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On the way to West Hampton. 2-3 pm. Took these with my iPhone and used TiltShift to turn the contrast all the way up.
Stills from Versions by Oliver Laric.
Please watch this - it’s incredible.
via Stork Bites Man and Reference Library
Ted Olson, supporter of the recent California ruling to allow same sex marriages, also supports the right to completely destroy Fox News’ Chris Wallace in every way imaginable.
via charlietodd
The Central Intelligence Agency, Art
CIA Original Headquarters Building
Langley, Virginia
Since the founding of the CIA in 1947, the Agency has participated in both covert and public cultural diplomacy efforts throughout the world. It is speculated that some of the CIA’s involvement in the arts was designed to counter Soviet Communism by helping to popularize what it considered pro-American thought and aesthetic sensibilities. Such involvement has raised historical questions about certain art forms or styles that may have elicited the interest of the Agency, including abstract expressionism.
via Sarah Jessee
Very excited about a little project I’m currently working on with William Hereford. Here’s a sneak peak, shot by Will this morning during filming.
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love this
![BLDGBLOG: A permanent state of insurrection
“A guerrilla architecture project that aims to hijack the great arch of fraternity [the Arche de la Défense].”
Love the idea of parasite spaces.](http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l56ya7dlhH1qzoi6vo1_500.jpg)
BLDGBLOG: A permanent state of insurrection
“A guerrilla architecture project that aims to hijack the great arch of fraternity [the Arche de la Défense].”
Love the idea of parasite spaces.
On the train to West Hampton on Friday, sat behind legendary conceptual artist Lawrence Weiner. Tried to muster the courage to complement his work but couldn’t figure out what to say. Started to write him a note explaining how I saw him back at Penn Station standing in front of a text-only ad for Kraft Macaroni and Cheese that said “DENIAL IS FUTILE”. Tried to explain why it was funny to see him there, but decided that you kind of had to be there. Seriously, how do you complement the man who used language to transcend subjectivity in art? Still at a loss.
Will says:
I created this with Ithai last week as a kind of experiment combining typeface typical of magazines with video which has been shot and edited to feel like a still photograph…Tablets (and the internet really) provide the opportunity to look at moving images with the same studied intensity as a still photograph. Traditionally we are at the director’s mercy regarding when a shot begins and ends- the whole experience is fleeting, which can be wonderful, but I like the idea of creating a moving image which runs on a loop or is shot over a long period of time so the media can be consumed and studied in ways a traditional film cannot.
Bobby Solomon says:
The visual nerd in me is drooling… Dear fancy magazine people, do yourself a favor and hire this guy, your cool factor will jump.
I say:
More than anyone else, William Hereford creates the world I want to live in. He is an artist, a visionary, and a gentleman. I’m proud to call him a friend and accomplice, and I can’t wait to see what he does next.
See more of his work here and here.
Great job, Will.
It would end up being Sinatra who’d have the last word. As the story goes, around 2:45am he effectively shut down Capote’s Black and White Ball by announcing to his cronies that it was time to move on. Capote begged Sinatra to stay longer, knowing that his departure would lead to the place clearing out. But Frank already had his mind set on an after-party at his favorite bar, Jilly’s. There was no changing his mind.
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TRUMAN CAPOTE’S ICONIC & BITCHY BLACK AND WHITE BALL OF 1966 « The Selvedge Yard
Click through to see Capote’s guest list. Unreal.
The Flipper Bridge, via Kottke:
In Hong Kong, cars drive on the left while in the rest of China, they drive on the right. If you’re building a bridge between the two, you’ve got to come up with a clever way to switch lanes without disruption or accident.
For entertainment, Abramović had imported a Montenegrin vocalist, Svetlana Spajic, who appeared in traditional dress and sang a haunting Serbian folk song a cappella to more cheers. But the most unsettling part of the evening came when the tippling Biesenbach took the podium. He didn’t thank anyone. Instead he used the moment to make public his two-decade-long unrequited love for Abramović. “Look at me, Marina,” he began. “Listen to me, Marina,” he went on. “Why don’t you look at me? You know,” he then said to the guests, tossing aside his prepared remarks, “she can’t see anyone without her glasses,” thereby negating the experience of all those sitters who thought she was paying special attention to them. This brought loud murmurs. “Will you stop talking and listen to me?” he said. “OK, don’t listen. I don’t care. Marina? Are you listening?” It didn’t stop there. Recalling how he had fallen in love with Abramović, twenty years his senior, at first sight, he said that he believed she had fallen in love with him too. “Biggest mistake of my career,” he said, though clearly not bigger than this one.
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Holy shit.
“Suspicious Package” at Prince and Broadway. Weird.
Morning Elevator Ride with Jean Touitou, founder of A.P.C.
- Touitou:(with accent) Nice jeans.
- Me:Thanks... they're yours, right?
- Touitou:[smirk]
- Other A.P.C. Guy:And are those Quoddy's?
- Me:Yep.
- Touitou:Everything is just right.
- Me:You started it.
- Touitou:[eye roll]
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