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GIF of the Day: Melati Suryodarmo

by Michael Anthony Farley on May 9, 2017

Documentation of artist Melati Suryodarmo dancing on butter at Lilith Performance Studio has taken on a life of its own. YouTuber Nathan Hatton set the piece to Adele’s “Someone Like You” and it’s been viewed almost as many times as the original. On Tumblr, GIFs from the video have become synonymous with #fail.

But really, this performance is a triumph. The original piece, set to drumming, is impossible to look away from. It’s wholly compelling and suspenseful while obviously maintaining a sense of humor. It’s time people knew the true origin of “butter dance” and Suryodarmo’s brilliance.

In that spirit, watch the full video here:

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Tuesday Links: New Rules Do Not Always Rule

by Paddy Johnson and Corinna Kirsch on February 24, 2015

Slimey, one of the world’s many fictional worms.

New rules for drones! [The Economist]
Paddy Johnson will be moderating a panel at Volta on digital collecting called “Art in the Cloud” Saturday March 7, 2015 at 4:30 p.m. Panelists include art advisor and collector Stefan Simchowitz, collector David Diamond, independent art advisor, curator and collector Myriam Vanneschi and Transfer gallery founder Kelani Nichole. This conversation comes with its own trailer. [Artnet]
Citizenfour is now on HBO Go. [HBO GO]
Watch a crab get eaten by an octopus that literally leaps out of the water to eat its prey. The commentary is perfect. [YouTube]
List of fictional worms. [Wikipedia]
The New York Times Editorial Board has recently taken Governor Andrew Cuomo to task for failing to raise taxes needed to fund the MTA, and discussed the grave problems of air pollution in India. Yesterday, it took on the weather. The Board does not approve of winter. [The New York Times]
“It’s like the tattoo thing—will I love it forever? Does it matter?” An art collector explains why getting tattoos is like building an art collection. [Art Practical]
Our gadgets are getting smaller, but at the cost of shorter battery life. [Bloomberg via Alexis Madrigal]
Here’s a question: What is Columbia University’s new sexual assault prevention requirement supposed to teach a student? From Jillian Steinhauer: “The language the school uses to describe it is a laughable hybrid of corporate-sounding mumbo-jumbo and touchy-feely vagueness; in the video, Columbia’s president says, ‘This is an opportunity to create art about the connection between sexual respect and membership in the Columbia University community,’ while others explain, ‘We invite you to express your thoughts and feelings about sexual respect — concepts like consent, relationships, boundaries.’” [Hyperallergic]

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GIF of the Day: GIFs Go Corporate

by Corinna Kirsch on January 29, 2015

business gif A big news day for GIFs: Image-hosting site Imgur has released a video-to-GIF tool, and the GIF search engine Giphy announced raising $17 million in new funding. What do these two tech stories have in common? GIFs are being touted as the next wave in mobile-media consumption. Today, GIFs officially go corporate.

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Jayson Musson’s New Web Series: No Art, Just Hip-Hop and Comedy

by Corinna Kirsch on January 20, 2015

What up, Internet?

Jayson Musson is back on YouTube, but not with his well-known “Art Thoughtz” web-series featuring Hennessy Youngman. Instead, we get “The Adventures of Jamel: The Time Traveling B-Boy,” created and written by the artist and directed and edited by Scott Ross. It’s flashy, and has more in common with Chappelle’s Show than Hennessy’s old show. Straight up, it’s a hip-hop comedy with sci-fi and social commentary thrown in the mix. I wouldn’t be surprised if there’s a pilot in the works for any premium cable channel.

Without giving away any spoilers, in the first episode, we’re introduced to:

An Iraqi baby skull filled with Merlot
The Illuminati
A time-traveling janitor
Mention of anal sex with goats
Breaking the bonds of slavery with the power of hip-hop

Are we playing Cards Against Humanity? No. This is just Jayson Musson’s new web-world, a world without art. So very populist of you, Musson.

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Weekend Jams: Doge on a Turtle

by Corinna Kirsch on June 14, 2014

AFC’s finished for the week, but we thought ahead to bestow upon you some more content, our favorite video from this week’s blogging. Tune in every Saturday…

It’s a doge on a turtle. How did this doge get on a turtle? Does it like being on a turtle? Is turtle-riding a hobby for doge? With only six seconds to this video, we may never find out the answers to those questions.

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Weekend Jams: Footage Island

by Corinna Kirsch on April 19, 2014

In our new weekend series, we take a look at the best vids we found on the net over the past week.

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