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Outside Inside Sensibility | Jana Euler and Stewart Uoo

There’s a painting of Whitney in the Whitney, and you should probably see it. Jana Euler and Stewart Uoo made their first US museum debut with Outside Inside Sensibility, and it’s a strong showing. Uoo’s cyberjunk mannequins are all posed, and they’re ready for a night out, prepared with USB chargers and hair extensions that would make Whitney herself jealous. Speaking of which, what’s up with Jana Euler’s painting of Whitney Houston singing over the Whitney building, located in the Whitney? I’m not really sure, but I get the feeling that this is exactly what contemporary painting needs for a relevancy reboot. Read more »

Devil’s Den | Harry Griffin & Eva O’Leary

More images from the upcoming book Devil’s Den

Future Brown’s first track is here! Wanna Party ft. Tink

Fatima Al Qadiri, Nguzunguzu, and J-Cush are Future Brown! Complex has just released their first single featuring Tink, co-produced with MikeQ. Take a listen to WANNA PARTY! Follow @FutureBrown on twitter for more future sounds.

Twigs – Water Me

The new music video from DIS favourites #Arca and #Twigs for ‘Water Me’. Now trending: CG tears and anime eyes! 1st August, 2013.

DIScrit 89plus Tips & Tricks!

DIScrit 89plus is on! Have you submitted and voted yet? We’ve gotten a lot of questions – what is the purpose of art production in the situation of late capitalism? How does one navigate the thin boundary between collaboration and cooperation? What kind of criteria can be developed to evaluate the new and evolving forms of creative practice enabled by contemporary technology? But more importantly, we’ve gotten questions about the rules for DIScrit 89plus. And… [read more »]

Ask Marina Abramovic Anything!

Tomorrow at 12:30, Marina Abramovic will be doing an Ask Me Anything on Reddit! An AMA is a forum for redditors to ask notable people any kind of question, and hopefully get a response. We’ll be consulting our crystals for #relevant questions until then. See you there!

DIScuss | Cooper Union Confidential

Will Niebergall, aka Glasspopcorn, is a teenage artist in Tempe, Arizona, looking for a post-secondary art education. Some of the German idealists, most prominently Hegel, wrote about a theory of “the Absolute,” or that which is simultaneously itself, a distinct thing, as well as everything that could be said to exist in a given universe. They wrote about a couple of concerns with this concept: first, that all human behavior ought to have something to… [read more »]

Summer DISpicks! #TBT

Introducing DISpicks #TBT! Every thursday this summer we’ll be bringing back some of our favorite posts from the DIS archives for a fun #throwback. Click below to check out Tree of Knowledge, Krist Wood’s first image essay at DIS, some select CG baby hair fashions, an early look into the rich genre of eBay photography with My Adidas, the Queens Pride 2010 Honorable Mentions, or a peek into the editorial fashion of Second Life. See… [read more »]

suzannegeiss.net

From July 1st to September 1st, Suzanne Geiss Company presents suzannegeiss.net, a temporary platform for artists to use as a medium for online art. Participating artists include AH HOLE AH HOLE, Joshua Citarella, Mariah Dekkenga, Owen Kydd, Petrella’s Imports, PplSft, Edward Marshall Shenk, Emily Segal, and Analisa Bien Teachworth. In addition to their online presence, Petrella’s Imports will be using the gallery’s physical space from July 30th to August 24th to create an IRL newsstand… [read more »]

NSFW | Google Glass Porn… Finally!

Google Glass has been everywhere! The soon-to-be-ubiquitous wearable technology has made it to runways, awkward public appearances in the Meatpacking district, and tumblr. And now, porn. GLASS, SHOOT! (H/\c|