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[NSFW] Wednesday Links: Robot Porn and Plant Art

by Corinna Kirsch on July 8, 2015

From Redditor bobweiszsucks

Nurdle, your word of the day. The verb, primarily used in cricket, refers to working a ball away gently. Use this as you will. [Oxford English Dictionary]
Public art plunder: Walt Disney World has removed a bust of Bill Cosby from the theme park’s Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Hall of Fame Plaza. It will not be replaced by the naked Cosby statue with a weeping Fat Albert covering his ding-a-ling. This statue was designed by a precocious high school freshman. [The A.V. Club via The Hollywood Reporter]
Printed Matter names Max Schumann, a longtime employee, to the position of executive director. He’s great, and you’ve probably seen him behind the desk. Next time you’re in, say “Hello.” [Printed Matter]
Chemists have figured out why a yellow pigment favored by Matisse turns to beige. “The research team found that the original chemical compound, cadmium sulphide, which is highly water-insoluble and bright yellow, is subject to a light-induced oxidation process that transforms it into a colorless, water-soluble cadmium sulphate.” [University of Delaware]
Google has released the code for DeepDream, which lets you make images for robots (kind of). Since then, a Reddit channel devoted to DeepDream has gained over 11,000 members, and, as noted by Michael Farley in yesterday’s links, people are now making all sorts of images for robots. Like porn. Your can learn how to feed your own images through DeepDream, here. [Motherboard]
On the difficulty of discerning the major auction houses’ policies on “third-party guarantors” and “third-party partners,” and how these relationships have dramatically changed how auction houses operate. [The Art Newspaper]
Life is happy—if you’re a tennis shoe! [Bananazz]
The price of bacon is about to go up. (No, this is not an art joke about Francis Bacon!) Pork consumption in the U.S. has been going down since 2009, with a slight rise in 2013. What does that mean for the bacon mongers in Williamsburg? Oh, the world! [Mother Jones]
The plant-art trend is not over for artist Camilla Wills! ( I blogged about it a little in 2013.) No telling if Wills is keeping her greenery alive, though. Woe to those dying fronds. [Contemporary Art Daily]

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Monday Links: Rain Man Assholes

by Paddy Johnson Whitney Kimball and Corinna Kirsch on January 19, 2015

Karen Archey wonders why creative workers get a pass to be assholes. In a fictitious conversation she uses the term “Rain Man of Criticism” to describe one unnamed asshole people feel compelled to work with. May we never meet this person. [e-flux conversations]
Arts critics are suffering from increasingly strained relationships with the institutions they cover. Opera Australia has removed two critics from their comp list, including one from The Sydney Morning Herald after having received negative reviews. And Theatre Critic Joanne Kaufman from the Wall Street Journal was blacklisted by a press agent from receiving free tickets to show, after she admitted to bolting from certain shows at intermission. This podcast focuses on Denver’s Colorado Public Radio which announced last year it that it will no longer carry broadcasts of the Colorado Symphony. Apparently the main reason for this was editorial—the symphony wanted a lot more positive coverage on the radio. [WQXR via: Hyperallergic]
Emma Sulkowicz, the Columbia University senior who has become nationally known for her performance “Carry That Weight,” will be attending Tuesday’s State of the Union address. She was invited by New York State Senator Kirsten Gillibrand who supports the bipartisan Campus Accountability and Safety Act. [Jezebel]
This “Anime Tongue Tattoos” photo spread looks like a DIS photo shoot, but less weird. Very Internet-y, very Miley, and very many blue wigs. Pretty much, this photo spread crushes anything that once was alt into a pretty, plastic-coated display. [VICE]
China’s Ice-Sculpture Disneyland. [UPI]
In sci-fi movies and lit, female robots are always sexy pleasure machines. [The Guardian]
A dictionary of Harlem Renaissance slang circa 1938. Some terms still stick with us, like “hep cat” and “jive”; others, like “barbecue” (which means girlfriend), have gone the way of slang like “eat my shorts.” [Open Culture]
99% Invisible, a podcast about design, architecture and invisible activity has a great segment on chairs called “On the Edge of Your Seat.” These things are more dangerous than you think—silent killers! For those in the office today, use the posture tips. [99% Invisible]
“Civil rights” and “Martin Luther King Day” now brings up an American flag emoji for Chinese chat users, which is offensive. [The Verge]

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Monday Links: I Can Manipulate That Universe Just By Flushing

by Paddy Johnson and Corinna Kirsch on June 10, 2013

Comedian Louis C.K. was doing his bit in the 90’s to keep art stereotypes alive. Here he is, playing a swirling-paint-in-toilet-bowl-photographer, addressing his critics and stating his goals. [Gizmodo]
Big news this weekend: the United States government is spying on everyone, and social media companies like Google, Apple, and Facebook are providing the bulk of the information. Whistleblower Edward Snowden leaked a bevy of National Security Agency (NSA) documents to The Guardian, who interviewed him while he’s holed up in a Hong Kong hotel. Gawker has a great guide to knowing the extent of what was leaked, and uncloaking the legalese of Facebook’s response. [The Guardian, Gawker]
Here’s a dose of future shock: Cisco and iRobot have developed a 5’5” robot with a video conferencing monitor in place of a head. At a $70,000 price tag, it’s being developed for companies with employees who work from home. Not only will this make working from home less fun, it means you’ll never be alone again. [TechCrunch]
A message from Michigan State House of Representatives: We’d like to make sure that a law is passed that will keep the city of Detroit from selling off the museum’s assets, but first things first. Vacation ‘til the fall! [Hyperallergic]
Here’s a video by Richard Prince burning one of his disputed Canal Zone paintings. [Gallerist]
The Hirshhorn’s plans to construct an architectural bubble have been scrapped, but that won’t stop the museum’s resigning director Richard Koshalek from keeping his dream alive. The Los Angeles Times reports that Koshalek wants to move back to California at the end of the year, and hopes to shop around a version of the “tech tent” bubble to an institution out there. Just like a traveling salesman. [Los Angeles Times]
Tyler Green has been to see Richard Serra’s Shift in Ontario, Canada! He’s written about the contested piece in depth, and explains its significance in a mix of reporting and criticism. Read this. [MAN]
The Whitney just restored Douglas Davis’ The World’s First Collaborative Sentence (1995), the museum’s first digital acquisition. Nobody’s really sure of the best way to restore online works, the Whitney included. Speaking to this, there’s versions on the Whitney’s site: one that’s new and functional, and then another, “historic” one with broken links. [The New York Times]

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New, Improved Robot Slaves: Now with Artmaking Ability

by Paddy Johnson on July 20, 2011

New, Improved Robot Slaves: Now with Artmaking Ability – Turns out Jackson Pollock might have been a vacuum.

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