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Fur lifejacket, for fabulous shipwrecks

LB — Mon, 18 Jan 2016 23:42:29 +0000

I made this fur lifejacket partly in homage to Meret Oppenheim, one of the founders of surrealism and most famous for her “Object in Fur,” a fur teacup and spoon. Oppenheim is yet another woman artist who did not receive the credit or status she was due.

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More colonial craft

LB — Fri, 26 Jun 2015 01:49:24 +0000

Once you start seeing something, it’s suddenly everywhere (and it doesn’t help that people keep sending me examples). After noticing that we seem culturally obsessed with our colonial settlement of this city/province/country/continent right now, and that this pioneer DIY craft style has spread as far afield as Brisbane and Berlin, based on what people have written me, I feel compelled to keep collecting it.

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We Need to Talk About TED

LB — Thu, 09 Jan 2014 22:25:41 +0000

This is merely for those who haven’t seen this video yet. Benjamin Bratton nails what is so wrong with TED. Read Bratton’s article in the Guardian here.

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Amy Goodman and Chris Hedges on Charlie Rose

LB — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 08:31:38 +0000

Amy Goodman of Democracy Now speaks with Asma Mahfouz, the girl who began the Tahrir Square revolution in Egypt, in Zucotti Park yesterday. Photo by Democracy Now.

Renegade brokers and police joining the demonstrators today, photo by Canadian filmmaker Velcrow Ripper (more here).

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