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by Corinna Kirsch and Dylan Schenker on July 17, 2015
- How to tell a collector off, brought to you by Danh Vo. Have Artists Space send out a newsletter on your behalf, telling “Bert” that you will agree to his contractual obligations—but only if that means letting Phung Vo, your father, scrawl “SHOVE IT UP YOUR ASS,YOU FAGGOT” on a wall within the collector’s residence. Artnet News has Bert’s response. [artnet News]
- Museums aren’t typically known for showing sweaty acts of violence; the Museum of London stands on its own as one of the few. This August, the museum will host the “Gladiator Games,” with men and women slinging swords at one another in a Roman amphitheatre. [Museum of London]
- There’s a real Mark Rothko included at the end of Ant-Man!? [Ant-Man credits]
- Reddit’s former CEO Ellen Pao opens up about her stint at Reddit, and how concerns about online harassment pose more immediate concerns than free speech: “Balancing free expression with privacy and the protection of participants has always been a challenge for open-content platforms on the Internet. But that balancing act is getting harder. The trolls are winning.” [The Washington Post]
- Tech- and net-art question of the day: Do Richard Dupont’s sculptures “demonstrate how scanning, surveillance and imaging technology shape our conceptions of humanity today.” Critic Martha Schwendener describes his figurative sculptures as such, which look like the figure has “walked into a computer program and can’t get out.” To me, these works look kind of funny—like a live Dilbert comic about getting stuck in your work?—but I haven’t seen the show yet. Is there any deeper, or darker connections to the powers involved with scanning, surveillance, and imaging? Or are they just used in the show to demonstrate all the weird ways we can contort the human figure? [The New York Times]
- Artist Rob Pruitt continues to auction off leftovers from the garage sale he put on for the Brant family. [eBay]
- “You Just Got Out of Prison, Now What?”—your weekend must-read. [New York Times Magazine]
- Is capitalism dead? According to Paul Mason, economics editor at Channel 4 News, we are entering a post-capitalist era due to advances in information technology: “First, it has reduced the need for work, blurred the edges between work and free time and loosened the relationship between work and wages. The coming wave of automation, currently stalled because our social infrastructure cannot bear the consequences, will hugely diminish the amount of work needed – not just to subsist but to provide a decent life for all.” [The Guardian]
- Out of nowhere last night, Wilco surprised everyone by releasing a brand new album called Star Wars. You have to sign up for their newsletter to get it. And hurry, because the free album won’t last long. [Wilco World]
- Japan has decided not to go with Zaha Hadid’s controversial stadium design for the 2020 Olympics. Mostly due to costs, it looks like they have decided to start from scratch. [Dezeen]
- Can artificial intelligence invoke legitimate emotional responses? Well if movies about AI tell us anything, they definitely can. How many people cried at the end of Terminator 2? [3AM Magazine]
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