The time around scars

ronenreblogs: “This piece was primarily a trust exercise, in...

Thu, 16 May 2013 19:31:48 -0700

“This piece was primarily a trust exercise, in which she told viewers she would not move for six hours no matter what they did to her. She placed 72 objects one could use in pleasing or destructive ways, ranging from flowers and a feather boa to a knife and a loaded pistol, on a table near her and invited the viewers to use them on her however they wanted.

Initially, Abramović said, viewers were peaceful and timid, but it escalated to violence quickly. “The experience I learned was that … if you leave decision to the public, you can be killed… I felt really violated: they cut my clothes, stuck rose thorns in my stomach, one person aimed the gun at my head, and another took it away. It created an aggressive atmosphere. After exactly 6 hours, as planned, I stood up and started walking toward the public. Everyone ran away, escaping an actual confrontation.”

This piece revealed something terrible about humanity, similar to what Philip Zimbardo’s Stanford Prison Experiment or Stanley Milgram’s Obedience Experiment, both of which also proved how readily people will harm one another under unusual circumstances.”

This performance showed just how easy it is to dehumanize a person who doesn’t fight back, and is particularly powerful because it defies what we think we know about ourselves. I’m certain the no one reading this believes the people around him/her capable of doing such things to another human being, but this performance proves otherwise.”

this is why performance art is important

“The experience I learned was that if you leave decisions to the public, you can be killed”

oldloves: Bill Murray on Gilda Radner: “Gilda got married and...

Thu, 16 May 2013 06:52:44 -0700

oldloves:

Bill Murray on Gilda Radner:

“Gilda got married and went away. None of us saw her anymore. There was one good thing: Laraine had a party one night, a great party at her house. And I ended up being the disk jockey. She just had forty-fives, and not that many, so you really had to work the music end of it. There was a collection of like the funniest people in the world at this party. Somehow Sam Kinison sticks in my brain. The whole Monty Python group was there, most of us from the show, a lot of other funny people, and Gilda. Gilda showed up and she’d already had cancer and gone into remission and then had it again, I guess. Anyway she was slim. We hadn’t seen her in a long time. And she started doing, “I’ve got to go,” and she was just going to leave, and I was like, “Going to leave?” It felt like she was going to really leave forever.

So we started carrying her around, in a way that we could only do with her. We carried her up and down the stairs, around the house, repeatedly, for a long time, until I was exhausted. Then Danny did it for a while. Then I did it again. We just kept carrying her; we did it in teams. We kept carrying her around, but like upside down, every which way—over your shoulder and under your arm, carrying her like luggage. And that went on for more than an hour—maybe an hour and a half—just carrying her around and saying, “She’s leaving! This could be it! Now come on, this could be the last time we see her. Gilda’s leaving, and remember that she was very sick—hello?”

We worked all aspects of it, but it started with just, “She’s leaving, I don’t know if you’ve said good-bye to her.” And we said good-bye to the same people ten, twenty times, you know.

And because these people were really funny, every person we’d drag her up to would just do like five minutes on her, with Gilda upside down in this sort of tortured position, which she absolutely loved. She was laughing so hard we could have lost her right then and there.

It was just one of the best parties I’ve ever been to in my life. I’ll always remember it. It was the last time I saw her.”

- from Live from New York: an Uncensored History of Saturday Night Live

theaudacityofswope: nevver: Fred Wilson oh indeed.

Wed, 15 May 2013 18:21:30 -0700

theaudacityofswope:

nevver:

Fred Wilson

oh indeed.

thisshipwreck:

Sat, 11 May 2013 17:58:39 -0700

thisshipwreck:

i12bent: Happy 94th, Pete…

Fri, 03 May 2013 18:30:31 -0700

i12bent:

Happy 94th, Pete…

"For the last three decades many Americans have puzzled over a system that gives an R to a movie in..."

Fri, 03 May 2013 18:28:42 -0700

““For the last three decades many Americans have puzzled over a system that gives an R to a movie in which a women is carved up by a chainsaw and an NC-17 to one that shows a woman sexually pleasured. From such ratings one might conclude that sexual violence against women is OK for American teenagers to see, but that they must be 18 to see consensual sex. What message does this send to the kids the MPAA presumably means to protect?””

