Elusive Illustradora
The graphic artist MILK keeps a low profile. I first found her art over at DesignLlama while looking for something interesting, and that was the end of my search. Or…
Art
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Why Wear a Ghillie Suit When You Can You Can Paint One On?
Who doesn’t like urban camouflage in all forms? Well, let’s take it up a notch!
Pictures of Space that Look Like Pieces of the Heavens
Last week Alexis Madrigal wrote a fascinating article on Wired.com about terrestrial astrophotography; that is to say, photos of the night sky taken from the ground. Most such photos that…
The Berlin Reunion
“Earlier this week, 1.5 million people filled the streets of Berlin, Germany to watch a several-day performance by France’s Royal de Luxe street theatre company titled ‘The Berlin Reunion.’ “Part…
Wild Things Take NY, The Spike Jonze Special
In conjunction with the national release of Spike Jonze’s Where the Wild Things Are, 10/16/09, the first feature film Jonze has directed since Adaptation (2002!), there are a lot of…
Monofonus Takes on Marfa
Monofonus Press, an Austin-based record label and multimedia organization, is heading to the deserts of Marfa, Texas this weekend to stage an elaborate video-art presentation at the 4th annual Trans-Pecos…
“Stockholder,” a Rumpus Original Poem by Rebecca Wolff
Stockholder This view of the mountain puts me in mind of another view, of a different mountain.
Zak Smith in Conversation With Alexandros Vasmoulakis
90% of my street work has been made in Athens/Greece. The political and social situation there is pretty loose and that gives room for anomie of all sorts. It is not necessary…
Depressing Art
In an article for The New Yorker, Caleb Crain writes about the art that arose from overwhelming suffering and poverty of The Great Depression. From the invention of the screwball…
Notable New York, This Week 10/5-10/11
MONDAY, October 5, 2009 – SUNDAY October 11, 2009 This week in New York, Stephen Elliott reads from his memoir The Adderall Diaries, which has its East Coast Launch with…
why i am not afraid to take your money, by amanda fucking palmer
(Editor’s note. Yesterday we linked to Amanda Palmer’s excellent blog post, Why I’m not afraid to take your money. But we liked her post so much we asked if we…
“Flat-chested Girl from the NGO,” a Rumpus Original Poem by Tom Healy
Flat-chested Girl from the NGO Know that she has the advantage here