers. The French sociologist Pierre Bourdieu argued that aesthetic choices are social markers with which the powerful signal their power and set themselves apart from other, inferior groups. Anybody can buy stocks. Hedge fund managers can buy pickled sharks by Damien Hirst. The Power of Art NYTimes.com (via somethingchanged)
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Wow, this Barbie ‘Computer Engineer’ thing took off quickly (video via urlesque)

Sometimes I wonder if the semi-conscious agenda of the media is to get between people and their souls. It is the the soul with its myriad tiny nerve endings that notices the neglected pathos, poignancy and practicality that lies at the heart of life. It’s as if the media are somehow irritated and envious that anonymous people should have the quiet brilliance of their rich and sustainable inner lives… Michael Leunig in The Age today (via somethingchanged)
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Fuck yeah protesting sharks.
via grelg: rubitues: fakemustache: monkeyknifefight : fujiidom : creewillow

Fuck yeah protesting sharks.

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I think I’ve just figured out why it annoys me when people trivialise the conversations that take place on Twitter and Tumblr as merely ‘talking about what you had for breakfast’. Mostly I find these are the same people who quite happily sit around for hours and hours engaged in the most inane, insufferable real-life small talk. Where they ate dinner last night, what their hotel in Noosa was like, how their favourite sport team is going.

In contrast, the conversations I encounter online tend to be more interesting than most of the conversations I have in real life. At their best these conversations are far from small talk. They explore issues that don’t belong in mainstream discourse, in far more depth than real-world social interactions normally allow. They show an intellectual curiosity that defies the shallow expectations of our culture.

Trivialising these online conversations as merely being about early-morning epicurean tendencies reflects a naivety and disconnectedness that I’d suggest says more about the speaker than his subject.

Me (after, well, a few glasses of wine)
unhappyhipsters:

The octopus was full of judgement.
(Dwell, October 2009)

unhappyhipsters:

The octopus was full of judgement.

(Dwell, October 2009)

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I am by no means alone within the family or the company in being ashamed and sickened by [Fox News president] Roger Ailes’s horrendous and sustained disregard of the journalistic standards that News Corporation, its founder and every other global media business aspires to. Rupert Murdoch’s son in law Matthew Freud, quoted in yesterday’s New York Times.
Nobody realizes that some people expend tremendous energy merely to be normal. Albert Camus (via thechocolatebrigade)
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By now, everyone should realise that the only people out there who aren’t ”real women” are men. The most sensible thing I’ve read in this debate so far. From Clem’s excellent article in today’s Age.
areyouready: incorrigibleowl: noshitsherlock-: suareasy: deadashistory:

speachless…
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Our family is Jewish, but my mom is from Norway, so we celebrate Jul. It is basically Scandinavian Christmas only instead of a jolly fat guy we Norsemen get an angry little gnome that beats people with sticks. Fashion blogger Tavi Gevinson, “buzz, your girlfriend, woof!
Bad form Vanity Fair.

Bad form Vanity Fair.