Greyworld

Greyworld has a new piece, rising eight stories high in the center of the London Stock Exchange. The Source consists of 162 cables, each with nine spheres that move freely up and down its length. The spheres fluctuate with the stock exchange, functioning as pixels rising and falling -- creating abstract shapes or legible messages. Reminds me a bit of the Swarovski chandelier.

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RIP Rick James

'Super Freak' singer Rick James dies - Aug 6, 2004

"The girl's a super freak
I really love to taste her
Every time we meet
She's all right, she's all right
That girl's all right with me, yeah"

David Cross

Arg!! If anyone hears of extra tickets to David Cross at the UCB theatre this week, please let me know.

View Master

Vladimir is a twenty-six year old artist who sells handmade View Master ("Vladmaster") disks. Two favorites are the Franz Kafka Parable Set and the Italo Calvino Invisible Cities Set. Some of the imagery reminds me of Jennifer and Kevin McCoy's Soft Rains. (via Bookninja)

Janet Cardiff

Janet Cardiff has a new audio walk at Central Park. Her Long Black Hair is a 35-minute journey on a winding journey through Central Park's 19th-century pathways, retracing the footsteps of an enigmatic dark-haired woman. Each person receives an audio kit that contains a CD player with headphones as well as a packet of photographs. Cardiff uses binaural recording to create an experience of physical immediacy and complexity, playing with location, time, sound, and local history.

The audio kit will be available at a kiosk on 59th St. and Sixth Ave., thursday through monday, 9:30am to 5pm, June 17 - September 13, 2004. The last audio kit pick-up time is 5pm. Reservations are recommended and can be made by calling 212-446-9529 by 4pm the day before. Viewers will be asked to leave a drivers license or credit card in exchange for the audio equipment and should allow at least 50 minutes for audio tour.