Writer, Scribbler and Prompt Alchemist
At first glance, this image seems to show how light pollution blights Britain’s capital.
But this is no satellite photo from space. Instead, it is a map that reveals how keen Londoners are on social networking.
Created by Eric Fischer, it combines data from the photo-sharing website Flickr and the micro-messaging network Twitter favoured by celebrities.
Zane Lowe introduced me to Sage Fancis and this song/poem in particular hit a note with me. The lyrics are gems that sparkle when spoken by Sage sprinkled beautifully along a subtle but magical backing track that kicks in half way and lifts you as if you were part of a crowd of 10,000 in a stadium. Goose bumps, strange tingling in the back of the head, light limbs, hard willy, just fucking amazing.
Conveniently religious on Easter Sunday and on Christmas.
The television went from being a babysitter to a mistress.
Technology made it easy for us to stay in touch while keeping a distance,
’til we just stayed distant and never touched. Now all we do is text too much.
Too clever too true x
Two of the available pieces feature Ice Queen, imagery featured in her installation now on view at LA MoCA’s “Art in the Streets” exhibition. Responding to the history of the site, Swoon has adhered Ice Queen prints to salvaged barge boards layered with 100’s of years old wallpaper from the 18th century Creole cottage that stood on the site where Dithyrambalina will be built.
Additionally, a Kickstarter campaign has been started to support the team of sound artists needed to build this house. This Fall they are prototyping singing walls, floorboard-operated horn sections, and percussive elements triggered by the human heartbeat. This Kickstarter campaign features two additional works of Swoon’s.
For more about this project and the artists involved please see the website www.dithyrambalina.com
You never did tits as well as the Sport, war as well as the Sun or hatred as well as the Mail.
I hope it is not just a ploy to get out of the multitude of law suits about to descend regarding phone hacking or a way of pushing through the BskyB deal.
Every man has inside himself a parasitic being who is acting not at all to his advantage
A paranoid is someone who knows a little of what’s going on . . .
Very poignant article
a wee tear in my eye.
Juxtapoz has some amazing silent footage of the Golden Gate International Exposition on Treasure Island in San Francisco in 1939/40.
http://www.juxtapoz.com/Current/diego-rivera-color-video-footage-from-1939
It shows the craftsmanship involved in art which has been lost today when a click can create so much and command Z can change it back in an instant.
Shiel Yule 