The US Department of Transportation is changing the highway sign font. Out with Highway Gothic, and in with Clearview.
Don’t miss the slideshow that points out the differences between the fonts.
Year: 2009
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Applicant: What They Really Thought of You
Categories: photo
Coilhouse discuses Jesse Reklaw’s Applicant, a collection of found photographs and applications to the an “Ivy League” Biology PhD program from 1965 to 1975.
It’s so amazing just how sexist and horrible each of these comments are. Good Ol’ Boys Club indeed.
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Irina Troitskaya’s Matreshkas
Categories: installation / sculpture
Irina Troitskaya created a set of matreshkas (Russian nesting dolls), modeled after animals.
Personally, I don’t find her art all that compelling, but I have had a fascination with Russian nesting dolls since Sesame Street. While looking at her matreshkas, I thought that it would be interesting to make a set where each dolls was an animal along a food chain. As you went up the food chain, each prey animal was put inside (i.e. eaten by) the predatory one. While this isn’t a particularly clever idea, it’s a set I would like to have.
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May 2: Boiler Bar in West Oakland
Categories: event
Boiler Bar performance this Saturday (May 2), 8pm to 2am at 2600 Magnolia at 26th Street in West Oakland ($10 – $20)
I saw Jon Sarriugarte’s “oil punk” show at Makerfaire last year. Instead of seeming “oil punk” (early 20th Century version of 19th Century steampunk I guess), it struck me more of something along the lines of Carnivàle. Not that it was creepy per se, but it just fit in with aesthetics.
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La Machine in Yokohama
La Machine is currently in Yokohama for the 150th anniversary of the Port of Yokohama (April 28 through September 27), with their £1.8 million Giant Spider of Doom. This is the second appearance of the spider. Previously, it appeared at Liverpool’s Capital Of Culture 2008.
Also from La Machine: The Sultan Elephant
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Brothers’ Kiss Destroyed
Categories: street
The 19 year old mural of Soviet General Secretary Brezhnev kissing East German General Secretary Honecker, known as “Brothers’ Kiss”, has been destroyed by the city of Berlin. Dmitri Vrubel painted the mural on September 28, 1990 along a stretch of the wall running along the Spree River. That segment – now known as the East Side Gallery – is one of several that remain as a memorial.
The wall is currently undergoing restoration. As part of this process, the wall is being steam cleaned, and the underlying concrete repaired. Officials say that the artists can then repaint their images. Vrubel has been given €3000 to repaint his iconic image, but instead he plains to paint a similar, but different image. After all, art can’t simply be replaced.
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March Tech Meetups
Dorkbot SF is tonight at the Hat Factory (801 Minnesota St #08, SF)
SHDH 31 is this Saturday (March 14) at the Rainbow Mansion (21677 Rainbow Drive, Cupertino).
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Lincoln’s Watch
Categories: installation / sculpture
Yesterday, the Smithsonian Museum of American History, opened Abraham Lincoln’s watch. Lincoln’s watch was undergoing repair when the Fort Sumter was attacked, starting the Civil War. Jonathan Dillon, the repairman, engraved a message inside the watch and there it sat unseen until now. -
Organize Before They Rise!
Caffe Pergolesi (418 Cedar) in Santa Cruz is hosting all this month “Organize Before They Rise!”, a zombie themed show featuring local artists.
Zombies have been played out for a while now, but this show features some talent, and it’s local so check it out.
