Dave Poulin’s controversial Lucille Ball sculpture. Critics say the sculpture is creepy
- “On the island of Kauai, chickens have not just crossed the road. They are also crowing in parking lots, hanging out at beaches and flocking in forests.” This, my friends, is how you write a lede. Chickens are everywhere in Hawaii. [The New York Times]
- Our benefit workout video made the L.A. Times. Woot! Thank-you Carolina Miranda. [Culture High & Low]
- Ben Valentine emailed a questionnaire to 20 women artists and writers on the subject of Deep Lab, new media and technology-based art, and representation. Seven responded. The craziest response comes from Jennifer Chan, who runs down a laundry list of terrible experiences in response to the question: Briefly describe the barriers you face within a new media art and technology framework as a WOC or QTWOC. [Hyperallergic]
- One minute a bust, the next minute, a hologram. A few hours after police removed the sculpture of Edward Snowdon from a Brooklyn park, a hologram of Snowdon’s image appeared in the same spot. The Illuminator art collective, responsible for the hour-long projection, are outspoken about their admiration of Snowdon and the anonymous group that installed the first bust. [WPIX New York]
- Those guys from Scrubs Twitter-pledged to make pizzas for same-sex weddings in Indiana. The tweet has been reposted 8,000 times. We hope they’re prepared to fill a lot of orders. [People]
- It’s a busy week for commemorative public sculptures. In Celoron, New York, artist Dave Poulin is offering to re-work his statue sculpture of Lucille Ball. He’s responding to a barrage of complaints about the work, which doesn’t quite resemble the actress. But the most ardent criticism has to do with its alleged creepiness. [NPR]
- Deadline for the VOX XI juried exhibition is coming up on May 3. Vox Populi is looking for work that “pushes the boundaries in terms of form and content, is ambitious and timely, and is experimental and risk-taking.” Get to it, ambitious, experimental boundary-pushers! [Vox Populi]
