Reading List #74

Here's a few things you need to know about the world. 

• Check out some amazing street art shaming NYPD's love of pre-emptive violence. 
• McDonald's is betting the McRib can save them around the holidays. 
• You're civil rights are eroding. Twitter was holding out from turning over personal info to the government without a subpoena, but that's over now. They turned over records of Occupy protester to police this week. 

The secret of happiness is...

Taste and DTM

Two excellent art events coming up in Savannah in April.

Taste was the last great hurrah before the old Meddin meat packing facility was converted from studios into a state of the art digital production facility. There were artists, bands, live painting, suspension acts, a fashion show and beer - what else could you want? Taste is returning April 30 thanks to Raabstract, and if you want to get in on the art stop by here for more info. 
According to Raab:

TASTE is open to all genres, styles and mediums. We welcome live acts, 2d/ 3d, installations, freak shows, interactive exhibits, DJ's, musicians, live painters etc.

The deadline for artist submissions is April 1.

Down the road at Studio 2-Ten will be a show called Destroy the Masterpiece - a gallery exhibit of graffiti and street art type stuff that will open at the same time, meaning you can wander from Desoto Ave to 2-Ten (less than 2 blocks away) and check them both out.

Exit through the Gift Shop

 

If you haven't seen this yet, you should take the time to watch it. Then ponder whether it's real or a clever fake. Either way, it's an amazing retrospective of street art mid way through the 1st decade of the 21st century. I hope that it's fake though, because it truly ices Banksy as a king among men.