The/Das – Freezer
Wie schon bei Bodi Bill spielen The/Das auf einer weit gezogenen Pop-Klaviatur feinste Arrangements. Tolle neue Band.
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Concierge
Karl Philips is a young Belgian artist for whom a mild kind of activism is inextricably linked to his work. With his performing art, he explores the distinctions between public and non-public, common- and underground, us and them. In 2010, he created a mobile »apartment« attached to a billboard. Concierge is a transparent foldable pop-up shelter for homeless people on the back of company’s product placement.
The Great Travelling Art Exhibition
Using his finger to scribe into the layer of dirt built-up from exhaust emissions, Lancaster-born artist Ben Long creates elaborate drawings on the rear shutters of white haulage trucks. In this on-going series, collectively entitled The Great Travelling Art Exhibition, Long expands upon the daubing and crude slogans that commonly adorn commercial freight vehicles. Dirt ist beautiful! Sometimes…
The Acid – Liminal
Leise gestimmter PlingPlong aus Gefühlsduselhausen. Some call it acid and some call it hits.
Total Control – Typical System
Sehr unterhaltsames Post-Punk-Album. Teils unter der Erde, teils auf ihr drauf und bisweilen sogar hoch über dem Gipfel.
Social Pool
Alfredo Barsuglia’s Social Pool is an eleven-by-five-feet wide pool in the Southern California desert, open for anybody to use. Prerequisites for spa delights: A good transport connection and some free time. The drive and walk to the pool should provide »time to reflect on social values, dreams and reality«, the artist explains.