- Carrie Rickey

(via fireworkselectricbright)

“You have to question a cinematic culture which preaches artistic expression, and yet would support a decision that is clearly a product of a patriarchy-dominant society, which tries to control how women are depicted on screen. The MPAA is okay supporting scenes that portray women in scenarios of sexual torture and violence for entertainment purposes, but they are trying to force us to look away from a scene that shows a woman in a sexual scenario which is both complicit and complex. It’s misogynistic in nature to try and control a woman’s sexual presentation of self. I consider this an issue that is bigger than this film.”

-Ryan Gosling on the controversy around the rating of his film ‘Blue Valentine’

(via misandry-mermaid)

"A List of “Men’s Rights” Issues That Feminism Is Already Working On Feminists do not want you to..."

Sun, 28 Apr 2013 16:59:15 -0700

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A List of “Men’s Rights” Issues That Feminism Is Already Working On

Feminists do not want you to lose custody of your children. The assumption that women are naturally better caregivers is part of patriarchy.

Feminists do not like commercials in which bumbling dads mess up the laundry and competent wives have to bustle in and fix it. The assumption that women are naturally better housekeepers is part of patriarchy.

Feminists do not want you to have to make alimony payments. Alimony is set up to combat the fact that women have been historically expected to prioritize domestic duties over professional goals, thus minimizing their earning potential if their “traditional” marriages end. The assumption that wives should make babies instead of money is part of patriarchy.

Feminists do not want anyone to get raped in prison. Permissiveness and jokes about prison rape are part of rape culture, which is part of patriarchy.

Feminists do not want anyone to be falsely accused of rape. False rape accusations discredit rape victims, which reinforces rape culture, which is part of patriarchy.

Feminists do not want you to be lonely and we do not hate “nice guys.” The idea that certain people are inherently more valuable than other people because of superficial physical attributes is part of patriarchy.

Feminists do not want you to have to pay for dinner. We want the opportunity to achieve financial success on par with men in any field we choose (and are qualified for), and the fact that we currently don’t is part of patriarchy. The idea that men should coddle and provide for women, and/or purchase their affections in romantic contexts, is condescending and damaging and part of patriarchy.

Feminists do not want you to be maimed or killed in industrial accidents, or toil in coal mines while we do cushy secretarial work and various yarn-themed activities. The fact that women have long been shut out of dangerous industrial jobs (by men, by the way) is part of patriarchy.

Feminists do not want you to commit suicide. Any pressures and expectations that lower the quality of life of either gender are part of patriarchy. The fact that depression is characterized as an effeminate weakness, making men less likely to seek treatment, is part of patriarchy.

Feminists do not want you to be viewed with suspicion when you take your child to the park (men frequently insist that this is a serious issue, so I will take them at their word). The assumption that men are insatiable sexual animals, combined with the idea that it’s unnatural for men to care for children, is part of patriarchy.

Feminists do not want you to be drafted and then die in a war while we stay home and iron stuff. The idea that women are too weak to fight or too delicate to function in a military setting is part of patriarchy.

Feminists do not want women to escape prosecution on legitimate domestic violence charges, nor do we want men to be ridiculed for being raped or abused. The idea that women are naturally gentle and compliant and that victimhood is inherently feminine is part of patriarchy.

Feminists hate patriarchy. We do not hate you.

If you really care about those issues as passionately as you say you do, you should be thanking feminists, because feminism is a social movement actively dedicated to dismantling every single one of them. The fact that you blame feminists—your allies—for problems against which they have been struggling for decades suggests that supporting men isn’t nearly as important to you as resenting women. We care about your problems a lot. Could you try caring about ours?

”

- Autostraddle (via notaprincessdestinedtobeawitch)

lovequotesrus: EVERYTHING LOVE

Mon, 22 Apr 2013 18:10:08 -0700

lovequotesrus:

EVERYTHING LOVE

How Memoirists Mold the Truth

Sun, 14 Apr 2013 22:27:32 -0700

How Memoirists Mold the Truth:

parislemon:

André Aciman for NYT:

Words radiate something that is more luminous, more credible and more durable than real facts, because under their stewardship, it is not truth we’re after; what we want instead is something that was always there but that we weren’t seeing and are only now, with the genius of retrospection, finally seeing as it should have occurred and might as well have occurred and, better yet, is still likely to occur. In writing, the difference between the no more and the not yet is totally negligible.

