SUPER JUNIOR-D&E ‘촉이 와’ CHOK CHOK DANCE

April 6th, 2015

Twerking is so over. Do you Chok Chok Dance?

Watch ‘Can You Feel It’ by Super Junior’s D&E. Everyone who’s anyone is in it: SNSD, SHINee, f(x), EXO and Red Velvet.

Get addicted and send DIS your reaction vid!

Some epic reactions:

Also a one hour nightcore version:

Tifkas | Rosie Hastings & Hannah Quinlan Anderson

@Gaybar is a multidisciplinary art project and event series, led by the collaborative duo Rosie Hastings and Hannah Quinlan Anderson. Since their graduation in 2014, they have explored the notion of the ‘gay bar’ spatially, aesthetically and politically by re- and dematerializing it in a variety of formats. Through modes of social celebration, critique, and at times, mourning, @Gaybar commemorates the fight for queer spatiality, virtual and real, whilst discussing contemporary sociopolitical issues such as… [read more »]

March 26th, 2015

by Jeppe Ugelvig

Simplexity™: Utopia and Dystopia in the world of Telfar

In a time which has been referred to as postmodern, the grand ideological narratives of the past cease to exist, or are at least reshaped or replaced by meta-narratives1. Idealism and the modernist idea of ‘constant progression’ dominated the 19th and 20th century, nourishing the fabrication of countless Utopias in culture – that is, fantastical ‘nowheres’ of the mind, ‘ideal, imaginary societies.’2 However, in the self-referencing, ironic, cynical, pastiche-ridden climate of contemporary art and fashion,… [read more »]

March 8th, 2015

by Jeppe Ugelvig

How to Sleep Faster #5 | Arcadia Missa

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February 18th, 2015

by Jeppe Ugelvig

XPO Gallery presents ‘Les Oracles’

XPO Gallery Paris opens a new group exhibition entitled ‘Les Oracles’, fully dedicated to the potent, historically problematic conjunction of science fiction and women- curated by hyperactive artist and curator Marisa Olson, with new works featured from artists such as Julieta Aranda, Juliette Bonneviot, Kristin Lucas, and Aleksandra Domanović. Here, Olson discusses the particularities of the exhibition with Jeppe Ugelvig. Jeppe Ugelvig: In which way do the chosen artists incorporate science fiction, or how are… [read more »]

February 13th, 2015

by Jeppe Ugelvig

C R A S H | New Scenario

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January 22nd, 2015

by DIS Magazine

Girth Proof | Wickerham & Lomax at Dem Passwords

“I don’t know you, I use you.” — overheard last week at a club in Baltimore, MD Dem Passwords Gallery is pleased to present GIRTH PROOF, an exhibition by Wickerham & Lomax. Wickerham & Lomax have previously looked at collaboration through the lens of best friends, fashion designers, and show runners as surrogates for themselves. Most recently they have identified as gay dads who “gave birth” to a character named BOY’D, the primary figure of… [read more »]

January 21st, 2015

by DIS Magazine

Nissan Yogurty | Kate Sansom

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January 14th, 2015

by Stefan Schwartzman

Here On Earth | Nick DeMarco

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January 14th, 2015

by Nicolas Burrier

Ask Natasha | How do you art?

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January 8th, 2015