“Eaten By The Heart” is a video excerpt conceived, written and directed by British-Nigerian Zina Saro-Wiwa, daughter of the late Nigerian human rights activist, Ken Saro-Wiwa. Below is a segment from her video installation comissioned by The Menil Collection in Houston, TX, for the ongoing Progress Of Love exhibit, which is a collaborative project between The Menil Collection, the Centre for Contemporary Art (in Lagos, Nigeria), and the Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts in St. Louis.
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AFRICANS DISCUSS LOVE & KISSING IN ‘EATEN BY THE HEART’ (VIDEO)
In Arts & Cutlure on December 4, 2012 at 12:44 pm
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RONALD MCDONALD LINKED TO TRADE CENTER BOMBING IN GERMANY (PHOTO)
In Arts & Cutlure on December 4, 2012 at 11:39 amTwo war planes form two arches above the Twin Towers, about to blow them to bits. The words EAT THIS appear below the graphic. The above stencil art was posted to Imgur last night and claims to be a piece found in Germany. It’s an interesting take on the 2001 NYC bombings. Clever or insensitive? I’m rolling with both, reading it as a commentary on corporate terrorism.
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THE EAST HAMPTON SEAGULLS ARE MORONS (ESSAY)
In Arts & Cutlure, Film on November 30, 2012 at 6:18 pm
I want to read Fourier so that I can be a good conversationalist. At Parties. On the bus. Or even just as an opening.
The characters in Whit Stillman’s 1990 film Metropolitan may not be exactly tolerable but they are fascinating. They have the kind of conversations that I am not sure exist anymore (and possibly never did). They sit in their living rooms in suits and ball gowns discussing Agrarian Socialism and New York in the popular imagination.
Do you have to go to Farmington to speak about Fourier–
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YOKO ONO TEAMS WITH OPENING CEREMONY FOR MENSWEAR COLLECTION (PHOTOS)
In Arts & Cutlure, Style on November 30, 2012 at 11:26 amYoko Ono is always ahead of her time. Back in 1969 she created an album of sketches for her new husband John Lennon as a wedding present. Some 40 years later, her wedding gift is now a collection offered by Opening Ceremony.
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RECAP: TONY PERALTA’S A BLACK SEASON AFFAIR LAUNCH (PHOTOS)
In Arts & Cutlure, Latino, Style on November 30, 2012 at 10:45 am
This Wednesday Washington Heights based artist M.Tony Peralta launched A Black Season Affair, his latest project, to a packed house at Apt178 Lounge, selling out limited edition tees, posters, snapback caps and other items. Friends, well-wishers and supporters of Peralta sipped on cocktails flavored with Hennessy as a DJ spun, and while a looped video of his collaboration with Feed The Rats occupied a wall. You missed out! Photos below.
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TONY PERALTA LAUNCHES UPTOWN DEFENDERS & BLACK SEASON AFFAIR! CHEVERE (VIDEO)
In Arts & Cutlure, Latino, Style on November 26, 2012 at 2:53 pmM.Tony Peralta, the 30 something Dominican Andy Warhol of Washington Heights (you should see his silkscreen game) is back on our radar with a new project and event just in time for the holidays: a one night only show titled Black Season Affair at Apt 178 Lounge, one of the livest spots in NYC.
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CHINA TO BUILD WORLD’S TALLEST SKYSCRAPER IN 90 DAYS (DETAILS)
In Arts & Cutlure, News, Uncategorized on November 20, 2012 at 8:48 amIt sounds crazy but a Chinese firm is planning to build the world’s tallest skyscraper in 90 days using prefabricated materials.BSB, Broad Sustainable Building, the firm behind the 30 story hotel built in 15 days last year in China, is behind the scheme.
MRKT READS: RICARDO CORTÉS ‘A SECRET HISTORY OF COFFEE, COCA & COLA’ (DETAILS)
In Arts & Cutlure, Latino on November 15, 2012 at 12:18 pm
Back in August we teased you about Brooklyn bad ass, artist, historian, writer, designer, publisher and Bill O’Reilly defeater, Ricardo Cortés‘ new book, The Secret History of Coffee, Coke & Cola.Cortés, best known for his marijuana children’s book, It’s Just A Plant, and for illustrating last years rabidly popular Go The Fuck To Sleep, sent us a note via e-mail today announcing the book’s launch!
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BJORK’S ‘MUTUAL CORE’ VIDEO IS FANTASTIC, FEMINIST & REPEAT PLAY WORTHY (VIDEO)
In Arts & Cutlure, Music on November 15, 2012 at 9:21 amIcelandic pop star Bjork has transcended the genre with Biophilia, her album as apps which tackles science and nature via quirky direct lyrics, music and technology. Mutual Core is the video commissioned by MoCa and is the newest single from the album and its remix, Bastards.Mutual Core is also a masterpiece, an incredible achievement that is both art, educational and, possibly, a feminist treatise against patriarchy in creation theory.
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HOWARD SCHATZ ‘AT THE FIGHTS’ BOOK IS A KNOCKOUT! (PHOTOS)
In Arts & Cutlure, Sports on November 12, 2012 at 4:55 pmAt The Fights is a stunning photography book by artist and photographer Howard Schatz. Published by Sports Illustrated, the book has amazing portraits and action sequences of boxers before and after bouts, and is the artist’s 19th book.
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MRKT OPINION: BLACK WOMAN CARICATURE NENE LEAKES COVERS EBONY MAGAZINE (PHOTOS)
In Arts & Cutlure on October 31, 2012 at 2:03 pm
The collective groan you hear is Ebony magazine’s subscribers reacting to Amy Dubois Barnett decision to lace Real Housewives of Atlanta star Nene Leakes with a cover. The Annual December/January Power 100 Issue hits newsstands next week.
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MRKT OPINION: ZOE ZALDANA AS NINA SIMONE IS THE ACTRESS’ PROTEST AGAINST HOLLYWOOD COLORISM (PHOTOS)
In Arts & Cutlure, Film, Music on October 29, 2012 at 12:43 pmI thought didn’t feel any particular way about Zoe Zaldana as Nina Simone in the upcoming Cynthia Mort biopic. The film is supposed to be about the fictional, romantic relationship between Simone and her gay manager.Mort was the writer for Will & Grace, the hit NBC tv sitcom from the 90s about the friendship between a straight white woman and her gay best friend in NYC. So.
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