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November 25
“ I think the reason few people want porn in their art is because few people want to dip their nachos in grey poupon. Twitter / Clayton Cubitt
November 24
Stefan Sagmeister, detail of ‘Things I have learned in my life so far’ cover set to ‘Everybody who is honest is interesting’ mode.

Stefan Sagmeister, detail of ‘Things I have learned in my life so far’ cover set to ‘Everybody who is honest is interesting’ mode.

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Old junk cars, 5 am, Brooklyn See also: Old cars, Brooklyn, and Vintage Toyota Land Cruiser, Brooklyn and Ford Fairlane, Driggs Avenue, Brooklyn and Vintage Le Sabre at sunset, Jane Street, NYC and Vintage motorcycle, Kastanienallee, Berlin and Vintage orange SUV in the rain, BMW grill, Brooklyn late nights and 1955 Cadillac parked in closed car-wash parking lot, Meeker Avenue, Brooklyn, NYC

Old junk cars, 5 am, Brooklyn

See also: Old cars, Brooklyn, and Vintage Toyota Land Cruiser, Brooklyn and Ford Fairlane, Driggs Avenue, Brooklyn and Vintage Le Sabre at sunset, Jane Street, NYC and Vintage motorcycle, Kastanienallee, Berlin and Vintage orange SUV in the rain, BMW grill, Brooklyn late nights and 1955 Cadillac parked in closed car-wash parking lot, Meeker Avenue, Brooklyn, NYC

November 23
“ I’m not young enough to know everything. J.M. Barrie
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Unknown contemporary cartoon update of the 1911 ‘Pyramid Of Capitalist System’ (via Royal Constantine) If anybody knows who the artist is, let me know, Google and TinEye only turn up uncredited copies. Every time you post an uncredited copy of an artist’s work, a kitten dies.

Unknown contemporary cartoon update of the 1911 ‘Pyramid Of Capitalist System’ (via Royal Constantine)

If anybody knows who the artist is, let me know, Google and TinEye only turn up uncredited copies. Every time you post an uncredited copy of an artist’s work, a kitten dies.

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If loving airbrush-painted, velvet-coated 70's molester vans is wrong I refuse to be right

(perhaps it’s genetic)
November 22
Contemporist: ‘Contemporary Bathroom Inspiration from Laufen’ (the tree. the tree.) See also WANT: Käsch sunken baths

Contemporist: ‘Contemporary Bathroom Inspiration from Laufen’ (the tree. the tree.)

See also WANT: Käsch sunken baths

November 21
“ Trying to look good limits my life. Stefan Sagmeister
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Stephan Doitschinoff, aka Calma, ‘Ars Moriendi’ 2008 (re This Isn’t Happiness) See also: ”Ars moriendi (“The Art of Dying”) is the name of two related Latin texts dating from about 1415 and 1450 which offer advice on the protocols and procedures of a good death, explaining how to “die well” according to Christian precepts of the late Middle Ages. It was written within the historical context of the effects of the macabre horrors of the Black Death 60 years earlier and consequent social upheavals of the 15th century. It was very popular, translated into most West European languages, and was the first in a western literary tradition of guides to death and dying.” See previously: Calma (Stephan Doitschinoff), ‘The Annunciaton’, 2005 And also: Ad Astra at the Calma show

Stephan Doitschinoff, aka Calma, ‘Ars Moriendi’ 2008 (re This Isn’t Happiness)

See also: ”Ars moriendi (“The Art of Dying”) is the name of two related Latin texts dating from about 1415 and 1450 which offer advice on the protocols and procedures of a good death, explaining how to “die well” according to Christian precepts of the late Middle Ages. It was written within the historical context of the effects of the macabre horrors of the Black Death 60 years earlier and consequent social upheavals of the 15th century. It was very popular, translated into most West European languages, and was the first in a western literary tradition of guides to death and dying.”

See previously: Calma (Stephan Doitschinoff), ‘The Annunciaton’, 2005

And also: Ad Astra at the Calma show

November 20
“My idea is that if I say I’m sorry, then at least the words have been released into the universe.”
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Will Blanche, ‘The Newly Constructed Towers of the World Trade Center Seen From the South Side on West Street, May, 1973’ (via These Americans) See also: Mitch Epstein, ‘West Side Highway, New York City’ [looking towards World Trade Center] 1977

Will Blanche, ‘The Newly Constructed Towers of the World Trade Center Seen From the South Side on West Street, May, 1973’ (via These Americans)

See also: Mitch Epstein, ‘West Side Highway, New York City’ [looking towards World Trade Center] 1977

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Study: Photographs Help Ease Pain

“The findings suggest that bringing loved ones’ photographs to painful procedures may be beneficial, particularly if those individuals cannot be there. In fact, because loved ones vary in their ability to provide support, photographs may, in some cases, be more effective than in-person support. In sum, these findings challenge the notion that the beneficial effects of social support come solely from supportive social interactions and suggest that simple reminders of loved ones may be sufficient to engender feelings of support.”
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John Dickie, gold and silver Versace-logo-encrusted Mexican druglord pistol, Mexico City, via Planet Magazine See also: the guns from ‘Romeo and Juliet’

John Dickie, gold and silver Versace-logo-encrusted Mexican druglord pistol, Mexico City, via Planet Magazine

See also: the guns from ‘Romeo and Juliet’

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Charlotte Gainsbourg music video, ‘Heaven Can Wait’ featuring Beck, directed by Keith Schofield, making liberal reference to the work of William Hundley, specifically his ‘Entoptic Phenomena’ (previously) and ‘With Cheeseburgers’ series. (see image above, top row images Hundley originals, bottom row screen grabs from the Gainsbourg video.) Click image for Antville discussion on the “homage.” Hundley was evidently unaware of the usage, and not pleased. Schofield on his “working process”: “I basically have this huge folder of all these found photos and when I get a song in, I’ll play the track and I’ll look through these pictures and see if any thing sticks,” he says. “I’ll be reading something randomly and see a funny picture and throw it in the folder. The whole thing with found photos is that they’re funny because there’s no context to them. You look at a funny picture and go, ‘what’s the scene about?’ And you draw your own conclusions.” See also: the definition of “found photo” Also also: Google Muthafucka! Do you use it!? And also: Mr. Schofield might also find TinEye useful And lastly: A Note To Young Art Directors and The Photographers That Work With Them

Charlotte Gainsbourg music video, ‘Heaven Can Wait’ featuring Beck, directed by Keith Schofield, making liberal reference to the work of William Hundley, specifically his ‘Entoptic Phenomena’ (previously) and ‘With Cheeseburgers’ series. (see image above, top row images Hundley originals, bottom row screen grabs from the Gainsbourg video.)

Click image for Antville discussion on the “homage.” Hundley was evidently unaware of the usage, and not pleased.

Schofield on his “working process”:

“I basically have this huge folder of all these found photos and when I get a song in, I’ll play the track and I’ll look through these pictures and see if any thing sticks,” he says. “I’ll be reading something randomly and see a funny picture and throw it in the folder. The whole thing with found photos is that they’re funny because there’s no context to them. You look at a funny picture and go, ‘what’s the scene about?’ And you draw your own conclusions.”

See also: the definition of “found photo”

Also also: Google Muthafucka! Do you use it!?

And also: Mr. Schofield might also find TinEye useful

And lastly: A Note To Young Art Directors and The Photographers That Work With Them

November 19
Abandoned taxi on fire, Manhattan, 2002

Abandoned taxi on fire, Manhattan, 2002