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Sonic Zen
Via xpn.org
Jan 4
Sonic Youth’s Lee Ranaldo, who performs John Cage’s work at the Philadelphia Museum of Art this week, tells Elliott Sharp he loved Cage’s minimal approach: “What is the composer doing when the composer is hardly doing anything? It’s like a Zen poem.”
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Islands in the Cloud
Via momaps1.org
Jan 4
Speculative design studio Metahaven, featured in our touring exhibition Graphic Design: Now in Production, opens a new show at MoMA PS1 on Jan. 20. Organized by former Walker curator Peter Eleey, it includes new work about a new cloud-hosting enterprise in Iceland.
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Lethal Weapons
Via hollywoodreporter.com
Jan 4
Despite implicating violent media in the recent spate of mass killings, the NRA has for two years run an exhibition called Hollywood Guns, which features 125 guns from films including Machete, Dirty Harry, and Lethal Weapon.
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Kickstarting Film
Via kickstarter.com
Jan 3
Kickstarter reports that more than $100 million has been pledged to independent film projects through the crowdfunding site since its 2009 launch. Of that amount, around $85 million has been collected, more than half of which went to documentaries.
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Art Tweets
Via huffingtonpost.com
Jan 3
Plenty of Walker friends make HuffPo’s list of top art tweeters, from artists in our collection to critics, art bloggers, and institutions. Listed: MASS MOCA, Raymond Pettibon, Carolina Miranda, Museum Nerd, Tyler Green, and others.
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Duchamp Forever
Via mediabistro.com
Jan 3
Marking the 100th anniversary of the seminal 1913 Armory Show, the US Postal Service is issuing a set of 12 modern art “Forever” stamps. Available for preorder now, they feature Man Ray, Marcel Duchamp, Georgia O’Keeffe, and others.
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A Chair Was Present
Via hyperallergic.com
Jan 3
When the chairs were removed after Marina Abramović’s MoMA show The Artist Is Present closed, NYC artist Man Bartlett took home the tape on the floor indicating placement of the work’s chairs. One is now part of a collage for sale on eBay.
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Nothing Major
Via nothingmajor.com
Jan 2
With its new site, Nothing Major, Pitchfork is taking on visual culture: “We love the bedroom GIF-makers, the resurgent craftsmen, the by-hand-typographers, vintage album cover aficionados, upstart brands as well as unsung classics, and amazing underdog projects…”
