Music piracy is arguably a good thing according to some research that was paid for by the music industry. Oh, and FTW means “for the win”.
The music industry should embrace illegal file-sharing websites, according to a study of Radiohead’s last album release that found huge numbers of people downloaded it illegally even though the band [...]
Category Archives: Art
Music Pirates FTW!
August 5, 2008 – 1:50 pm
Eureka: Crazy Carpark Signage
August 1, 2008 – 9:37 am
The way-finding-system for the Eureka Tower Carpark in Melbourne Australia is really neat!
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Artist Asks How’s My Advertising?
June 4, 2008 – 9:01 am
Posterchild is a Toronto-based artist who is sick of all the illegal billboards in the city and decided to do something about it by using art. One can hope that other cities follow in São Paulo lead by banning billboards in the city. Until then, we have artists.
Last Monday—using data gleaned from Rami Tabello’s IllegalSigns.ca—Posterchild [...]
Shopping cArt Race in Toronto
May 30, 2008 – 5:42 pm
I’m organizing the Toronto Idiotarod and I like to think that these sort of crazy events function as art.
We’re de-contextualizing the shopping cart which is a device designed to have people consume more than they normally would. In the Idiotarod the shopping cart is not something that you’ll want to fill with objects. We’re [...]
Legalizing Graffiti in Washington DC
May 29, 2008 – 11:44 am
Here’s another nest video from Current TV that looks at he legalization of graffiti art in Washington DC.
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Video on NY Environmental Artist
May 15, 2008 – 12:48 pm
This landed in my email today from Parisa:
I’d like to share with you a video from Current.com that I thought you and your blog would appreciate; in the piece, Fritz Haeg–green architect/artist, discusses his current art project called Animal Estates where he makes homes for animals where people live in cities, suburbs, private properties, institution, [...]