Here are things Kickstarter implicitly considers art: Hawaiian bitters, a solar powered sound installation, a mix-tape of whale songs, a pre-Burning Man roller disco, and a weapon to shoot toothpicks. Myq's project has already been funded but the more money the more art he can make. It's at least as artful as a toothpick weapon.
For the last four years, Stefon Zolesky, created by Bill Hader and John Mulaney, has been every SNL fan's favorite drugged-up club-hopper. Without his New York City party suggestions, we would never know about the glory of Furkles, Jewpids, human bathmats, Teddy Graham people, and Gizblow the Coked-Up Gremlin. Stefon made his first appearance not on Weekend Update, but in a sketch with host Ben Affleck, in which he and Hader played the Zolesky Brothers. Together, the siblings pitched coming-of-age movie ideas…with gay porn angles. A year and a half later on April 24, 2010, Stefon made his first appearance as Weekend Update's city correspondent, and the rest [...]
Oh, here's 50 pieces of Louis C.K. fan art. Page three is where it starts getting a little weird (if a picture of a totally naked Louie holding out a bitten apple in the garden of Eden is weird, WHICH IT ISN'T).
Best name for an art show ever? Please Post Bills, a tribute art show to Bill Murray, is opening this Thursday at Gallery1988 in LA. News of this show comes right after we heard about the Conan art exhibit, so…I guess this is a thing now? Visual art based on comedians? Kind of like tribute Tumblrs, but in the physical realm? But we can't call it a trend and start really analyzing it till there's three of them, so here's holding out for the Louis C.K. exhibit in Chicago next week.
Usually, I hate hearing inside jokes. They come off as self-important, obnoxious, and most importantly, not funny. Those who enjoy them most have been in on it from the start, and if you had to be there, then why bother telling and re-telling the inside joke to outsiders? Worst of all, while some d-bag is posturing and trying to reap the perceived benefits of exclusivity, you have to politely chuckle and pretend that you care. Lame-O.
Unfortunately, I often see the same type of thing happen when people experience art. Perceiving themselves to be outsiders to some exclusive underground club of art world geniuses, viewers can frequently feel as [...]
