Simple idea, yet fun. I wish I had thought of doing this video before!
Archive for May 26th, 2011
Olek goes Yoko
If you’re in New York from June 19 to 21 look out for infamous crochet-hook wielding artist Olek’s clad of performers in the streets reenacting Yoko Ono’s “Instructions” in Grapefruit (1964):
“Painting To Shake Hands
Drill a hole in a canvas and put your
Hand out from behind
Receive your guests in that position.
Shake hands and converse with hands”.
Here’s what I have posted about Olek in the past (video and pictures of her work).
Pictures courtesy of Olek
Cracking the code
The Park Avenue Armory (one of my favorite exhibition spaces in New York) just opened a large-scale audio/video installation by sound and visual artist, Ryoji Ikeda called “the transfinite”. For the non-geeks out there, the name is inspired by the mathematical concept of transfinite numbers, “which are larger than any finite numbers, yet quantitative and ordered”, dixit the press release (?!). Accompanied by a synchronized musical composition, the two-room installation explores how data defines the digital world we live in. Visitors can take their shoes off and step on a 45-foot-tall and 60-foot-wide screen. If you’re in New York, the installation runs through June 11. It’s a great experience to be part of. The Park Avenue Armory is located at 643 Park Avenue, between 66th and 67th Streets.
Rockin’ the Twitter: May 26
The top music tweets of the day:
Most famous people are nuts.
— Jann Arden (@jannarden)
@jannarden I beg your pardon?
— Anne Murray (@annemurray1)
I feel like my middle finger is sacred. I’ve been giving it away too easily.
— Pink (@pink)
I’ve decided I want to get to know Cher on a first name basis.
— Steve Martin (@stevemartintogo)
The end of days is surely upon us – Cheryl Cole is headline news on the BBC.
— Future of the Left (@s—_rock)
If you hear somebody sneezing in another room, and you sneak off so they don’t see you and realize you didn’t say “bless you” is that rude?
— T-Pain (@tpain)
I’m going out on a bike ride. (I’d like to put that remark in perspective: it’s as unlikely as my saying “I’m putting on the new Sting LP!”)
— John Wesley Harding (@wesleystace)
Dear Manager: I know you meant well, but this Tom Waits workout video you sent me really sucks.
— Benjamin Darvill, Son of Dave (@thesonofdave)
Standing in line at the DMV. I don’t even have any reason to be here – I just came because this is an awesome line.
— Okkervil River (@okkervilriver)
Morning coffee graces my face like a welcomed breeze on a summer day…what the crap? Did I just type that?
— Chris Daughtry (@chris_daughtry)
somebody threw a pizza over my fence last night…do i look hungry to you?
— Kristin Hersh (@kristinhersh)
The best thing about doing a “press day” is that I know I have a whole day of people forced to listen to my ramblings.
— Damian Abraham, F—ed Up (@leftfordamian)
Priest on AI is akin to Kiss on the Paul Lynde Halloween special from 1976. If they convert even just 1 kid, it’s worth it. #fb
— Scott Ian, Anthrax (@scott_ian)
P. Vbbvb.
My last tweet was a butt dial – I have no idea what it means
— Ben Folds (@ben folds)
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