- The Internet is not dead, but if you pose the question, then you’ll be sure to pique the interest of many an art and tech nerd. In the latest issue of e-flux, artist Hito Steyerl ponders about the death of the Internet and finds that it’s “undead and it’s everywhere.” Like a zombie. [e-flux]
- But the Internet has killed “the underground.” [The New York Times is on it]
- I guess this is what the Russian police do when they’re not beating up gay people. [Youtube]
- More on Russia: On Sunday, Performance artist Pyotr Pavlensky nailed down his testicles in the Red Square to protest Russia’s police state. On the one hand, this could just be an instance of WTF Performance Art. More likely, though, it points to the increasingly desperate measures taken by artists against the State; Russian theatre director Kirill Serebrennikov called Pavlensky’s act a “powerful gesture of absolute despair.” Pavlensky is due in court today. [The Guardian]
- A warning for non-profits: Make sure you know who the bidders at your fundraising auction. A Banksy painting donated to Housing Works received a bid of $615,000, but the work’s bidder quickly ducked out of sight. The non-profit eventually found a buyer, but not after irking many of the other bidders. [The New York Times]
- This is the best seventh-grade fan fiction I’ve ever heard. Ashton Kutcher needs to pay this girl a visit. (Paddy)[Wifey-TV]
- The founders of the Dia Art Foundation have filed suit to stop the foundation’s current administration from selling artworks in Dia’s collection.That sale is scheduled to take place this Wednesday at Sotheby’s, and could raise up to $20 million to build an acquisitions fund. [Art in America]
- This fish in a life vest. [Blackpool Gazette]
- Brian Eno talks with Grayson Perry about art. Both claim to be terrible at delegating. [New Statesman]
- Gallerist Janet Borden’s thoughts on the Aperture Foundation’s Instagram auction, held two weeks ago: “Instagram pictures tend to be stupid, but then, so did Xeroxes of people’s butts.” [Matthew Leifheit for Feature Shoot]
Monday Links: The Zombie Internet
by Paddy Johnson Corinna Kirsch Matthew Leifheit on November 11, 2013 Massive Links
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