- An informative article on the multimedia show “The Rebel Zone: Queen Street West (1975–1989) Art & Activism”, at Toronto’s YTB Gallery. The exhibition, curated by filmmaker and singer/songwriter Lorraine Segato, tracks the rise of the Queen Street West creative community, which often melded art and politics. [Hyperallergic]
- I’ll admit I’ve not been much of a fan of Free Art and Technology (FAT) Lab, which according to member Evan Roth is “dedicated to enriching the public domain one mutha-fuckin LOL at a time.” Too often this amounted to pretentious trolling. But, now Roth has become disillusioned with the “monetization, commercialization, and centralization of the internet.” Now Roth has taken to filming locations in Sydney Australia, where internet-delivering submarine fibre-optic cables meet the land. Sounds a lot like Trevor Paglen. [Hyperallergic]
- On Zardulu, an artist whose medium is the elaborately staged video. [The New York Times]
- 84 year old New Orleans-based artist Arthur Kern gets his first solo show in more than 50 years. [The New York Times]
- The UNTITLED. art fair will expand to San Francisco. [Artnet news]
- The photographs of Tina Modottis, lover of Edward Weston. [not here no there]
Tuesday Links: The Age of Pretentious Trolling is Over
by Paddy Johnson on March 29, 2016 Massive Links
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