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Virtual magazines for a virtual world
Feb 20, 2008 7:40
There are people who claim they live in Second Life. Now there are magazines about Second Life too. Watching the document inflow on Issuu, I randomly came across two publishers of such magazines. One is called Second Style and it’s about fashion in SL and is edited by ‘Celebrity Trollop’ (gotta love that name). What [...]
Coming to a familiar social network near you soon…
Dec 21, 2007 1:51
Yes, why indeed (because without ‘friends’ on Facebook you are nobody, as it were on MySpace?).
Opening tonite: Classy art bar in CPH’s meat district
Nov 15, 2007 11:04
It’s not every day you want to blog about a new bar opening, in fact this is a first for me. Karierre Bar (En: ‘Career Bar’) is a new artist-initiated, -curated, and in part -driven place in the old meat district (‘Kødbyen’) in Copenhagen. Considering the municipal aim to revitalize this old industrial complex, this [...]
In over my head: Guattari, Beck, Ferro-Thomsen et al
Sep 5, 2007 12:42
One of my semi-academic articles has just been reprinted and translated in a theoretical reader, ‘Art-E-Conomy’, edited by a fine man, Marko Stamenkovic (based in Belgrade). With the subtitle ‘Transitional economics and art: Theory and practice of contemporary global production’ the reader seeks to: ” [...] open up a new productive space for artistic and [...]
A few thoughts on different vs. the same
Aug 11, 2007 12:36
Having lived that past 11 years in different apartments in the center of the city, I am now a house owner, somewhere in the suburban sprawl. Although I am not really that much further away from the city, the mental and cultural distance has in some ways detached me from the urban lifestyle that I [...]
When fake turns original
Jul 24, 2007 11:54
I’ve been meaning to write something semi-intelligent about fake products. Here’s a first rough draft. I’ve had the idea for this post, ever since I last summer was in Sri Lanka that was swarmed by Asian manufactured copies, mainly of wrist watches and clothes. I was amazed to see how the copyists were able to [...]
The promise of art keeps vandals away
Jun 16, 2007 3:59
Take a good close look at this picture and tell me what’s wrong. Any suggestions? Well, what if I told you that this plywood wall is located in the centre of otherwise graffiti infested Copenhagen and that it’s been clean like this for at least a month now. Notice the white sheet of paper to [...]
Royalty increase for U.S. netradio shuts out non-American listeners first
May 3, 2007 0:31
To follow up on my previous post about a high increase in royalties for online radio, I just got this mail from founder Tim Westergren of Pandora: Dear Pandora listener, Today we have some extremely disappointing news to share with you. Due to international licensing constraints, we are deeply, deeply sorry to say that we [...]
Subculture should praise the mainstream
Apr 27, 2007 13:58
The following thoughts occurred to me yesterday when I was overlooking yet another ‘wet’ concert performance with notoriously obscure Pere Ubu. Cumulative advantage argues that whatever is entering the outskirts of the mainstream will gain more and more awareness, simply because it already owns awareness. People do not generally choose culture or products because of [...]
This Sunday: Political cinema + art books
Apr 19, 2007 9:15
The recent release of RAF-member Birgitte Mohnhaupt and the destruction of the ‘Ungdomshuset’ (formerly hotbed for alternative culture and street-level activism) calls for political flashback … according to these guys, anyway: STATION 16, a newly formed Copenhagen group dedicated to the exhibition of avant-garde, experimental and underground cinema, takes this opportunity with it’s debut screening [...]