December 11th, 2012

Artist and high school teacher D’Ette Nogle learns how to dougie. She, also, does not believe in a god who doesn’t dance.

Culturally Relevant Pedagogy from Sarah Lehrer-Graiwer on Vimeo.

#ArtBaselMiami

In case you’re NOT on instagram… it-girl BFFs @parkangels were DIS’s lenses this year, covering the various Miami art fairs, exhibitions, and general ABMB goings on. Not only did they catch Beyonce taking an #artselfie at Basel with a top knot, they also snapped Starbucks art, tweens, segways, and Will Smith with what may or may not be a mustache.

December 10th, 2012

by parkangels

VIDEO: How to Dress Well – & It Was U

The latest in the line of insta(ntly) iconic in(sta)spired videos, this time from Lana Del Dress Well. (FYI: we love this video). Directed by Luke Gilford

December 10th, 2012

by DIS Magazine

Astrology

Astrology IRL: Your Guide to #2K13

We’ve made it 99% through the year of #yolo, and 2013 shines bright like a diamond, just around the corner. What does it have in store for us? Consciousness continues to shift. We all become more connected and a little bit more psychic as we move deeper in to the age of Aquarius. The network is expanding. In 2012, Neptune shifted into Pisces for 14 years, and reality is still downloading the upgrade. 2013 will be… [read more »]

December 7th, 2012

by Morgan Rehbock

MTV Cribs Visits #CULockIn in the Peter Cooper Suite

MTV Cribs-style video of the students who have barricaded themselves inside the 8th floor Peter Cooper suite. What do they want? Free Education. And the promise that The Cooper Union which has a 110 year history of being a unique model of free education remains committed to that mission. Get Involved! Today: Student Alumni Day Call of Action Tomorrow: Free Cooper Union Rally @FreeCooperUnion facebook.com/FreeCooperUnion http://www.cusos.org/

December 7th, 2012

by DIS Magazine

Where are the Masterpieces of Our Time?

If the notion of the masterpiece pertains to a category of modernist art, then we could certify that in our postmodernity there is no longer a place for them. Historically, one of the first tasks of so-called masterpieces has been to identify a period. This quality of representing the spirit of the time, the zeitgeist,sucked them into higher values on the market, although on occasions their entry into the patrimony of humanity protected them from… [read more »]

December 6th, 2012

by Peio Aguirre

A UNIVERSIDADE DE VERÃO 2013/SUMMER UNIVERSITY 2013

Do 6 ao 25 de Janeiro de 2013 Capacete transformará seu espaço da Rua Benjamin Constant, no bairro de Gloria, Rio de Janeiro, na Universidade de Verão 2013: uma escola gratuita e experimental de arte e pensamento composta por um ciclo de 6 workshops e 4 apresentações de convidados especiais. Combinando a vocação experimental de um escola de arte com o modelo extracurricular da universidade de verão queremos criar um espaço de encontro, discussão e… [read more »]

December 6th, 2012

by DIS Magazine

Nguzunguzu – “Smoke Alarm”

3D mapping our minds…

December 6th, 2012

by DIS Magazine

Events

Miami? Shell-Reflexive

Absolute Vitality Inc. (Keller/Kosmas), Simon Denny, Yngve Holen, Ilja Karilampi, Nedberg & Kantun, Katja Novitskova, Halvor Rønning, Timur Si-Qin, Spring Break, Anne de Vries, Phillip Zach The BFI #BuildFutureInvestments has moved to the Downtown ArtHouse, a new space in Downtown Miami, and is pleased to announce the opening of new Weird Miami programming with the exhibition Shell-Reflexive and a bus tour led by art space Spring Break. Inspired by Miami’s relationship to Art Basel Miami Beach, the yearly… [read more »]

December 3rd, 2012

by DIS Magazine

Let Us See You See You

Is art a reflection of life? Do people respond to an artwork when they see something of themselves in it? These popular explanations of art’s appeal have the dullness of cliché, yet they throw sparks when they cross wires with Instagram. Social media gives a loose and mutable form to life, with profiles, portraits, and updates that verbalize and visualize its incremental changes. If the mirror creates an image of the self, then social media… [read more »]

December 3rd, 2012