A fascinating way to think about writing.

photojojo: These are so good! An anonymous photographer avoids...

Thu, 11 Apr 2013 19:37:02 -0700

photojojo:

These are so good!

An anonymous photographer avoids boredom on his morning commute by holding newspaper photos up to other passengers’ bodies.

Creativity = the best solution for boredom.

How to Avoid Boredom on Your Commute

via Laughing Squid; Daily Mail

photojojo: There’s cute, and then there’s a perfectly timed...

Thu, 11 Apr 2013 00:02:29 -0700

photojojo:

There’s cute, and then there’s a perfectly timed photo of an adorable harvest mouse climbing a dandelion.

Photo by Matt Binstead, via My Modern Met

"People empty me. I have to get away to refill."

Tue, 09 Apr 2013 22:14:26 -0700

“People empty me. I have to get away to refill.”

- Charles Bukowski (via rainysolitude)

boatporn: emilyqualey: Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez (by...

Mon, 08 Apr 2013 17:53:28 -0700

boatporn:

emilyqualey:

Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez (by kaaps.nl)

This is without a doubt probably the most beautiful video of sailing/lifestyle/propaganda (lol) I’ve ever seen. Straight horizons. Neat perspectives. Subtle moments. Just enough drama. And absolutely gorgeous boats. These guys nailed it. Fucking NAILED IT.

Annnnnnnd now I’m craving a glass of Rosé.

Literally this is my favorite sailing video.

Smile

Sun, 07 Apr 2013 14:57:48 -0700

Smile

drunkonstephen: How do YOU view the Republican party survey.

Thu, 04 Apr 2013 11:04:14 -0700

drunkonstephen:

How do YOU view the Republican party survey.

Photo

Mon, 01 Apr 2013 16:40:45 -0700

tomoatmeal: Whenever they decide to punch up The Bible, they...

Thu, 28 Mar 2013 19:54:34 -0700

tomoatmeal:

Whenever they decide to punch up The Bible, they should think about adding a story where Jesus miraculously saves a thief from being stoned.

The goons are all throwing rocks at a human-shaped mass covered by a blanket, but when blood fails to seep through the fabric, the Emperor holds his hand up like, “WAIT!”

The goons cease throwing and the Emperor slowly approaches. He grabs the sheet and tears it off the figure to reveal: A WOODEN LOG!

Then we cut to a scene where Jesus and the thief are galloping through the desert on horseback. It’s windy and after a while, the thief complains about the way the sand keeps blowing against his skin.

“It’s all scratchy!”

“Well if you’d rather have the rocks the Emperor’s goons were throwing at you, I’d be happy to turn this horse around,” says Jesus.

The thief is confused. “I didn’t say anything about rocks.”

“Yeah, but sand is little rocks so technically you did.”

“No, sand is sand,” says the thief. “If it were rocks, we’d just call it little rocks.”

“Oh yeah?” asks Jesus, pointing to his sandals. “Then you’re telling me if I took a whole bunch of sandals and stacked them up, they wouldn’t be sandals anymore?”

“No,” says the thief. “We would call them sandals because there’s no word for a big stack of sandals.”

“Well…yeah,” says Jesus, his face turning red. “But if we did have a word for it, we’d call it that word, you know? But my point is that they’d still be sandals.”

The look on the thief’s face is like, “wait, what?” but he’s like, “I guess.”

Embarrassed that he botched the example, Jesus uses magic to return the thief to the site of the stoning. When you turn the page, the thief’s graphic murder is told through the use of silly, pull-tab illustrations so readers can distance themselves from the reality of how bad Jesus totally screwed the guy.

There’s also something later about gluing cotton balls to a drawing of a bare sheep, but that’s a different idea for a different story.

eatsleepdraw: Changes - David Bowie By Jon Stick

Sun, 17 Mar 2013 15:09:57 -0700

eatsleepdraw:

Changes - David Bowie

By Jon Stick

georgetakei: Made me laugh so hard it herse.

Thu, 14 Mar 2013 06:42:02 -0700

georgetakei:

Made me laugh so hard it herse.

“Ben’s still the youngest writer to ever win an Oscar for...

Wed, 06 Mar 2013 06:24:25 -0800

“Ben’s still the youngest writer to ever win an Oscar for screenwriting. I’d be the youngest if it weren’t for Ben. Fucking asshole.”