by Meg Onli | Nov 12, 2009 | Blog
Two Chicagoans have been announced as candidates for the Ordway Prize. Tania Bruguera, who splits her time between Havana Cuba and Chicago, and The Renaissance Society’s Hamza Walker are up for the prize with a handful of other artists and curators. The prize...
by Meg Onli | Nov 10, 2009 | Blog
powers of ten :: charles and ray eames from bacteriasleep on Vimeo. On this week’s Pick we check out Charles and Ray Eames adaptation of the book Cosmic View by Kees Boeke. “The Powers of Ten” is a short documentary that explores “relative...
by Meg Onli | Nov 10, 2009 | Blog, TV
LUMPEN TLVSN got a great interview with the Yes Men when they were in town for the release of The Yes Men Fix the World. via Lumpen: “Mike Bonanno and Laurel Whitney discuss the roots and future of the prolific corpo-political hoax-sters The Yes Men. On hand are...
by Meg Onli | Nov 3, 2009 | Blog
This may be revealing a bit too much but after watching this video yesterday over on Boing Boing I felt utter heartbreak. Who knew the IBM 7094 could induce such an emotional response? via slavenr88 “Daisy Bell was composed by Harry Dacre in 1892. In 1961, the...
by Meg Onli | Nov 2, 2009 | Blog
Jac Jemc will be at The Parlor Tuesday November 3rd at 7pm! Jac Jemc sells books at Women & Children First. Her first novel, My Only Wife, is forthcoming from Dzanc Books in 2012. In the meantime, she has work that will soon be out in Alice Blue, Barrelhouse,...
