Archive for August 27th, 2013

Art, damn it, art! watch (#39 in a series)

Tuesday, August 27th, 2013

I have written previously about the performance artist Marina Abramovic.

I was not aware of this, but she had a Kickstarter campaign going. She was trying to raise $600,000 for a “long durational” performance art center.

Well, she did it. She raised $661,452 from 4,765 backers.

And she’s promised every one of them (yes, even the $1 backers) a hug.

Marina will personally thank all those who contribute to the creation of MAI by hugging every backer of this Kickstarter at a live event called THE EMBRACE. This event will be held in two undisclosed locations, one in New York City and one in Europe, with exact dates and times to be announced. MAI Founders who are unable to attend these events will be offered a special reward in lieu of a hug from Marina.

And if you’ve ever wanted to see a performance artist tell a light bulb joke, go here.

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Random notes: August 27, 2013.

Tuesday, August 27th, 2013

Back in July, I noted the rhythmic gymnastics scandal. There’s a new development:

The governing body for rhythmic gymnastics has cleared dozens of judges who were suspected of cheating on qualifying tests last year, despite an investigation that concluded some of the test scores “could only have occurred by cheating.”

More updates, this time on “Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark”. It took in $966,952 last week. This is not good, as the cost of running the show is over $1 million a week.

The producers have also been optimistic about earning back the show’s $75 million capitalization, but that feat would require weekly box office grosses in the $1.5 million range for several years.

Only the police should have guns department:

An apparent booze-fueled dispute over loud music between two groups at a Chino campground over the weekend escalated to the point where men from both sides drew guns and opened fire.

There were no deaths or injuries, as both sides “did not fire at each other, he said, but into the air”. Of course, what goes up must come down, somewhere…

It turns out that the rival gun-toting campers were both Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies.

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Photography is not a crime.

Tuesday, August 27th, 2013

But official misconduct and filing false records are.

A New York City police officer who had arrested a photographer working for The New York Times has been indicted on three felony counts and five misdemeanors accusing him of fabricating the reasons for the arrest, the Bronx district attorney announced on Monday.

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