- A new critical approach to the artist Kehinde Wiley; he’s a jokester. “If reflection, recognition, representation—so often identified with Wiley’s work—comprised its entire attraction, I’d be grateful for its existence, in the same way that I’m grateful for the existence of, say, Tyler Perry. Mere existence is a real and valuable politics, one whose importance shouldn’t be underestimated. But this, for me, is where the difficulty starts with Wiley: If his paintings have any value as art qua art, that value lies in something else—his best paintings read as jokes. [The Awl]
- A conceptual art project to destroy the “worst part of America,” Oklahoma, and replace it with a freshwater lake. [Kickstarter]
- Net artists, get $500 to make browser-based art with Rhizome’s Net Art Microgrants. Dooooo it. [Rhizome]
- Postinternet public art comes to City Hall Park in Lower Manhattan. [Observer]
- Activists intent on saving Sweet Briar College, a women’s college in Virgina, will now be installed as board members. Former board members who voted to close the college this past March, have already been purged. [Chronicle of Higher Education]
- Ello, which debuted in 2014 as a serious competitor to Facebook, is now rolling out ads on Facebook. Some are totally creepy, and call out FB for its surveillance practices. [Tech.Mic]
TeenagersInternet trickstersneverdesigned condoms that will change color when exposed to sexually transmitted diseases. [Hopes & Fears]- “Thanks to @facebook forcing me to use my real name, I am now at more risk of rape and death threats. But enjoy flogging that data, guys.” Journalist Laurie Penny got kicked off Facebook for using a pseudonym, even though she was doing it so that she wouldn’t get trolled. [The Guardian]
