The New York Times has this handy dandy chart of all the things from the past decade.
Category: xtra
Benjamin Ducroz
This video is a great mix of computer generated animation mixed with physical printouts and real-world manipulation of said printouts. The result is amazing texture. Check out how it was made and also the rest of Ducroz’s amazing portfolio.
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ha!
hmm. maybe I need to add a science category. anyway…it’s amazing how little we see when we go about the world.
2010 whitney
new york city subway
(Found at the mohawk general store)
I love a good animated gif, they rock!
Awesome Blog Find
It’s nice to look at photos of your parents when they were young, and try to imagine what their lives were like. Often times you figure out how cool and awesome they were back then. The my parents were awesome blog collects all the photographic proof of people’s parents being awesome in one spot.
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R.I.P. Jeanne-Claude
A huge loss for the art community, she will be missed.
Their art was often temporary and as a result expressed
the “love and tenderness that we human beings have
for what does not last.”
Cameron Booth Interstate Map
Cameron Booth, inspired by Harry Beck’s famous London underground map, created this interpretation of the US Interstate system.
As a design exercise and visually I think it looks fantastic. It also shows off beautifully the basic lines of the highway system design, for example the way interstate 80 cuts straight across the country from coast to coast.
I’m not sure how usable it is as an actual map though, I had a hard time finding Los Angeles, even though it is the second largest city in the US.
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Donald Judd Quiz
I’m guessing the point of this quiz is to make fun of contemporary art. That’s fine, because in many ways if you make a quiz like this then you’re missing the point entirely. Not to mention the fact that a lot of contemporary art is precisely about figuring out this kind of distinction (think Andy Warchol readymades).
In any case, whew, I’m glad I don’t have to eat my words. I was able to get 100% on this. In my mind, this proves that maybe to the untrained eye Donald Judd and cheap furniture are indistinguishable, but in reality they are worlds apart! The whole reason I love Donald Judd is his perfect minimalism, and that is very hard to imitate.
Try to make the distinction yourself here.
