Still Life
Martin Klimas breaks recognizable objects so they become something else, and stops us just at the moment of transformation.
Archive
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10 August 2007: Afternoon
Factory Records founder Tony Wilson dies, age 57. (obit) Sensors reach trapped Utah miners to find oxygen but no carbon dioxide--a bad sign. South African president sacks deputy minister of health, major voice against AIDS denial. Lance Armstrong's cycling team disbands over the fact that everyone and
Video Digest: August 10, 2007
History’s five greatest drum solos ever captured on tape: Neal Peart, Phil Collins, Stevie Wonder, a manic child, Tommy Lee, Buddy Rich, and Karen Carpenter(s)
Chicken John
Name: Chicken John Time of birth: 11:48 p.m. Occupation title(s), both real and desired-in-another-lifetime? Showman. Ditto. We’ve heard you’re running for mayor. What’s the main idea behind your campaign? To champion our city of Art and Innovation. How do you get
10 August 2007: Morning
Southeast U.S. scorched by heat wave; U.K. scientists predict record high temperatures for the rest of your life. Slaying of Oakland editor galvanizes African-American elite who turned "black power" into electoral reality. Hints that China could use "the nuclear option"--liquidating its U.
How to Give a Tattoo
Those who can’t do, learn. In this installment of our series in which the clueless apprentice with the experts, we pick up a long-sought skill from Brooklyn tattoo artist Duke Riley—who also plays canvas.
9 August 2007: Afternoon
Leaning in the direction of "free and fair elections," President Musharraf decides against declaring nationwide state of emergency. Thousands of Shiite pilgrims gather in Baghdad with "only a few signs of the violent attacks and stampedes that have marked previous celebrations." National Transportation Safety Board eyes
In the Beginning Was the Word, and the Word Was “Um”
Many hear verbal stumbles as a lack of eloquence—or worse, intelligence. However, there’s a new love and respect for our little hesitations.
9 August 2007: Morning
Brooklyn's first tornado in 118 years sweeps through the borough, shutting down subways, increasing misery. Drills now reaching within a few hundred feet of trapped Utah miners. Concerned over the high number of civilian casualties in Afghanistan, British commander asks American Special Forces to leave. States continue to
What Was Once Was Lost, Now Is Found
MTV owes me my youth. Most of my ’90s memories are a hazy blur of Lenny Kravitz videos, Mountain Dew commercials, and news about Madonna that will all come back to me in a giant rush of Dutch Schultz jump cuts on my deathbed. I’ll never recover that lost