"expensive clip art impresses expensive ladies"
(clip art at double happiness)
April 2008
college banners
collection of banners from US colleges and universities, from spiritsurfers.
Many look like they were made by the same ad agency, which also does small town clothing stores. "Bard: A Place to Think" is corporate and creepily faux-understated.
The Rematerialization of the Comment Stream
At Rhizome* we're discussing an Ed Halter-recommended show about the "rematerialization of art." The unspoken Cosmo-like theme of the show is "new media artists who have made good in the gallery world--what are their secrets?"
Come join us, just please avoid the ad hominem. Someone has already played the "show must be important see how much commentary it's generating" card.
*Update, 2011: The Rhizome link has been changed to http://rhizome.org/editorial/2008/apr/1/the-rematerialization-of-art/
Petra Cortright NN GIF (rmx)
Edited/posted this to the sleepover page the night of the sleepover but never put it up here. Petra's original is better and shows the means of production (frames of the editing program) but it's too wide for this page's self-imposed "tasteful" limit so this is the chopped version.
"Bandito-Olay"
"Bandito-Olay" [mp3 removed]
A flanged Absynth bassline runs throughout. More granularized scratch samples in loops slightly throwing off the rhythm. Other beats are live software synthesis kits on the RMIV. Controller curves for some long filter sweeps on the hats. This is a "blowing off steam" piece after working on "Spunky Cluster" for a long time.
A funny line from Robert Rodriguez's movie "Once Upon a Time in Mexico":
Agent Sands (Johnny Depp): Are you a Mexi-CAN or a Mexi-CAN'T?
Cucuy: I'm a Mexi-CAN.
Agent Sands: Good. Then do as I say.