Archive for the ‘Motherlode’ Category
The gymnast as an artist
Thursday, May 8th, 2008
Li Wei, son of a farmer turned performance artist…and amazing gymnast…
“He delivered food and worked as a housekeeper, an experience he says was key to his artistic vision.”
Certainly a phallic theme going on here and unfortunately, his piece, It Would Not Die Away Such doesn’t seem to have been photographed. He covered himself in earth and lay in a bed, with only his erect penis visible.
Madge saves the world, sort of….
Wednesday, April 16th, 2008“…..We cut back to Madge, who now appears to be wearing some sort of cross between a full-body support body stocking (ask your mum) and a comedy fat suit. Seriously, what’s going ON here? Is it a beige corset with beige pants and a beige top? Is that REALLY what she intended? Via Anna Packard from the Guardian. Here’s the video...
Imagined Skylines
Wednesday, April 16th, 2008Nice gallery of imagined architectural creations for the New York skyline via Gawker - this one has to be my favorite, a series of apartments in a city bridge over the East River, great views if you can stand the extra smog and noise…


















