“Meat After Meat Joy” brings together the work of contemporary artists who use meat in their work. That’s right, meat - raw meat, the concept of meat, its symbolism and viscera. In their work the artists are seeking to show the paradoxical nature and symbolism of meat, seeking to show the viewer of their pieces how meat is the essence of our bodies but outside of that context holds no identity and how it also symbolic of the death that follows life, following on from what the exhibition’s curator Heide Harty calls one of the ‘seminal seminal works of sixties happening and performance art,’ Carolee Schneeman's Meat Joy performance.
Continue reading...Friday, June 6, 2008
image via about.com Thousands of people gathered near The New York times building in Manhattan to witness two people climbing the massive skyscraper.
Continue reading...Wednesday, April 30, 2008
“Honey, think of how lucky we’re about to be! This normally costs $200!” Image from joeycrabb It seems that there’s no limit to what people will submit themselves to if you try to pass it off as “luxury”– a New York spa is offering the $216 [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, April 2, 2008
It appears that way, at least: a company called Extell Development has opened sales on a LEED-certified condominiums, but with a steep price: 2.6 million dollars and up. Image from Extell Development
Continue reading...Thursday, March 27, 2008
In New York state, far from the bright lights of the city, alfalfa snout beetles in numbers so large their preadators can’t possibly consume them all emerge from the ground annually and set to work destroying the state’s cropland– 14% of it since 1933. Photo by c-po on [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, December 29, 2007
Uniqlo is a Japanese label, which hit the UK in 2001, it also has stores in New York, Japan, China, Hong Kong and Korea. Initially it offered utility, no logo items,
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Wednesday, November 12, 2008
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