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Via nytimes.com
Jun 10
As we know from our Gallery 9 collection, conserving net-art can be tricky. It’s an issue museums like the Whitney face in considering how to present works like Douglas Davis’ 1995 piece The World’s First Collaborative Sentence, made with now-obsolete technology.
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On Whistleblowing
Via schneier.com
Jun 10
“[W]histle-blowing is vital, even more broadly than in government spying,” writes Twin Cities–based security technologist Bruce Schneier of leaks by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden. “It’s necessary for good government, and to protect us from abuse of power.”
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Presence Is Perfection
Via timeout.jp
Jun 7
Producer/musician Jim O’Rourke listens almost exclusively to electronic music, he says in a rare interview, with one exception: He loves Zeppelin. “Presence is just perfection. … It is fussed over—but it sounds like it’s just being done off the cuff.”
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Burning Breuer
Via rolu.terapad.com
Jun 7
In an interview with ROLU’s Matt Olson, Chris Larson discusses his Northern Spark work—a cardboard and 2X4 Marcel Breuer home to be burned at midnight—and its link to a temporary architectural sculpture constructed at the Walker in 2011.
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After Moggridge
Via nytimes.com
Jun 7
The Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum has named its new director: taking the position is Caroline Baumann, who has worked at the museum since 2001 and has served as acting director since the death of former director Bill Moggridge last year.
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eBay for Digital Art
Via hyperallergic.com
Jun 5
For artists working in the digital realm, s[edition] “could be a major game-changer—if it ends up being profitable.” Part eBay, part Apple app store, the curated site connects buyers with artists from Jenny Holzer to Ryoji Ikeda.
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House Afire
Via twincities.com
Jun 5
For this weekend’s Northern Spark festival in St. Paul, artist Chris Larson has created a full-scale replica of a Marcel Breuer-designed house—which he’ll burn to the ground in an homage entitled Celebration/Love/Loss.
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Burst Bubble
Via washingtoncitypaper.com
Jun 5
The Smithsonian has officially scrapped plans to build “the Bubble,” a temporary architectural pavilion designed for the Hirshhorn Museum by Diller Scofidio + Renfro. The cancellation means the loss of $8 million in commitments from backers.
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Shift’s Significance
Via artinfo.com
Jun 5
Slogging through ankle-deep mud to get to Richard Serra’s Shift, Tyler Green dubs it “not just a critical, pivotal work in Serra’s oeuvre, it’s not just an important earthwork, it’s one of the most significant sculptures of the last half-century.”