Mark Hage’s photos of empty storefronts reveal how real-estate development leaves behind sites of civic neglect.
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What Does it Mean to Make a “Postcapitalist” Film?
Isiah Medina’s Inventing the Future and Mike Hoolboom’s Judy Versus Capitalism posit different ways for movies to work outside traditional aesthetics and structures.
Posted inFilm
A Comedic Look at How Capitalism Has Warped Chinese History and Culture
In Jia Zhangke’s short film The Hedonists, finally available to stream, laid-off miners become theme park reenactors.
Posted inArt
How Do You Build an Anti-Capitalist Streaming Site?
Nick Hayes and Naomi Burton, founders of the Detroit-based leftist media company Means Media, talk about their ambitions for Means TV, a worker-owned, completely viewer-supported streaming platform.
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An Illustrated Guide to Guy Debord’s ‘The Society of the Spectacle’
The spectacle can be found on every screen that you look at. It is the advertisements plastered on the subway and the pop-up ads that appear in your browser.
Posted inPerformance
A Dance About Capitalism Falls Prey to Its Machinations
Early in koosil-ja’s new show I Am Capitalism, which ran at The Kitchen last week, she spoke through recorded voice-overs of a desire to acquire dances.
Posted inOpinion
Now Is ArtPrize’s Chance to Prove It Deserves an Art World Spotlight [UPDATED]
Last night, artist Steve Lambert announced that he will not be keeping the money if he wins an ArtPrize award. ArtPrize is the large art festival that gives away over half a million dollars through a balanced formula of art professional and public voting (each group gives away roughly $300,000).
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Utopia, Branded: Hotel Chelsea Becomes a Chain
You might say it was bound to happen. And perhaps it was. But now it has happened: the legendary Hotel Chelsea has become a brand. Capitalism spares none.
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Gaming the System: A More Realistic Version of Monopoly
OAKLAND, Calif. — Earlier this year, there was a kerfluffle on the internet when users voted to oust the iron token in Monopoly in favor of a cat. It was a significant change to the aesthetics of the game — the iron had been around since the 1930s — but not a significant change to its gameplay.
Posted inOpinion
5 Art Gifts for Cyber Monday
Does Cyber Monday really exist? Who cares, but if you’re like us you’re looking for crazy stuff that isn’t another iDevice, or scarf or mug or whatever everyone else already has. Here is our list of five items that should satisfy the most art-afflicted holiday gift junky.
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The (Other) C-Word
(via Steve Lambert/kickstarter.com) Quick—what’s the dirtiest word you can think of? The one that makes people the most uncomfortable? The one you wouldn’t dare say at a party for fear you’ll spend the rest of the evening alone in a corner with everyone around you doing their best to pretend you’re not there? Artist Steve […]