by Joyce Yu-Jean Lee on June 10, 2016
Grow Cable by Iizawa Mio
Whenever I forget my cell phone at home, it feels as if I left my third arm behind. Now, you can actually manifest your co-dependence to your mobile device with this curiosity. Buy this weird umbilical cord phone charger, Grow Cable by Japanese Artist, Iizawa Mio on Etsy for $5,751.97. Featured in Discover Magazine as a recommended “geeky gift,” Mio says the cable “represent(s) people’s dependence on their iPhones, just as a growing baby depends on its mother.”
Speaking of babies, what about these odd robotic animals marching around in diapers? Apparently they’re testing the diapers.
Horse Head Diaper Robots
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by Paddy Johnson on September 4, 2015
In 2006, Rhizome’s “Professional Surfer” felt like an important show. Surfing informed the practice of most artists I knew, and seemingly countless artist run blogs existed for the sole purpose of collecting weird shit. This included material like an animated GIF of a flag made in ASCII, MS Paint software instructions, and the largest camera lens you’ve ever seen. It was fun to watch and those with a knack for finding the obscure and truly bizarre were followed religiously.
The online exhibition describes itself as a show that “considers web browsing, aka ‘surfing’ as an art form.” Practically speaking, that meant presenting six websites by artists including Olia Lialina’s Pages in the Middle of Nowhere, Travis Hallenbeck’s Cosmic Disciple, Joel Holmberg’s Chillshesh, John Michael Boling’s 53o’s, and the group blogs Supercentral and Nasty Nets. Each present, combine or recontextualize found material from the web.
Nearly ten years later, we’re still remixing, blogging and collaging material, only we’ve moved to different platforms. Which begs the question: Given the relevance of “Professional Surfer” to today’s online culture, does it hold up as an exhibition and a historical document?
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