How much will it cost?

For years and years we've been hearing about the degradation of the ozone layer, the destruction of the oceans and the polluting of the air and lots of people are doing lots of things about it. Now, finally, it seems we've finally put it into a language that everybody cares about: money.

Displacement (with Chinese characteristics)

Will Kwan presents his latest project Displacement (with Chinese characteristics) in Shanghai at the Shanghai Duolun MoMA. Juxtaposing earth work conceptualism against the rebuilding and rise of China, Will creates a massive yet ephemeral earth work. The change and shift of the local Shanghai landscape, aided by the banks no doubt, takes form of a huge logo: a sly commentary about the change and shift of the global landscape. Though it's probably not large enough to be seen from space with the naked eye, a little geotagging would make it as easily found as it's conceptual patriarch Spiral Getty. In a way, it's an parallel comment like that of Anish Kapoor's Sky Mirror in New York (for another few days).

If you're in Shanghai, there's an opening on Friday night at 19:00.

Image from: Shanghai Duolun MoMA

Inspiration

Bots, readymades, and curating

Just go and read it for yourself. For the geek and artist in you, it's just... brilliant.

Genius, autism and the male biological clock

Karen van Hahn makes a fairly potent argument that males, like women, have a biological clock ticking away. The revelation that men who seed a child over the age of 40 are nearly 6 times as likely to have a child with autism as compared to men under the age of 30. All Saturday morning I was kind of bummed out by that news. I've had it in my mind to have kids when I'm 48 or so. I'm not financially equipped nor am I nearly grown up (read: responsible) enough to have steady girlfriend and the thought of having a child before my late 40's just doesn't gel well. So I was bummed. But things always have silver linings. And I worked that Saturday long and hard and when I came home again there was an email from Camillo marked with a subject of "Inspiration". The email containted not one but two links. The silver lining turns out to be the opportunity, at an advanced age, to father a savant. And then I thought that might suck anyway... but then I thought about all the "healthy" people I know. I think I need some retards in my life.

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Image: Sabina Sciubba, lead singer of The Brazilian Girls, speaks 6 languages and mixes them lovingly in her lyrics.

2 things

After a long time of not doing it, it snowed again.

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I have a hotel booked in Miami.

Photo: Alec Soth

Flat Daddy

Reading my morning news over at Tyler Green's blog I come across a very interesting post about Niagara Falls and the photography of Alec Soth. So I go check out his blog and get to the topic of: Flat Daddies. The American National Guard is providing paper cutouts to the familes of deployed service members as a way to ease the pain of separation. Supposedly, it's working but it's bizarre.

What would you die for?

I just want to ask a question
Who really cares?
To save a world in despair
Who really cares?

Who's willing to try
Yes, to save a world
Yea, save our sweet world
Save a world that is destined to die

© Marvin Gaye

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The only thing on my mind today.

English and it's web

Just What Is It About English That Makes It So Ensaring, So Sticky?

Driving home yesterday

I saw a sign for a mechanic's garage that simply stated We do brakes... if you can stop.

Sunday Sighting

But is it thievery?

An interesting story about a couple Indian thieves in Kyrgyzstan. The thieves use hypnosis on the bank tellers who then willingly hand over cash amounts. It's a wonderful Jedi mind trick but is it theft if the money is handed over willingly? Is the hypnosis as violent as a gun crammed against the cranium?