by Michael Anthony Farley on February 16, 2016
- Everything I read about Whitechapel Gallery’s Electronic Superhighway show makes me feel like I’m such a loser for not being in London right now. The exhibition traces the surprisingly long history of art and technology. [Wired]
- And future curators/archivists of digital media: Rejoice! Southampton University researchers have developed a technique of storing data in laser-nanostructured quartz that can preserve your files for 14 billion years. [Gizmodo]
- Yes! DJ/writer (why is this such a popular combo?) Liz Ohanesian has put together a crash course in the best goth albums “For People Who Don’t Know Shit About Goth Music” and it is amazing. Where did this weird “Fade to Grey” video even come from? [LA Weekly]
- Jerry Saltz has some pretty choice words on the selection of not-quite-architect Joe Weishaar and schlocky neoclassical sculptor “Master Artist Sabin Howard” as the auteurs of the $40 million national World War I memorial in Washington, DC. [Facebook]
- Staten Island’s borough president James Oddo just got the last laugh in a battle with developers. Savo Brothers purchased a historic property the community wanted preserved and demolished structures and old-growth trees despite opposition. Oddo then used his office to name the new streets “Cupidity Drive,” “Fourberie Lane,” and “Avidita Place,” which translate to “Lust for wealth,” “deceit,” and “greed,” respectively. [Curbed]
- I was going to describe listicle “Secret Getaways Of The Art World’s Super Rich” as a hate-read, but it’s actually much more like reading the transcript from a SNL Stefon skit. “Greek Cypriot billionaire and collector Dakis Joannou throws annual parties and invites people onto his Jeff Koons–designed yacht, Guilty. Among his most talked about parties was a lavish affair with some 400 guests gathered around a communal table, more than 300 feet long, along a rocky path above the Argo-Saronic Gulf.” [Forbes (where else?)]
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