The Off Topic Topic

[Maladict]

Two California teenagers placed a pair of eyeglasses on the ground at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art as a prank. Visitors were soon treating the glasses as art.

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/31/arts/sfmoma-glasses-prank.html

I used to do stuff like that with friends while living in Italy. Point excitedly at random objects with a guide book in hand and within minutes you'll have (mostly Asian) tourists lining up to take pictures and pose in front of it. Good times.

[celedhring]

Two California teenagers placed a pair of eyeglasses on the ground at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art as a prank. Visitors were soon treating the glasses as art.

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/31/arts/sfmoma-glasses-prank.html

No museum label = no art!

I need a figure of authority telling me something is art, in order for me to treat it as art 

[Liep]

 



Now if only that translated into making Denmark richer.

[The Larch]

Even richer, you mean. 

[Maladict]

I need a figure of authority telling me something is art, in order for me to treat it as art 

I always wondered what kind of people pay money to look at a peanut butter floor because someone says it's art. Now I know 

[Josquius]

An interesting map of the UK highlighting which country makes up the most significant immigrant population in street level detail

http://maps.cdrc.ac.uk/#/metrics/countryofbirth/default/BTTTFTT/10/-0.1500/51.5200/

The map geek in me squeals "cool!".
...
But then the skeptical leftist in me thinks "perfect tool for far right groups no?"

[Maladict]

An interesting map of the UK highlighting which country makes up the most significant immigrant population in street level detail

http://maps.cdrc.ac.uk/#/metrics/countryofbirth/default/BTTTFTT/10/-0.1500/51.5200/

The map geek in me squeals "cool!".
...
But then the skeptical leftist in me thinks "perfect tool for far right groups no?"

I wonder who the Scottish people living in Buckingham palace are.

[CountDeMoney]

No museum label = no art!

That in itself would be art.  A commentary on the emptiness of the modern condition.  Or something.

[garbon]

Now if only that translated into making Denmark richer.

I notice they don't have 'Ease of working with'. Denmark would fail hard on that if Novo is any indication.

[alfred russel]

I don't get the whole thing of taking pictures of stuff in museums.

[lustindarkness]

I like that peanut butter one, that takes some mad artistic skillz.

[Tonitrus]

It's missing a layer of chocolate around it.

[lustindarkness]

It's missing a layer of chocolate around it.

Or a couple of jelly covered girls in bikinis wrestling on it.

[Tamas]

How can you value a gorilla's life over a human baby's?  Jeebus what's wrong with some people.

[Maladict]

I like that peanut butter one, that takes some mad artistic skillz.

The museum bought it for 100,000 euros. I guess it was more expensive to clean the room.