Olivia: Catalogue Raisonne 1980-1995 Fifteen Years

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L.B.P. is very good for the Gaming Biz.

"Little Big Planet" is an upcoming puzzle platformer  and world creation video game for the PlayStation 3.  I first saw it at ComicCon in San Diego this past summer-- and heard about it last year. It is being developed by British game developer's  Media Molecule and  is due for release on October 21, 2008.  This will be a huge success.  This is a very important game for the industry-- and really showcases the promise of user generated content in games.  This is the sort of game, that is so needed-- and I applaud Sony for breaking down the wall and publishing this.  If this was an independently developed and published game, retailers would look side ways at such innovation.  I like the vinyl toy aesthetic.

Banksy is the artworlds Batman---

He's a genius.  So simple. So smart.  He did this  "pop-up" street art installation--- which poses as a innocent pet store on 89 7th Avenue between West 4th and Bleeker Street in the West Village of New York City.  It is a populist's version of Damien Hirst's exhibition at the Seagrams Building(Lever House) last year.  Banks is pushing it to another level!  The concept speaks for itself.  And the tension of who he is, and how he pulled this off really represents what is in the air for street art....and where it can and will go.

From Banksy:

“New Yorkers don’t care about art, they care about pets. So I’m exhibiting them instead. I wanted to make art that questioned our relationship with animals and the ethics and sustainability of factory farming, but it ended up as chicken nuggets singing. I took all the money I made exploiting an animal in my last show and used it to fund a new show about the exploitation of animals. If its art and you can see it from the street, I guess it could still be considered street art."

peep http://www.woostercollective.com/ for more.  Gotta' see it in person...

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How it all makes sense now...

"Each generation imagines itself to be more intelligent than the one that went before it, and wiser than the one that comes after it" - George Orwell, -quoted in the Associated Press

Now there's something to simmer on after the ups and downs of the last two weeks and the upcoming election.  I remember having to read Orwell's "Animal Farm" in eight grade.  I admit I only read the Cliff's notes at the time.

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If I lived in NYC, Michael Bloomberg would get Marc Ecko's vote...

Bloomberg is running for a 3rd term as mayor of NYC.  I do not agree with everything with this man.  I have had arm wrestling matches with him in the past over obsolete anti-graffitti laws.  That said--

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