Hot Box, by Skewville. Part of the exhibit Shift Work Disorder, at Factory Fresh, through June 20th. (Image courtesy of Factory Fresh.)
- William Faulkner reading from As I Lay Dying.
- An interview with Nicholas Carr on how the web is rewiring our brains in not-so-good ways. Jonah Lehrer reviews the book in the NYT, and disagrees with some of his points. Plus: an NYT cover story on how the internet and electronic devices can become all consuming for some.
- And ‘cuz there’s no end to the black hole that the Internet has sucked me into: I’m on Tumblr.
- Help Knife Edge Productions put on a performance of Tape — directed by the very awesome Sam Helfrich — here in New York, in the fall.
- Stonehenge at night, 1944.
- Andrew Russeth reads the new Leo Castelli bio so you don’t have to.
- All those khakis bought a lot of art: Gap founder Donald Fisher’s big ass art collection about to go on display at SFMOMA.
- The British Museum is working with Wikipedia.
- One of Thomas Kinkade’s companies files for bankruptcy. (Unbeige.)
- Prescott, Ariz. muralist asked to lighten faces of minority children in a piece. The school’s principal says the request was made for artistic purposes; others aren’t so sure. An Update on Muralgate: Local GOP councilman behind the push to lighten children’s faces. Plus, the school’s principal backs down on the request. (Hyperallergic.)
- An art theft blog that rides the fine line between legal and not. And, a profile of the FBI guy that used to track the art thieves down.
- Stanford copyright guru Larry Lessig on our remix culture at TED. Very interesting. (The Rumpus.)
- Photo Essay: Antony Gormley’s light matrix at the White Cube gallery in London. Very Tron.
- Today’s Graff: Eko gets geometric in Pau, France. Very cool. Much more here.
- Crazy custom scooters. Love the one with the VW sidecar. (ackackack.com)
- LEED green buildings…not very green, reports Fast Company: “…the voluntary rating system — the gold standard for green buildings everywhere — falsely presents its projects as bastions of health and safety, when it actually allows for all sorts of harmful stuff, whether pesticides in tap water or formaldehyde-laden particleboard.” (ArchDaily.)
- A Lego printer.
