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Bizarre Coincidence: Francis Alÿs meets Cheech Marin.

c-monster — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 08:20:44 +0000

A screengrab from Francis Alÿs’s 2002 video, When Faith Moves Mountains (now on view at MoMA). In which volunteers shoveled pieces of a Peruvian dune. The line across the dune is the advancing row of shovelers. Naturally, this brought to mind…

…the 1987 Cheech Marin flick Born in East L.A. — in which all the Mexicanos storm the border to a Neil Diamond soundtrack. ¡Orale!

Bizarre Coincidence: The High Line goes Orlando.

c-monster — Sun, 19 Jun 2011 18:39:57 +0000

The Friends With You installation at the High Line in NYC bears an uncanny resemblance to…

…the Nickelodeon Hotel in Orlando. Where I once spent the night in the Danny Phantom suite. (Photos, from top, by C-M and Kim+5.)

Bizarre Coincidence: L.A.’s High School #9, meet Godzilla.

c-monster — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 19:38:43 +0000

A while back, Edward Lifson and I were riffing on what L.A.’s High School #9 — designed by the fancy pants Coop Himmelb(l)au — looks like. After my most recent visit to SoCal, I’ve changed my mind from my original stance that it resembles a watchtower…

…’cuz what this thing really looks like is Godzilla on a train-munching rampage!!!

Bizarre Coincidence: The proposed Apple HQ, inflatable hemorrhoid ring.

c-monster — Sat, 11 Jun 2011 17:49:06 +0000

The design schematic for Apple’s corporate headquarters in Cupertino, Calif. (reportedly conceived by the Dark Lord Foster, the same architect who was ready to mar a pristine stretch of the Bulgarian coast with a luxury resort)…

…bears a striking resemblance to an inflatable hemorrhoid ring. Available for only $13 at Able Healthcare DME. Starchitect not included.

Bizarre Coincidence: Donald Judd edition.

c-monster — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 20:20:24 +0000

Donald Judd’s Untitled, wood boxes from 1976, at the Dia: Beacon. (Image by the Dia Art Foundation, via ArtInfo.)

A boutique display window in SoHo. Making me think those Judds in Beacon would look smashing with some slutty heels on them. (Photo by Ben V.)