criminalwisdom:

Surveillance as Cinema

If there is a true transcript of the city, it is to be found in the avant-garde vigilance of CCTV, which captures the ongoing events of modernity, 24 hours a day. It should not be security guards installing and monitoring these cameras, but architects and urban planners. Only in the minutiae of passing minutes will they discover how the city should evolve. As composer John Cage once wrote: “There is no such thing as an empty space or an empty time. There is always something to see, something to hear.” 

Silicon adds : An open door is very attractive. :)

thedailywhat:

Museum Art of the Day: MOCA’s “Art in the Streets” — the first major US museum exhibition dedicated to street art — opens to the public this Sunday, and will remain open through August 8.

Among the familiar pieces stretching all the way back to the dawn of graffiti-based vandalism are new and original pieces from the likes of Os Gemeos and Banksy (above).

My Modern Met took some photos during yesterday’s press opening which you can see here.

[mmm.]

thedailywhat:

Amazing Water Trick of the Day: Before you clamor with accusations of fraudulence and homosexuality, you should know that I tried this myself, and it does indeed work.

All you need is lots of practice, and an uncompromising suspension of disbelief.

[b3ta.]