Angela Washko

Barbara Kruger, Who is Beyond The Law

Malcolm X said it best #Ferguson pic.twitter.com/hjDxendkeQ

— Will Ferrell (@WillyFerrell) November 25, 2014

• A reminder of the number of civilians shot by police in the U.S., as compared to officers other countries. In 2012, the States saw 409 deaths caused by police gunfire. [The Economist]
• You can also watch the livestream and ongoing social media coverage of the riots in Ferguson, and nationwide, after the grand jury ruled in favor of Mike Brown’s killer. Brown’s family urges the public to push for police body cameras. [ANIMAL NewYork]
• For the Twitter users amongst us: Follow Garance Franke-Ruta’s Ferguson list. And follow Visitor Design for critical commentary. [@thegarance]
• The case for “war porn” photography. [Lens Blog]
• Making art with seniors, and a papier mâché Jessica Rabbit. [Senior Moments: The Happy Ones!]
• Alexey Pajitnov, the creator of Tetris among many other things, is really sad that the KGB wanted to use his speech recognition experiments to create “an audio system that would start recording automatically if and when certain keywords, deemed dangerous to the state or incriminating to the speaker, were uttered.” Sound familiar? [Motherboard]
• Kevin Hearn, keyboardist for a band-you-might-remember called the Barenaked Ladies, has released a single called “Gallerina.” It’s about a painting that falls in love with a “gallerina” who is as graceful as a “ballerina.” What a rhyme!  [Exclaim]
• The first ever NYC Porn Film Festival is cumming to Bushwick. [Brokelyn]
• Who wants to play dress up with famous philosopher Slavoj Žižek? [BuzzFeed]
• To this day, no culprits have been apprehended in Chicago’s infamous TV-hacking incident from 1987. Remember Max Headroom? [Chicago Sun-Times]
• Trolls, up your comeback game. Familiar unsubstantiated whining has been rolling in the comments section, this time from World of Warcraft players on Angela Washko’s Creative Time Report. Washko writes about two years of bringing feminism to WoW; according to commenters, she’s a lecturing feminist killjoy who’s interrupting your video game and she’s a BAD JOURNALIST. Also, she clearly didn’t put in enough playtime. Basically, trolls tell writers to stop nagging. [Creative Time Reports]
• The New York Botanical Garden plans to recreate a version of Frida Kahlo’s garden, alongside a show of her botanical-themed paintings, such as her flower monsters. [Hyperallergic]
• Did you know that all the women in Francesco Clemente paintings wear Manolo Blahniks? Thanks to Sotheby’s Lisa Dennison who sat for a portrait, we now know that Clemente would’ve been loved by the Sex and the City crowd. [Seen]
• The Armory Show released its 2015 exhibitor list. [Art in America]
• More internet dross: The art fair preview slide shows are starting. No link.
• And on a lighter note, here’s the Art F City panda calendar in geometric abstraction form. Drag any image into Simplify That Shit and you too can have your very own modernist masterpiece. [Simplify That Shit]