we make money not art

Who would have thought i'd end up blogging about a splatter movie on wmmna? I'm not talking about any horror movie, i'm talking "gay-porn zombie film", a genre which i assume is under-represented in contemporary art. Written and directed by Bruce LaBruce and starring porn actor François Sagat, LA Zombie is on view at the Peres Projects gallery in Berlin, along with a dozen new works on canvas continue ]]> Crowbot Jenny tag:www.we-make-money-not-art.com,2010://2.10454 2010-02-08T06:55:31Z 2010-02-09T17:00:51Z Regine

Crowbot Jenny is a manga character. She is a socially-awkward girl who prefers to spend time surrounded by technology and animals rather than with humans. She built the Crowbot. Perched on her shoulder, the crow-shaped robot can vocalize a variety of crow calls to control and converse with her bird army continue ]]> The Gesundheit Radio tag:www.we-make-money-not-art.com,2010://2.10453 2010-02-07T07:45:08Z 2010-02-08T07:29:49Z Regine 100k

Developed in 1972 to protect early microprocessors from dust, the Gesundheit Radio featured a sneeze mechanism that expelled dust from inside the casing every six month. A bellows system extracted dust from inside the unit, blowing waste from two outlets located on the front continue ]]> East Side Stories. German Photography 1950s-1980s tag:www.we-make-money-not-art.com,2010://2.10452 2010-02-05T20:55:09Z 2010-02-07T09:32:11Z Regine 85k

30 black and white pictures from photographers who portrayed life at the time of the GDR, mostly in a way that steered away from the official GDR iconography continue ]]> The worst condition is to pass under a sword which is not one's own tag:www.we-make-money-not-art.com,2010://2.10451 2010-02-04T18:31:22Z 2010-02-06T07:52:28Z Regine 126k

Michael Rakowitz explores the influence of science fiction genre imagery on the design of Iraqi monuments, military uniforms and weaponry under Saddam Hussein, while illuminating aspects of the US-Iraq conflict over the past few decades continue ]]> Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize tag:www.we-make-money-not-art.com,2010://2.10450 2010-02-02T02:03:42Z 2010-02-04T20:15:34Z Regine 147k

An award and exhibition that celebrate contemporary portrait photography, whether it's editorial, reportage or fine art. Not very rock 'n' roll but consistently good continue ]]> Lyon Biennale - The ex-sugar factory tag:www.we-make-money-not-art.com,2010://2.10448 2010-01-31T09:36:15Z 2010-02-02T07:27:00Z Regine 206k

Paintings on silos, a new capital of Asia, typographic wallpapers, replica of Shanghai hardware store, EU Green card lottery and porcelain human bones for a biennale that celebrated contemporary artists who believe that art has to offer more than a spectacle continue ]]> Manipulating Reality - How Images Redefine the World tag:www.we-make-money-not-art.com,2010://2.10436 2010-01-28T07:51:53Z 2010-01-31T07:50:34Z Regine 122k

In today's mass-media society, only what becomes image is considered real. In a process of reversal, the representation of the world comes to replace the world itself, a world in which the user operates digitally continue ]]> Manipulating Reality - The Day Nobody Died tag:www.we-make-money-not-art.com,2010://2.10449 2010-01-28T04:11:39Z 2010-01-29T09:25:23Z Regine 156k

Broomberg and Chanarin's works questions the role of embedded reporters today. Their task is to take photographs of what happens in the war zones but in accordance with the rigid directives of military command. The images that do not comply are eliminated and only those that make it through the strict censorship process are published continue ]]> Lyon Biennale - Pedro Reyes tag:www.we-make-money-not-art.com,2010://2.10447 2010-01-27T11:54:48Z 2010-01-28T14:28:32Z Regine 167k

Two artworks i discovered at the Lyon's 10th Biennale for Contemporary Art. Both by the talented and socially-engaged Pedro Reyes continue ]]> Craftwerk 2.0: New Household Tactics for the Popular Crafts tag:www.we-make-money-not-art.com,2010://2.10446 2010-01-26T09:39:02Z 2010-01-27T13:14:38Z Regine 216k

The exhibition explores the new "updated" textile crafts that are developed by a new generation of serious amateurs, innovative craftsmen, engaged entrepreneurs and political practitioners. Once again the home is the workshop where economic and ecologic innovation happens - not only in the labs of the industrial expertise. After decades of outsourcing, the new modes of production are in the hands of the layperson continue ]]> Super K Sonic Booooum tag:www.we-make-money-not-art.com,2010://2.10445 2010-01-25T09:08:55Z 2010-01-26T14:38:34Z Regine 168k

Nelly Ben Hayoun's installation/performance attempted to demonstrate the visual equivalent of one of those massive sonic booms that take place inside Super K each time a neutrino meets an electron of extremely pure water. As ultra-pure water doesn't exactly abound in London night clubs, the designer used the water from the nearest fire hydrant and turned the place into a 15 by 5m long swimming pool continue ]]> Book Review - Chroma: Design, Architecture and Art in Color tag:www.we-make-money-not-art.com,2010://2.10444 2010-01-22T10:41:34Z 2010-01-25T09:19:38Z Regine 55k

Designers and architects have to make decisions regarding color every day. But how does one find the necessary inspiration? The appropriate color? How do other designers and artists deal with the issue? With "Chroma," the Greek word for color, as its title, this illustrated book provides answers to these questions and makes it clear that color is much more than mere decoration - it is one of the central problems of creative work continue ]]> Winners of Europan Norway - the Vardø site tag:www.we-make-money-not-art.com,2010://2.10442 2010-01-20T13:59:34Z 2010-01-22T18:17:40Z Regine 132k

Each of the winning projects for Vardø, a city swept in darkness 2 months of the year, is fascinating in its own way. Taken together they form a truly thought-provoking perspective on what young architects can bring to local urban challenges continue ]]> 20.12.53 - 10.08.04 tag:www.we-make-money-not-art.com,2010://2.10441 2010-01-18T16:47:55Z 2010-01-20T18:24:49Z Regine 151k

Moira Ricci delves into the photographs of the past following the tracks of her mother, whose dates of birth and death provide the series with its title and indicate the time span covered by the images. Digital processing of old family photographs enables the artist to appear beside and observe her mother while remaining an extraneous figure, a sort of ubiquitous ghost hovering on the edges of the images and events continue ]]>