MEGAMALL CHICAGO August 28th – September 3rd The Mega Mall Exhibition series will feature a revolving display of work culled from a multitude of Chicago-based artists. The organizer’s intent is to expose Chicago to the broad expanse of relevant contemporary work produced here. Organizing a show in a place designed explicitly for non-luxury commerce runs contrary to the model used by current art fairs, where access is denied to those without status or privilege. A… [read more »]
Kurdistan, 2011 A Serb coined the term “Turbo Folk” in the late ’80s to describe a revved-up folk music via pop and dance engine fuel. And although Turbo Folk is inherently Serbian, I believe the term can be used to describe many a globally updated folk genre. Keeping this in mind, we approach the video for the song “Gal Gal Nazdaran” by Mehdi Alizadeh with a fast and furious zeal. The song is an example… [read more »]
DIS_RT [REALTIME / RETWEET / RYAN TRECARTIN] Wednesday, August 31, 2011 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM PopRally, in collaboration with DIS Magazine and Ryan Trecartin, invites you to a closing celebration for the MoMA PS1 exhibition Ryan Trecartin: Any Ever, featuring live performances by AraabMUZIK, 15-year-old Glasspopcorn (prod. Ryder Ripps), #HDBOYZ, and other special guests. This spectacular evening will collapse the virtual and the real into an immersive, real-time media party performance with bodybuilders, dancers,… [read more »]
Estonia, 2007? As I searched for this week’s installment, I decided to go for a more random country, one that didn’t strike me as a primary magnet for world music lovers. And that’s when I came across this confounding video for Raske loobuda, a song by the convivial Estonian duo, Pixie Twins. Confounding because it’s intensely comedic, while being entirely devoid of the later intention or any sense of self-awareness. Basically, if a Hallmark card… [read more »]
Come October, black-anime-angel-spice Mykki Blanco will be dropping her first-ever mixtape, Cosmic Angel, here on DIS. Last weekend, at the urging of @P_L_D, @RussianDennis, @supocupo, @PatrikSandberg, @shayneHBA, @AkeemOUCH, and one of Mykki’s producers, @FYSICALTHERAPY, the “young black Ken Kesey” gave us an acapella preview of the verbal massacre to come. Above is Part One. Below, Part Two.
