The proliferation of image blogs powered by the tumblr platform raises the interesting question of how the internet as a structured society of individuals can collectively produce a homeopathic response to itself. The relationship between the particular nature of the way information is disseminated online and our diminishing attention spans has become frequently remarked upon [...]
Author Archives: Jackson Boxer
The David Simon Vice Interview
December 23, 2009 – 10:42 pm
A great interview with a man who consistently gives great interviews, in a publication, which, with all the fondest adolescent memory, does not. One glaring point of note: How does a man, a fiercely intelligent man, whose whole oeuvre turns on his innate documentarian’s rage at the destruction wrought on inner city America by the vicissitudes [...]
William E Jones: Tearoom
November 23, 2009 – 4:25 am
In response to Jeff’s posting of the charming Will Phillips video, I thought I’d draw attention to the excellent William E Jones film being shown at Swallow Street right now. The overwhelming poignancy of this simple film of found footage emerges with the contextualizing record of each grainy, voiceless figure: John Smith, 27, married, 2 [...]
Picking the pocket of an Irishman
November 21, 2009 – 3:22 pm
Watching someone cheat stylishly is far more entertaining than prosaic probity. Thierry Henry, upon whose elegant shoulders has been heaped the corpulent bulk of the insufferably high minded English sports press’ opprobrium, remains the most charmingly witty and scintillatingly intelligent player to have ever graced the Premier League. He has single-handedly (no pun, etc.) prevented [...]
Performa 09: Omar Fast
November 14, 2009 – 6:46 am
Anyone attending the Candice Breitz performance at Performa 09 should definitely try getting to Omar Fast’s performance, also at the Abrons Art Center tonight. His show Nostalgia at the South London Gallery, still open, has been one of my highlights of 2009. Info after the break.
Modernism After Postmodernism: Is there a future beyond capitalist realism?
October 30, 2009 – 9:29 am
Anyone in London lucky enough to have a free afternoon on Wednesday 11th of November should seriously consider heading to the Docklands for this event, which promises to be highly stimulating, and whose four speakers are responsible for some of the best writing on the blogosphere. Details after the jump…
CrASH
October 16, 2009 – 5:20 am
An impressively busy opening on Monday marked the start of the London art world’s most hectic calendar week, as the group show CrASH inaugurated a large new space at 110 Warner Road, SE5. Recently acquired by Damien Hirst with mysterious or perhaps unknown purpose, the gutted and repainted warehouse, a utilitarian chimera of office and [...]
Adam Curtis’ The Medium and the Message Blog
October 13, 2009 – 7:23 am
I don’t know what Adam Curtis transatlantic reputation stands at, my guess is rather low. I remember sending a copy of The Power Of Nightmares to an American cousin of mine, only to have it dismissed as inferior to Loose Change. Nevertheless, Curtis stands alongside someone like David Simon as a great reluctant reactionary, an [...]
Culture: Comfortable Looking at Other People Naked, Not So Sure About Itself
October 6, 2009 – 10:17 am
A week ago, the Tate gallery staged a large party to celebrate the opening of Pop Life, née Sold Out, its blockbuster investigation of the dominance of Warholian mass production in the art market. It seemed a fittingly hubristic affair, the after-party taking place in Tramp, a nightclub in the genteelly unfashionable St James’ – [...]
