Calendar. 08.22.12.

Real Pictures #11 (detail), 1988, by Nic Nicosia. Part of the exhibit Anxiety’s Edge, at the Honolulu Museum, opening Sunday. (Image courtesy of the artist and the Honolulu Museum.)

• NYC: The Babycastles indie video game summit, at the Museum of Arts & Design. This Friday to Sunday, in Midtown.

Random Linkage

• “I was Jeff Koons’ Studio Serf.”
• In support of real criticism: “Most [reviews] will be amiable squirts of plot description topped, like a lemon slice on a Diet Coke, with the dread weasel-word ‘compelling.’” (@brookpete.)
• Hyperallergic rounds up a handy who-to-follow list on Instagram — and the list includes yours truly!