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Comment on Iraq War Veterans Raid Gas Station by corroded

corroded — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 15:17:45 +0000

the video was taken down

Comment on What Goes Up Must Come Down by Ray

Ray — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 04:08:25 +0000

Nice. The piece reminds me of Banksy’s cocaine cop.

Comment on Disruptive Realism by ARG Netcast, Episode 68: Now We’re On To Something | ARG Netcasts

ARG Netcast, Episode 68: Now We’re On To Something | ARG Netcasts — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 04:06:21 +0000

[...] links from the show: A pirate-themed ARG out of Germany Disruptive realism Putting a Halt to a Vast International Conspiracy (Marie Lamb @ [...]

Comment on Iraq War Veterans Raid Gas Station by Hector

Hector — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 19:58:13 +0000

Lame

Comment on Welcoming Home Strangers at JFK Airport by Seth

Seth — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 08:53:43 +0000

Gosh. I usually really enjoy IE, but there was kind of a startling level of class privilege here. All these people who could afford drivers– all these middle class-or-higher white folks– got the hero’s welcome home. I winced hearing the driver talk about what a nice thing that was. This is really a fascinating- if not entirely scientific- study of privilege and entitlement.

Comment on Disruptive Realism by links for 2008-11-17 | Nerdcore

links for 2008-11-17 | Nerdcore — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:30:26 +0000

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Comment on Disruptive Realism by T. Lazy

T. Lazy — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:30:08 +0000

Awesome. Reminds me of one of the staples of my college education: Society of the Spectacle by Guy Debord. One of my undergrad classes pretty much turned into a seminar in how to interrupt the spectacle. Best undergrad class I had.

Comment on Top Secret Massive Power-Shifting Excercise in NY by Fake NY Times fun

Fake NY Times fun — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 17:16:30 +0000

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Comment on Massive Fake NY Times Prank by Fake NY Times fun

Fake NY Times fun — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 17:15:48 +0000

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Comment on Cuprocking by Super Duper Fresh

Super Duper Fresh — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 13:02:45 +0000

This ’street art’ stuff is still really a problem isn’t it? Putting aside its real irrelevance in 2008 – I can’t help but wish people were driven by actual ideas rather than obtuse chances at fleeting street art stardom. The work and the artists subsequent attempts at trademarking this supposedly new concept, just read as embarrassing efforts at justifying a press release for any of it.

Apparently this guy has since put cups in fences for struggling street-wear brand Mooks, for their decidedly unadventurous campaigns, which comes as no surprise, really. Though, what I grapple with is the idea that the driving force behind ‘Street Art’ was historically somewhat antagonistic, its driving force was its ‘anti-establishment’ stance. I wonder what function this genre of graffiti/design/art now serves, what the work currently says (if anything), now that we have found its sole purpose (if not simply vanity) is to partake in the frameworks it still outwardly claims it sets out to fight.

This article I read recently on Japanese website Tokyo Art Beat is actually a nice comment on the subject.
http://www.tokyoartbeat.com/tablog/entries.en/2008/08/street-art-propping-up-the-corpse.html