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May 7, 2009December 15, 2023

No Wonder Banksy Keeps Such a Low Profile

Submitted by John Lundberg of circlemakers.org:

Once you’ve read this article, you might want to check out the movie site to see who is actually hoaxing whom…

When Joan Collins THOUGHT she’d met Banksy: The elaborate plot to impersonate graffiti artist and how the MoS foiled it
by James Tapper
DailyMail.co.uk
03rd May 2009

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To Joan Collins it must have seemed an unexpected honour too good to refuse – the chance to meet the world-famous, and notoriously secretive, graffiti artist Banksy.

Not surprisingly, she readily accepted the invitation to host a dinner party for the mysterious artist in a grand country home, with other excited celebrities in attendance to share the unique experience.

But The Mail on Sunday has discovered that the entire story was an elaborate hoax, designed to dupe the Dynasty actress – and the rest of the world. Continue reading “No Wonder Banksy Keeps Such a Low Profile”

April 24, 2009December 15, 2023

ATM: Art Trumps Money

From ArtNet.com, April 23, 2009

New York artist Steve Miller took to the Brandeis campus recently for “ATM: Art Trumps Money,” a project that involved the posting of 40 ATM signs all over the grounds, including in the museum”s own window. The gag suggests, of course, that the Brandeis trustees are treating the museum collection as a source of ready money. Brandeis professor Mark Auslander has a long commentary on Miller”s piece on YouTube, complete with footage of students making the signs. Auslander frames “ATM” both as a topical intervention and a larger point about the “a hyper-intensification of the art-capitalist nexus.”

Miller”s project coincided with Geoff Hargadon”s “Cash for Your Warhol” project, a guerrilla art prank that also involved signs posted outside the embattled museum [see Artnet News, Apr. 16, 2009].

April 21, 2009December 15, 2023

Mexico 17 vs Brazil 0 [English & Spanish]

Mexico 17 vs Brazil 0
by Jorge Luis Marzo

In September 2004, Mexican artist Miguel Calderà³n secretly placed a TV set in a bar in Sao Paulo (Brazil). At a certain moment, an unannounced soccer match showed up in the screen. Mexico was playing against Brazil. Bar customers, who had no idea about the match, thought that somehow they missed the news. People started watching the match. Brazil lost 170.

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It was all staged. Calderà³n had carefully re-edited various past games between both teams in order to create something completely impossible. The piece was shown as part of the Sao Paulo Art Biennal.

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Septiembre de 2004. Un bar de Sao Paulo por la tarde. La gente, repartida entre las sillas y taburetes del local, hace lo que se hace en los bares: tomar algo, charlar, leer el perià³dico. Se enciende la tele y aparece la retransmisià³n de un partido de fàºtbol en el canal internacional de Televisa, un encuentro entre las selecciones de Brasil y México. Continue reading “Mexico 17 vs Brazil 0 [English & Spanish]”

March 30, 2009December 15, 2023

Martin le Chevallier’s Miraculous European Flag

Submitted by André Gattolin:

Press release
Brussels: A Procession in Praise of a Miraculous European Flag

A procession lead by the french artist Martin Le Chevalier will bring to Brussels a miraculous European flag. The flag, on which has appeared Christ’s face, would be proof of the European Christian identity. It will be transported on man’s back in a reliquary. The procession’s arrival at the European parliament is planned on Monday the 30th of March at 3pm.

Martin Le Chevallier, visual artist, lives and works in Paris.

About the Artist:

Born in May 1968, Martin Le Chevallier is one the first artists to use videogames and interactive films to produce a body of work which aims at critically reviewing our contemporary myths and ideologies. He created various experimental and interactive films, exploring personal thoughts and behaviors from characters dealing with social situations.

Maurice le Chevallier, The Audit

In 2008, he hired a consulting firm to assess the validity of his artistic and commercial choices by conducting an “artistic performance audit.” Continue reading “Martin le Chevallier’s Miraculous European Flag”

March 26, 2009December 15, 2023

60-foot penis painted on roof

GOOGLE EARTH: 60ft penis painted on roof
BBC Radio 1 Newsbeat
March 24, 2009

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Teenager Rory McInnes painted a 60ft penis on the roof of his parent’s home after watching a documentary on Google Earth. The lad, currently on his gap year, painted the giant phallus in 2008, but it wasn’t discovered until a year later when a helicopter pilot spotted it and allowed his passengers to take photos. According to the ‘Daily Mail‘, the boy’s dad didn’t believe it when he was first told: “It’s an April Fool’s joke, right? There’s no way there’s a 60ft phallus on top of my house.” But after ringing around each of his four children, Rory owned up to the painting, reportedly saying: “Oh, you’ve found it then!”