January 14th, 2012

by Marco Roso

September 1, 2011: The second exhibition in the Raw/Cooked series presents Bushwick-based artist Lan Tuazon, whose project will be on view November 4, 2011, through January 15, 2012, at the Brooklyn Museum. Raw/Cooked is a major series of five ten-week-long exhibitions of under-the-radar Brooklyn artists. The series is sponsored by Bloomberg.

Tuazon’s practice addresses the order and placement of objects within architectural environments. In Raw/Cooked, she will create a site-specific monument composed of empty display cases. Read more »

Events

LIT CITY X NYC | DJ RASHAD, TRAXMAN, GANT-MAN & DJ MANNY

TONIGHT LIT CITY, GHETTOTEKNITIANZ & GETO DJZ PRESENT LIT CITY X WITNESS REAL DJZ DOIN REAL THINGZ DJ RASHAD TRAXMAN GANT-MAN AKA GANT GERRARD DJ MANNY YGG 407 Johnson Ave @ Morgan Ave Brooklyn, NY Doors open 11PM $5 Before Midnight $8 All Night

January 14th, 2012

by DIS Magazine

Global .Wav

Wind of Windows 97 | Global .Wav

Ukraine, 2011? This video is an undated remix of Ukranian pop star, Evgenia Vlasova’s aptly-named, “Wind of Hope” track from 2002. A pastiche of the original video and some amazing Windows andersen 400 series kaleidoscopic beach templates (don’t quote me, I’m no screensaver connoisseur), the imagery is meant to elicit the most appropriate kind of “hope” — the default kitsch variety. The unmistakable thread lining a lot of Ukrainian pop music is that many artists… [read more »]

January 10th, 2012

by Fatima Al Qadiri

Luar Zepol’s Dominican Rumspringa

For Spring, Raul Lopez aimed to encapsulate the spirit of Amish boys as they enter that delicate/out of control adolescent period of freedom known as rumspringa. With his aesthetically “stained” farm wear, ingenious convertible drawstring features, deconstructed modesty, and overall amish-teens-gone-wild flare, we’d say he’s done it! We think the backs are not to be missed, but don’t forget to go see the fronts, sides, and 3/4 at luarzepol.com!

January 10th, 2012

by DIS Magazine

Politics

Top 10 Political Screen Grabs of 2011

In a very particular order, here are the top 10 things that fogged up my computer screen in 2011: 10. Michele Sets Us Straight Because despite the misleading title and impressive posture of its cover star, this book has almost nothing to do with Pilates. ____________________________________________________________________________ 9. Dinner Invitations from Barack Because desperation was the look in 2011.

January 6th, 2012

by Steven Phillips-Horst

Goths look great in trees

January 5th, 2012

by Kubiat Oku Nnamdie

In Response to Cat Kron’s One Side of the Coin: An Extended View of Curating

I’d like to preface this text by saying that it is not meant to be read as a criticism of Cat Kron’s article, “Ain’t Miscuratin’: Everyone’s a curator!” In fact I would like to congratulate Kron on a piece well written, a topic undeniably in need of more dialogue, and lastly on her ability to rouse my interest enough to get me to sit down and write this somewhat lengthy response. While I found there… [read more »]

January 4th, 2012

by Courtney Malick

Events

Memphis in Brooklyn: La’ Chat in Concert

HAM collective presents: LA CHAT LA CHAT LA CHAT LA CHAT LA CHAT LA CHAT LA CHAT LA CHAT LEGENDARY MEMPHIS RAPPER LA CHAT!!!!! (DIME A DOZEN/FORMERLY OF HYPNOTIZE MINDZ) FULL CONCERT PERFORMANCE GOLD RECORD RECORDING ARTIST AND RECIPIENT OF KNOCKDOWN-SCM’S AWARD FOR FEMALE RAP ARTIST OF THE YEAR 2010 BEST RAPPER IN THE GAME PLUS PLUS PLUS!!!! MEGA-Performance by: !!! HOUSE OF LADOSHA !!! PLUS…..!!!!!!!! CHICAGO JUKE LEGENDS: DJ RASHAD + TRAXMAN LIT CITY… [read more »]

January 4th, 2012

by Nick Scholl

ACTIONS AT HOME by Bestué-Vives

http://bestuevives.net

January 2nd, 2012

by Marco Roso

Akeem’s Top Ten Reality Moments!

10. Beverly Hills Fabulous Salon owner Elgin Charles and his “fabalous” staff was short lived on VH1. The ratings sucked so bad it was canceled 3 quarters into the season. The type-casted cast of “the fat girl,” “the wet-blanket,” and “the self absorbed gay” was similar to a Dexter’s Laboratory conjuction, doomed to fail since it aired. Charles, ex-husband of actress/fag-hag Jackee Harry, embarrassingly broadcast his mediocre hairdos and bragged about his Z list celebrity… [read more »]

January 1st, 2012