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Saul Bass Gets to the Heart of Creativity
Why do we make art? Why does anyone create anything?
Videodrome
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Better Than Performance Art
On Wednesday, artist Jayson Musson tweeted "lol this performance art scene in She's All That is better than real performance art," and his 84 characters opened the flood gates of memory for me.
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Taylor Swift as Microcosm for the Art World
Do you ever feel like the art world is sort of like high school, or life at a small liberal arts college? Or maybe just a blowout party you're not actually sure you were invited to, but you decided to show up anyway?
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Welcome to Videodrome
Every year, Hyperallergic pays tribute to David Cronenberg's Videodrome (1983), the classic sci-fi thriller, with a 12-hour journey through videos we discover littering the internet.
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And this Concludes Videodrome…Let the Sunshine In
Thanks for watching today's programming.
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The IRL Land Where Cats Rule
The Japanese island of Tashiro (田代島) is where the feline things are.
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Art School Girls of Doom!
In a darker time, let's call it the early 1990s, MTV tried its hand at some edgier things and one of those experiments was a semi-animated short series titled Art School Girls of Doom.
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Making a Film the Source of Its Own Failure
JK Keller's "Gleaning the Fifth Screen, Minority Report (screen test)" (2012) was created when he wondered if there was a way to have the film be the source of its own failure or glitch.
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A Shadowy Richard Serra Video Break
Richard Serra's “Hand Catching Lead” (1968, 16 mm black-and-white film, no sound) is a strangely appealing video that functions as well in the digital era as it probably did in its own time.
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I Forgot My Smartphone
This popular video has been making the rounds in the past week, and it captures the reality (ok, it's a little extreme) of wall-to-wall selfies, chats, Instagrams, tweets, Tumblrs, likes, etc.
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Art Openings Never Change: 1960s London
In 50 years, little has changed at art openings.
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What's the Other Option? The World of Catron and Outlaw
A charming short documentary by Half Cut Tea about artists Jennifer Catron and Paul Outlaw captures the irreverent zaniness of this New York duo.