The Floppy Disk Returns Through Art
by Jamal Stone “Don’t copy that floppy!” A now-hilarious battle cry from 1992 emblematic of technology’s breakneck pace. Today, floppy disks are obsolete doodads, uncovered only when clearing out one’s desk space. Technology doesn’t look back. Go ahead and copy one. But no one told us not to paint on floppy disks. Enter Nick Gentry,...
The Andy Warhol-Mama Cass Elliot Project That Never Happened
Thanks to Longreads we recently came across this Guardian reprint of a fascinating 1967 piece written by Danny Fields for the now-defunct rock magazine Hullabaloo, outlining a series of encounters between Andy Warhol and singer “Mama” Cass Elliot of The Mamas and the Papas and other seminal acts. In a few fleeting scenes Fields charts the...
“Barrow, Alaska” Photographer Wins Recognition
Congratulations to photographer Dawn Whitmore, whose photo essay on Barrow, Alaska, is a centerpiece of Broad Street’s “Hunt, Gather” issue. Whitmore recently was awarded second place in the 2014 Photo Review Competition, juried by by Jennifer Blessing, senior curator of photography for the Guggenheim Museum of Art. Her winning work will be exhibited at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia from October 31-December 5....
Holding Pattern: designer Lauren O’Neill finds the art in Google and airports
CPH (Copenhagen. This image appeared in Broad Street 1.2, “Hunt, Gather”). Designer and artist Lauren O’Neill uses modern technology to create art out of everyday tools of modern life: Google, satellite imagery, and air travel. Her Tumblr blog, Holding Pattern, gathers bird’s-eye views of airports culled from Google Earth, revealing their abstract, sometimes breathtaking beauty. It’s...
The Elusive Authenticity of the Artist
You’ve probably heard the Picasso quote: “We all know that art is not truth. Art is a lie that makes us realize truth, at least the truth that is given us to understand.” An article by Drew Calvert, published online by AGNI Magazine, explores the notion that art is a lie by looking at the role of the artist, and the potential...
