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By BIG RED CHECK THIS OUT. When was this made? Is this a phallus made from the lights of tailgaters? Imagine if all the pictures on the web were corrupted, but this one managed to survive, along with the entire HTML schema, and Tim Berners-Lee had to reinvent HTML, and this was the sample jpeg he used to demonstrate the new markup language. But, instead of the expected tags, he decided “WTF” was now applicable for the AHTML (Awesome Hypertext Markup Language), given that he now spent all his time on Chatroulette…
By THOMAS MARQUET #57: The requisite Whitney Biennial strip, but different this time. Thomas Marquet is a cartoonist, sculptor, and critic, based in Brooklyn.
By MARTINA WINDELS BY ENTERING THE ZONE CREATED BY THIS DRAWING, AND FOR THE PERIOD YOU REMAIN THERE, YOU DECLARE AND AGREE THAT THE US CONSITUTION WILL NOT APPLY TO YOU. This statement is applied in bold black letters to the wall of the Farrago wing of the RISD Museum of Art. The text accompanies a 12’ x12’ box outlined in the corner and on the floor, using only black tape to mark the area where this rule applies. This installation by Carey Young’s is part of Uncertain Contracts, an exhibition of…
By NISHA MAXWELL Joshua Deaner’s a town without pigeons. confronts the capitalist, linear escapism that the Western psyche cultivates. Deaner claims to look for moments when landscapes reflect the inner working of the psyche. “ He does exactly that with this series, now showing at AS220 in Providence. Using the signification of walls, windows and roads, the subject of looking and moving forward is combined with dead ends. The viewer’s gaze is endlessly seduced and obstructed in a frustrating, illusive cat-and-mouse game between light and shadow – opportunity and acceptance. Deaner states…
By LIZ HALL Last week, I had the wonderful good fortune of attending two lectures about two different artists who dance with science. On Monday, February 22nd, the MIT Program in Art, Culture and Technology kicked off its spring lecture series with Xavier LeRoy, the french biochemist cum not-so-interpretive dancer. Le Roy is in residence at MIT throughout the semester working with students and researchers, which will result in a performance later on. The very next afternoon I jumped back on the Red Line out to Harvard Square and saw Liz Lerman…
My idea is to try to eat local for 30 days, or perhaps 60 (if Tehching Hsieh can go a whole year). The point is to attempt an experiment in living the beliefs I have been advocating. Beyond advocacy I am interested in “performing/participating” in this idea of local living, which has become so trendy in popular culture. I say “performing/participating” because I think that, on one hand, I am participating in the idealism of local living, but also performing this idea of “going green” that has been made so popular by…
By BIG RED January 29, 2010 Photos from a Big RED night on-the-town at fivesevendelle project space for the opening of “Dude, where’s my apocalypse?”, featuring Boston artists Jack W. Schneider, Alexander DeMaria, and Todd White. DUDE, WHERE’S MY APOCALYPSE @ FIVESEVENDELLE – Big RED & Shiny Issue #125 “Dude, where’s my apocalypse” was on view January 15 – 30 at fivesevendelle project space.
By BIG RED Wednesday, February 24th, 2010 Candid photos from a Big RED night on-the-town at the Davis Museum and Cultural Centerfor the opening of “Something Like Fireworks,” an installation by Stephen Vitiello. Davis Museum and Cultural Center, Wellesley College “Something Like Fireworks” is on view February 24 – June 6, 2010 at the Davis Museum. Photos by Richard Howard. All images are courtesy of the Davis Museum.