"Weegee knew that Holy Trinity - power, ass, money - is the law."

From Andre Laude’s foreword to Weegee (Photofile) by Thames and Hudson - http://www.amazon.com/Weegee-Photofile/dp/0500410704

I tweeted that we were listening to ‘Eye of the Tiger’ in the Culture Shock office. Survivor, the band, tweeted back. That’s why the internet rocks!

I tweeted that we were listening to ‘Eye of the Tiger’ in the Culture Shock office. Survivor, the band, tweeted back. That’s why the internet rocks!

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theatlantic: Museum as Node: What to Love About the Walker Art Center’s New Website In the physical world, cultural institutions thought their authority derived from their precious collections of irreproducible objects. On the Internet, every website is successful to the extent that people want to reproduce — on their own screens — whatever culture you happen to be making. So, it takes a considerable shift for museum directors and their patrons to somehow want their collections flung across the world, every single person making her own ‘print’ of a painting each time she opens a browser and surfs to a museum collection.  Museums have options. One, they can stay off the web, hoarding their treasures offline and doing what they’ve always done. Two, they can dabble on the web and try to use it as a marketing platform to maximize the value of their physical spaces. Three, they can take advantage of the Internet’s reach and figure out a way to become valuable within the new paradigm. We’ve seen a lot of options one and two, but the Walker is a definitive step down the third way. Read more

theatlantic:

Museum as Node: What to Love About the Walker Art Center’s New Website

In the physical world, cultural institutions thought their authority derived from their precious collections of irreproducible objects. On the Internet, every website is successful to the extent that people want to reproduce — on their own screens — whatever culture you happen to be making. So, it takes a considerable shift for museum directors and their patrons to somehow want their collections flung across the world, every single person making her own ‘print’ of a painting each time she opens a browser and surfs to a museum collection. 

Museums have options. One, they can stay off the web, hoarding their treasures offline and doing what they’ve always done. Two, they can dabble on the web and try to use it as a marketing platform to maximize the value of their physical spaces. Three, they can take advantage of the Internet’s reach and figure out a way to become valuable within the new paradigm. We’ve seen a lot of options one and two, but the Walker is a definitive step down the third way. Read more

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usagov: Image description: Picasso or Panda? Giant panda Tian Tian get his paws dirty with non-toxic water-based paint at the National Zoo. Painting is one among many activities that fall under Animal Enrichment—a program that provides physically and mentally stimulating activities and environments for the Zoo’s residents. Art produced by many of the Zoo’s mammal and bird residents will be available for purchase at the National Capital chapter of the American Association of Zoo Keepers (AAZK) Art Show, which will take place spring 2012. Photo by Smithsonian’s National Zoo

usagov:

Image description: Picasso or Panda? Giant panda Tian Tian get his paws dirty with non-toxic water-based paint at the National Zoo. Painting is one among many activities that fall under Animal Enrichment—a program that provides physically and mentally stimulating activities and environments for the Zoo’s residents.

Art produced by many of the Zoo’s mammal and bird residents will be available for purchase at the National Capital chapter of the American Association of Zoo Keepers (AAZK) Art Show, which will take place spring 2012.

Photo by Smithsonian’s National Zoo

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Vimeo is at Art Basel in Miami this week, and as usual, we’ve brought the awesome!

If you’re at the fair, check out our FRAME reel running on the Delano iPads, Mondrian Poolside Cabanas, and the Shore Club lobby entrance screen. Not in sunny Florida? No sweat! You can get in on the action by checking out FRAME, a series curated by Vimeo and Culture Shock, right here.

We (Culture Shock) are presenting FRAME a co-curated series with Vimeo at Art Basel Miami Beach this week.

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