Martin Kemp’s daily work involves a magnifying glass, an archive of art books, a nimble memory, and a keen eye. As one of the world’s leading art authenticators he has transformed works that were once thought to be worth pennies into objects that now have the value of small 3rd world countries.
Illustrated Youtube lecture series "RSA Animate" piques the brain with movement, shape, text, and sound. And teaches some cog-sci to boot.
An exploration of Robert Anton Wilson on Ezra Pound, poetry and the galactic humanoid.
We all know by now that the BP Deepwater Horizon oil well explosion has pretty much destroyed the entire gulf coast ecosystem. It's a real life nightmare going on over there, but BP and their publicity team want to make sure we forget. Corexit will disperse the evidence, and workers don't have to wear
Despite the media's call for riots, the people of Oakland respond with solidarity, peaceful protest, a little mischief, and a whole lot of art.
Karen Dalton was a singer from the Greenwich Village folk revival set, and one of Bob Dylan's favorites. Many compared her unique, somewhat androgynous voice to Billie Holiday's. After leaving New York City, she lived a solitary life in a small cabin in Colorado. Years of troubles with recording executives and heavy drug and
If you can see this, then you might need a Flash Player upgrade or you need to install Flash Player if it's missing. Get Flash Player from Adobe. When graffiti artist and experimental stop-motion animator Blu claimed his wall-painted video short, MUTO, was just a test for a larger, more thoughtful narrative, I didn’t
Conflict Kitchen is a take-out restaurant in Pittsburgh that serves cuisine only from countries with which the United States is in conflict. The artist-run take-out storefront serves a rotating menu every four months to both highlight and introduce a direct, and non-polemic, understanding of these countries and their rich food cultures. Tweet
Artists Trevor Paglen and Jimmy McBride use telescopic science to look skywards and to provide a mirror upon the artistic process itself.
