Anyone else notice that Rhizome’s four-piece Paddle8 auction has already raised over $35,000? The auction supports their Seven on Seven Conference, for which they seem to have so shortage of support. That’s in no small part due to Petra Cortright’s “krakow_1.psd”, a digital painting on aluminum estimated at $3,500. The top bid for that painting is currently at $17,500 after 29 bids. The auction still has two days left.
Mobile Homestead is a public art space and a faithful replica of the suburban Detroit childhood home of the artist Mike Kelley. Randy Kennedy describes the space as a “free-form community center”, which can be used as a cite for garage bands, an exhibition venue, or a benefit space. The space will open May 11, thanks to the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit, Mike Kelley, and a host of other workers. Watch it. Kelley thought it would be one of the most important things he ever did. [NYTimes]
Imitation of Christ designer Tara Subkoff’s, filmmaker Tatiana Von Furstenburg, and indie star Chloë Sevigny joined forces to produce a short film for MOCAtv. [ARTINFO]
Famed Art Critic Harold Rosenberg created Smokey the Bear! [Galleristny]
We’ll be providing a full write up later in the week, but for those who missed Rhizome’s Seven on Seven conference this weekend and need to read about it now, there’s the hashtag #7on7HTC and the Rhizome live blog. [Rhizome]
The Warhol Foundation is selling Rare and Vintage Posters on Fab.com. The sale will begin Thursday, April 25th and will last 15 days. [Hyperallergic]
Fork over your cash to The New York Times. The publication has finally closed loopholes to the paywall. We are not happy. [New York Magazine]
After a fire destroyed the sixth floor of Pratt’s Brooklyn studios, the school has sought out donated supplies to help students who have lost everything. A distribution center opened Friday and includes canvases, tools and more than 3,000 brushes. [In the Air]
Rhizome’s Seven on Seven is getting bigger. The conference will take place in the New School’s Tishman auditorium this year, a move from the New Museum’s basement auditorium. Let the live tweeting begin. [Rhizome]
Fantasy cannibal’s wife testifies. She discovered chats containing gruesome fantasies in which she is tied up by the feet, and her throat slit. The tears flow. [The New York Times]
Oh, this is GREAT. ARTnews recaps its visits to the Armory Show, running back 100 years. James B. Townsend’s 1913 review kicks off the recap. Longest sentence we’ve ever read, but we think he liked it. [ARTnews]
The Moving Image fair releases its list of thirty-three artists and respective galleries. Two new participants we’re happy to see on the list: Anne Spalter, courtesy of toomer labzda and Rbt. Sps. courtesy of Interstate Projects. [Moving Image]
People care about Julian Schnabel again? He hasn’t had a museum exhibition since 1987, but Gagosian will show his paintings this fall and the Brant Art Foundation will, too. [Art in America]
In this edition of Massive Links: Stuff that will kill you, Nicholas O’Brien on Read/Write and scads of Rhizome news. Also, don’t miss tonight’s conversation at the New Museum with Olia Lialina and Dragon Espenschied.
In an AFC exclusive interview, Ryan Trecartin debuts riverthe.net for the first time to the public. Known for his movies full of tripped out characters drawing much of their language from the Internet, artist Ryan Trecartin is an unlikely developer. He doesn’t know how to program. He spends all his time making movies. This hasn’t changed, though he is the driving creative force behind a new chat-routlette-esque platform conceived last spring in collaboration with tumblr Founder David Karp at Rhizome’s Seven on Seven conference. Dubbed riverthe.net (formerly Project Ten and currently at the temporary url riverofthe.net), the online tool strings together 10 second videos uploaded by users through tag alone. Only three tags can be given to any video.
POST BY PADDY JOHNSON Image: Joe McKay, Collide Between Art Fag City and my facebook page, there’s been a fair number of comments worth considering. Here’s a round up of commentary worth highlighting. The Friskie’s cat commercial I posted earlier in the week inspired all kinds of auxiliary youtube links. A few highlights: Artist John […]
Seven on Seven – Rhizome Seven on Seven will pair seven leading artists with seven game-changing technologists in teams of two, and challenge them to develop something new –be it an application, social media, artwork, product, or whatever they imagine– over the course of a single day. The seven teams will unveil their ideas at […]
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by Art Fag City on February 25, 2010POST BY PADDY JOHNSON Image: Joe McKay, Collide Between Art Fag City and my facebook page, there’s been a fair number of comments worth considering. Here’s a round up of commentary worth highlighting. The Friskie’s cat commercial I posted earlier in the week inspired all kinds of auxiliary youtube links. A few highlights: Artist John […]