On the Matter of Hybridity

On the Matter of Hybridity

We are fast approaching the longest day of the year. On the other side of the 22nd of this month, the days will again stretch, grow long. As one day expands past the last, our definition for its bounds nevertheless remains the same. There is something about...

Yip-Yip in Mark Mothersbaugh’s Top Ten

Top ten lists are a staple around this time of year. What they lack in shades of grey they make up for with enthusiasm. I could read them all day. My favorite top tens come from trusted sources, so when I cracked this month’s Artforum I went straight to Devo...
Episode 328: Buzz Spector

Episode 328: Buzz Spector

http://traffic.libsyn.com/badatsports/Bad_at_Sports_Episode_328-Buzz_Spector.mp3 download This week: This week we talk with artist, writer, and WhiteWalls co-founder Buzz Spector! Buzz Spector is an artist and critical writer whose artwork has been shown in such...
Sarcastic Flowers: Karen Reimer & Conceptual Craft

Sarcastic Flowers: Karen Reimer & Conceptual Craft

Guest Post by Michael Milano Among the many forms conceptual art of the 60’s and 70’s took, two major threads can be identified. The first, following Sol Lewitt’s definition of conceptual art in which the “idea becomes the machine that makes the art,”# is...
From the Bad at Sports Archives: Mark Dion

From the Bad at Sports Archives: Mark Dion

  This week, I’ve delved into the Bad at Sports archive and pulled an especially interesting interview with Mark Dion, conducted by Duncan and Brian in June of 2010. Below, excerpts from Mark’s discussion of the joys of being a dilettante: “I...