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Entries Tagged as 'The Digital Age'

The Beatles 1000 Years from Now

December 15th, 2009 · Comments
by Quincy Moore

This is all sorts of awesome. Scott Gairdner imagined in a mockumentary-style video how the world would remember The Beatles 1000 years after they died. The result is “Beatles 3000,” a hilarious satire that finds Scottie Pippen as a member of the most prolific band in history. Watch it, please! [Courtesy of Dangerous Minds]
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Tags: Concept · Culture Shock · Interviews · The Digital Age · Videos · What Is Art Anyway?

Simple Facebook Application Makes Surprisingly Nice Art

December 11th, 2009 · Comments
by Quincy Moore

Since its creation in 2007, the Facebook application, Graffiti Wall, has spawned 70,000,000 works of digital graffiti from amateur artists around the world. Now, the company behind the app has launched a website where people can purchase some of the designs as prints. The application only allows the use of color, width and opacity, so [...]

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And One Day We’ll All Look Back and Laugh

December 10th, 2009 · Comments
by Quincy Moore

French illustrator Stéphane Massa-Bidal (aka Hulk4598, or Rétrofuturs) churns out new work at an astounding rate. His latest series depicts internet stalwarts as retro (his signature) magazine book covers. Somehow Massa-Bidal always seems to throw in a bit of timely irony and sarcasm in his work, proving that the man pays attention to the world [...]

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Tags: Buyable · Concept · Corporate Evil · Culture Shock · Design · The Digital Age · Trends · What Is Art Anyway?

Matt Groening Would be Proud

December 9th, 2009 · Comments
by Quincy Moore

Artist David Barton digitally altered (or illustrated) the faces of four Simpsons characters onto classic works by the likes of Rembrant, Van Gogh and Jan Vermeer. The best, however, is his rendition of Phillippe Halsman’s, Tilted Head (Salvador Dali Portrait), where he’s placed the mug of Apu, in Apu Dali.
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Tags: Concept · The Digital Age · What Is Art Anyway?

The Jailbreak’s 25 Days of a New York City Christmas — Dec. 1, 2009

December 1st, 2009 · Comments
by Quincy Moore

It’s December 1st, and officially the beginning of the 2009 holiday season. During my childhood, it was always around today that mom hooked me up with one of those stale-chocolate-candy-filled advent calenders. Since we live in an online world, it would be impossible to send each of you an advent calender, so I figured a [...]

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Tags: Buyable · Concept · Events · Jailbreak News · Jailbreak Product · Product Art · The Digital Age · Toys · What Is Art Anyway?

How To Vanish in the Digital Age

November 23rd, 2009 · Comments
by Quincy Moore

For a month, starting in mid-August and ending September 15th, Wired writer Evan Ratliff tried to disappear. The ultimate question was: is it possible to completely vanish in the digital age? The result was the most intricate game of hide and seek in seek in history. Ratliff and Wired put up a $5,000 bounty for [...]

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Tags: Culture Shock · Technology · The Digital Age