we make money not art

Jen Hui Liao's Self-Portrait Machine is a device that takes a picture of the sitter and draws it but with the model's help. The wrists of the individual are tied to the machine and it is his or her hands that are guided to draw the lines that will eventually form the portrait continue ]]> Toys tag:www.we-make-money-not-art.com,2009://2.10313 2009-07-01T07:34:54Z 2009-07-02T15:09:55Z Regine 50k

A fictitious company called ENT International has filed for bankruptcy protection under Chapter 11 in the U.S. Bankruptcy Code. Some of the items listed in the catalogue of the bankruptcy clearance auction are perfectly mundane, others are fictitious. Put together they offer a detailed insight into the inner workings of a large corporation closely inspired by the Enron scandal continue ]]> The ExtraRoom, a space to achieve psychological alterations tag:www.we-make-money-not-art.com,2009://2.10312 2009-06-30T06:44:00Z 2009-07-01T19:53:22Z Regine 67k

Directly influenced by the 50s and '60s experiments, ExtraRoom puts the sensory deprivation practice in a near futuristic scenario, when mind reading technologies are in common use and thoughts are not private anymore continue ]]> Daimlerstrasse 38 or How to get a fox to shoot portrait of itself tag:www.we-make-money-not-art.com,2009://2.10311 2009-06-28T19:12:27Z 2009-06-30T16:40:43Z Regine 82k

Danish artist and environmentalist Tue Greenfort's photo series, Daimlerstrasse 38 lured foxes living in the industrial area in eastern Frankfurt with frankfurter sausages towards a hidden camera continue ]]> Green Revolution tag:www.we-make-money-not-art.com,2009://2.10294 2009-06-23T09:22:01Z 2009-06-29T06:50:29Z Regine 72k

The artists brought together for this show reveal an imagery that has been inspired by the current mutations in our environment. They deal with diverse matters such as Chernobyl, global warming and the rise in oil rates. At times close to science-fiction, these artists imagine new stories which pay witness to the curiosity and fears derived from this changing reality continue ]]> Sound, DIY culture and mechanics at SonarMàtica tag:www.we-make-money-not-art.com,2009://2.10308 2009-06-22T06:59:25Z 2009-06-23T17:44:50Z Regine 98k

Given my notoriously campy taste in music, you will be relieved to know that i'm going to carefully avoid reviewing the music side of Barcelona's International Festival of Advanced Music and Multimedia Art. What's left then? Fashion, a bit of advertising and the SonarMàtica exhibition continue ]]> Why do people desire walls? tag:www.we-make-money-not-art.com,2009://2.10305 2009-06-17T10:05:51Z 2009-06-22T16:51:36Z Regine 98k

The audio file of a lecture by Prof. Wendy Brown who explains how the building of walls around the world today is so starkly at odds with images of a world that is ever more connected & unbordered. Bonus! Videos of Shooting Back, the project of an Isreali NGO that gives Palestinian families across the West Bank video cameras to document how they are treated by Israeli soldiers and settlers continue ]]> Encastrable, guerrilla art residencies inside DIY megastores tag:www.we-make-money-not-art.com,2009://2.10306 2009-06-17T07:23:09Z 2009-06-17T17:40:54Z Regine 194k

At no cost at all, the young artists have at their disposal a huge array of material that they can grab, move, superimpose, and organize onto temporary installations and sculptures continue ]]> Harun Farocki at LOOP video art festival tag:www.we-make-money-not-art.com,2009://2.10304 2009-06-16T07:30:26Z 2009-06-17T17:19:25Z Regine 57k

The German independent filmmaker has been investigating the relationship between technology and information for decades. His talk in Barcelona explored the way blurry, raw images from surveillance and sophisticated computer-generated images are now competing with "the real thing" continue ]]> Notes on the LOOP video art fair tag:www.we-make-money-not-art.com,2009://2.10299 2009-06-15T15:41:06Z 2009-06-16T20:13:27Z Regine 137k

LOOP art fair understands the importance of the comfort factor for video art lovers. The fair took place inside the snug rooms of a 4 stars hotel right in the center of Barcelona during 3 afternoons. Videos were displayed on big screens inside bedrooms and some galleries added a smaller screen in the bathroom to show another piece. So here we were all cosying into armchairs, spreading over beds, taking notes in the dark and chatting in the corridors of the hotel continue ]]> Fashion-able. Hacktivism and engaged fashion design tag:www.we-make-money-not-art.com,2009://2.10303 2009-06-12T06:08:06Z 2009-06-16T07:24:45Z Regine 182k

Just found out that the utterly brilliant and fascinating thesis that Otto von Busch presented last year at the University of Gothenburg is available as an online PDF. So leave Dan Brown on the shelves and take this one on the beach this Summer, ok? continue ]]> Yang Fudong and Erwin Olaf at the Photo Museum in Antwerp tag:www.we-make-money-not-art.com,2009://2.10301 2009-06-09T18:20:05Z 2009-06-12T06:39:21Z Regine 133k

One of the reasons i visited Antwerp is that i had never seen the Museum of Photography. This is going to be one of my regular stops. The exhibitions i checked out last week are now closed but the upcoming ones look great continue ]]> Image of the day tag:www.we-make-money-not-art.com,2009://2.10302 2009-06-09T11:01:00Z 2009-06-09T21:12:11Z Regine 114k

For no particular reason continue ]]> Jimmy Kets at the Photo Museum in Antwerp tag:www.we-make-money-not-art.com,2009://2.10300 2009-06-06T11:26:34Z 2009-06-06T19:42:28Z Regine 93k

Meet Jimmy Kets, one of the most brilliant photographers i've seen this year. He shot photo series around the world but the ones i found most remarkable were taken in Belgium continue ]]> Annika Larsson at LOOP tag:www.we-make-money-not-art.com,2009://2.10295 2009-06-04T18:55:44Z 2009-06-06T18:10:22Z Regine 69k

When i met the talented and sexy video artist in Barcelona we discussed forms of control, men desiring to perform the tasks of robots and why video artists shoudln't be afraid to share their work on you tube continue ]]>