- Of all the responses in Karen Archey and Robin Peckham’s Art Post-Internet catalogue questionnaire about the term, my favorite comes from Christiane Paul, who corrects the idea that Marisa Olson coined “Post-Internet.” Josephine Berry Slater talked about post-internet art two years earlier in 2003 during her introduction at a symposium at Tate. Paul also refutes the idea that the term will have any longevity. Post-Medium says the same thing, but with less confusion. [Art F City]
- Apparently, exercise makes you live longer. Who knew? This article describes the importance of one’s “fitness age,” which, unlike your chronological age, can be lowered. [The New York Times]
- A profile on Marvin Gaye Chetwynd, a performance artist whose film “Hermitos Children 2” includes a scene in which a man has his penis strung up in a noose by a boatload of women. The scene was improvised. [Time Out]
- Because husky puppies are cute. [@HereBeHuskies]
- Because dogs trying to smile is cute. (Thanks you, Here Be Huskies.) [Bark Post]
- We’re getting excited about the Pratt Upload conference! Alex Teplitzky is DJing the Art F City-sponsored after party at the Emerson this Saturday. Here’s the soundcloud preview he made for the party. [Nabocough]
- The greatest hoodie ever made costs $89.00. Sales are through the roof, thanks to a Slate article. [Business Insider]
- Skate’s Reports has produced a London auction preview for ARTnews. At what point does Sergey Skaterschikov’s investments compete with one another? Redline, the Russian company with a stake in artnet that Skate’s is advising, seemingly competes with Artnews, which owned by Skate’s Capital. Skate’s Capital also owns a stake in Paddle8 that seemingly competes with artnet. Is the point to assemble one giant conglomerate? [ARTnews]
- Eight-year-old nails the Patrick Swayze half of the Dirty Dancing finale. We are led to believe that this is entirely learned from watching the movie a handful of times, which seems impossible. Somebody enroll the boy in a dance class. [Gawker]
- A British parrot went missing for four years and returned speaking Spanish. [The Daily Breeze]
- Wall Street plummets. [New York Times]
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