Lawrence Weiner is one of the most significant and iconic conceptual artists of our time. Throughout his practice he has pursued inquiries into language and a radical redefinition of the artist/viewer relationship. Translating his investigations into typographical linguistic structures and visual systems across varied formats and manifestations, he has produced books, films, videos, performances and audio works.
In conjunction with his talk for the 2013 Insights Design Lecture Series, the Walker commissioned (my fave) LA-based designer/artist Geoff McFetridge to create artwork to cover construction fencing during the Walker’s rebricking project. Adore.
http://www.walkerart.org/channel/2013/geoff-mcfetridges-site-fence-mural
The Girls In The Band was directed and produced by Judy Chaikin. The film tells the poignant, untold stories of female jazz and big band instrumentalists and their fascinating, groundbreaking journeys from the late 30′s to the present day. These talented women endured sexism, racism and diminished opportunities for decades, yet continued to persevere, inspire and elevate their talents in a field that seldom welcomed them. Today a new breed of gifted young women is taking their rightful place in the world of jazz which can no longer deny their talents.
Sasha is the 2006 Olympic silver medalist, a three-time World Championship medalist, the 2003 Grand Prix Final Champion, and the 2006 U.S. Champion. Stunning video by http://www.nowness.com/
From Jay’s debut album Reasonable Doubt. A Hype Williams music video (obvi).
1996-1997 were redonculous years for hip-hop… this J-jam is more proof of that.
Rad cover art by Jamie Cullen. (the symmetry of pop songs).
Beautiful Voice + Bangin Beats = Stunning Song.
Feeling this new jam from Montreal producer Jaques Greens and LA-based singer/songwriter Tinashe. Both young and gifted. MTL stand up.
Meet Chris Kim and Rebecca Lopez-Howes, the co-owners and seitan specialists behind Monk’s Meats, a vegetarian butcher shop – with plans to open a storefront – in Brooklyn, New York. Monk’s Meats is on a mission to supply home cooks and local chefs with meatless raw materials made with a foodie in mind, whole foods made with integrity and a passion for flavor. Dissatisfied with the seitan options at grocery stores, Chris and Rebecca, both vegetarians, started making their own version at home three years ago, getting so good at it that they decided to launch a business. -http://foodcurated.com/
SO. RAD.
http://www.monksmeats.com/
Spanish photographer David Oliete shot these incredible photos of the 2012 Concurs de Castells, the world’s largest Human Tower Competition that takes place in Tarragona, Spain. The event saw participation of 32 teams from around Catalonia and an audience of over 20,000 people. During the competition, the higher and difficult to build a tower is, the more points a team gets. Every human tower is usually between six and ten levels high. Teams are made of between 100 to 500 women and men. Young and light members form the top of the tower while heavier members form the base. The “castells” have also been one of the most important cultural traditions in Catalonia for more than 200 years. “Strength, balance, courage and common sense” is their motto. In 2010, the castells were declared by UNESCO to be amongst the Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity”. Insanity.
http://davidoliete.4ormat.com/
