- Michael Miller floats the theory that L.A. is picking up the creative transplants New York is pushing out due to high prices and fatigue. The experts interviewed have all been living in L.A. for years. [Gallerist]
- Speaking of being priced out, creatives worried high prices will force them to leave the city should attend the town-hall style meeting tonight at Jules de Balincourt’s Starr Space. The meeting is structured to brainstorm solutions. [Eventbrite]
- Heather Ford, a DPhil student at the Oxford Internet Institute responds to claims that Wikipedia can show you “how the world perceives your own national culture” and why that’s a wrong headed assumption. [HBlog.org]
- Artists are shooting more shit into space. First Trevor Paglen launched an archival silicon disk with photographs into deep space, now Germany-based conceptual artist Kim Asendorf has shot his gif out of a guy tilting his head in confusion (or curiosity) via the Lone Signal METI (Messaging Extra Terrestrial Intelligence) experiment. It’s on 17.6 year journey towards Gliese 526. Marina Galperina took a bit of time to interview the artist. [Animal]
- Toronto Mayor and alleged crack smoker Rob Ford revealed his love for astrology yesterday while attending the unveiling of an Ai Weiwei zodiac at Nathan Phillips Square pond. [The Toronto Star]
- Go see: Five million (or so) museum openings in New York this week. [C-Monster]
- Rich people are suing each other again. Brand X Editions, the New York-based print studio claims they are owed 6 million dollars from artist Christopher Wool and his gallery Luhring Augustine respectively (12 million total) after they violated the terms of a production agreement. [Gallerist]
