Takeshi Murata, Golden Banana, (2011)
(via Rhizome | My Broken iPhone)
“ Another time, another train ride, someone glanced at my phone and looked at me, with a pitying expression, “You know, you can get that fixed. It doesn’t cost much. Maybe $25. Really, it’s not that much money.”
People of all demographics would comment on my iPhone’s cracked screen —children, the elderly, anyone really—but it typically came from men around my age. But, this wasn’t an excuse to proposition me. There was always a whiff of rebuke. These strangers were chiding me for acting irresponsibly with Apple gadgetry. “
PARIS RUNNING CLUB /
CREW LOVE. Check out this gorgeous new video for the Nike Paris Running Club, of which I am a proud part of. We had a great time shooting it during our tuesday night runs this fall in the midst of the Paris 10k. Enjoy!
Check out Dutch Internet Artists Pinar and Viola’s do it yourself self-portrait web app enabling you to create your very own, kitsch internet art optical illusions : http://overlayer.com/
The duo have also generously designed a photobooth backdrop to download here .
They blog about internet culture for Dazed and Confused Digital - and their blog is a good starting point if you want to familiarise yourself with some of the deeper depths and hidden corners of internet culture and art
“Sorting Out Sorting” — This beautiful film is a must see for programmers and all fans of early eighties computer graphics, sound design and simplicity.
Baecker, Ronald M., with the assistance of David Sherman, 30 minute color sound film, Dynamic Graphics Project, University of Toronto, 1981.