DJ Spooky Film Premieres at Tribeca Film Festival
Hey! Former guest DJ Spooky writes: “Hey everyone – this is the premier of my first film. It’s one of the headlining events for the Tribeca Film Festival, and I’ve been working on it for a while. If you’re in NY on May 4 or 5th, please come out and check the new version. It’s […]
The EPA Loves Jack Johnson
Jack Johnson — yes, the singer — was recently honored by the E.P.A. for his foundation’s environmental work.
Art Writing: Connections Brilliant and Absurd
Critic Jonathan Jones asks why doesn’t the public like painter Ellsworth Kelly. “Then they walk quickly… through the Kelly room, ignoring the flat, coloured objects on the wall… Perhaps it is “chromophobia”, fear of colour, which surprisingly enough has something to do with Islamophobia.” (He goes on to explain that “Abstract art is an Islamic […]
Who Said Painting Was Dead?
Hang on to your pants and take a look at this piece and more at www.johnbailly.com.
Spin for Your Life
Lloyd Godson won Australian Geographic’s “Live Your Dream” prize and launched the BioSUB project with the money. The sub is powered by surface level solar panels. He generates his air by pedaling a bicycle — think about that in your spin class — while plants gobble up the CO2 he and the photographer make. Lloyd, […]
Eye Doctors and Art
Two pieces of news about eye doctors helping the world of art: 1) An eye surgeon might be called upon to remove tiny shards of glass that were embedded by careless thieves when they stole The Scream
Sharjah Biennial: Art, Ecology, and the Politics of Change
The current Biennial in Sharjah, UAE, is subtitled “Art, Ecology, and the Politics of Change.” One featured artist, Tea Mäkipää (bad-ass name, no?) created Ten Commandments for the 21st Century. Her piece involved going from Germany to the UAE by ground, in accord with her first commandment, “Do not fly.”
“Great Grom Video” from Surfrider
Eleven year old Cobi Emery made this green-surfing video, shown at surfrider.org. Incredible, huh? When I was eleven, I stepped on a disposable camera, which then broke.
Buddies
This guy is known as the Tico Tarzan. He rescued his buddy Poncho who was dying from a gunshot wound. Follow the link here — courtesy of www.ticotimes.net/
Panda Poop into Paper?
From Inhabitat.com: “Researchers at the Giant Panda Breeding Base in Chengdu, China are preparing to … turn tons of panda poop into paper. Bing Bing, Ya Guang, Qing Zi and the other thirty-seven pandas at the center produce roughly 2 tons of high-fibre bamboo poop a day! Liao Jun, a researcher at the center believes […]
What the Big White Puffy Clouds See…
This painting was one of three I made for a movie about the Florida Keys eco systems…. This would be a big white puffy cloud’s view of a mangrove estuary. The film is showing at the Florida Keys Eco Discovery Center in Key West as part of an interactive exhibit. The paintings are used as […]
