Marina Galperina
Features editor at Gizmodo
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hopesandfears.com
Is the world real, or is it just an illusion or hallucination ...
We asked renowned neuroscientists, physicists, psychologists, technology theorists and hallucinogen researchers if we can ever tell that the "reality" we are experiencing is "real."
Jalopnik
Why Russians Are Obsessed With Dash-Cams
In Russia, everyone should have a camera on their dashboard. It's better than keeping a lead pipe under your seat for protection. (But you might still want that lead pipe.)
Gawker
Can Kanye West Get an Emergency Art Grant?
Recently, periodically self-aware human and artist Kanye West announced that he is $53 million deep into “personal debt.” Mark Zuckerberg has yet to express an interest in helping. So, we’ve looked into some alternative financing options possibly available. Specifically, emergency art grants....
Gawker
My Wednesday Night Making Long Island Great Again
One does not simply walk into Grumman Studios, site of Wednesday night’s Donald Trump rally in Bethpage, Long Island: one takes a shuttle bus packed to the bursting point with people who want to make America great again....
baku-magazine.com
Is it art or is it noise? | BAKU Magazine
Pharmakon’s scream melted the speaker. It growled out of her chest, ripped through the listeners and crashed to the ceiling of Basilica Hudson, a giant 19th-century glue factory- turned-music venue.
ARTnews
Listen to Your MoMA | ARTnews
The Museum of Modern Art prepares for its first major sound-art show
hopesandfears.com
Is Google's Deep Dream art?
A little while ago, Google set an Artificial Neural Network wild to “dream” on the internet. We asked art critics, artists and artistic technology experts if this was art.
Animal
Arabic Programming Language at Eyebeam: قلب Opens the World
“قلب, as far as I know, is the first programming language that’s also a conceptual art piece,” says Ramsey Nasser, computer scientist and a fellow at New York’s Eyebeam Art+Technology Center.
Animal
Merry Indie X-Mas, A Very Cool Holiday Album From ANIMAL ...
Holiday music is lame. Here are cool some "covers" by "Beach House," Interpol" and "the xx," wink wink.
Animal
George W. Bush Sourced All His Paintings From Google
George W. Bush’s solo art show “The Art of Leadership: A President’s Personal Diplomacy” has just opened at the George Bush Presidential Library and Museum in Dallas, Texas. It appears as if they are all reproductions of some of the first Google image search results.
Animal
Interview With the Yellowist: Why Rothko Got Tagged and You're Next - ANIMAL
It took all night to flag down Marcin Lodyga in Berlin, while his partner in Yellowism was being held in custody in London for calmly walking up to one of Tate's precious Rothko's and, with a black marker, writing "Vladimir Umanets '12, A Potential Piece of Yellowism" on the canvas....
Animal
Realistic "You're On (Diet) Coke" Ads - ANIMAL
Here’s a little more realistic take on what “you’re on coke” means.