Just in case you have yet to be introduced to Frieze Magazine podcasts I thought it be wise to point out two stellar talks of late, one a conversation between artist John Baldessari and curator Matthew Higgs (also an artist/writer) - the other is with philosopher (and author of Art Power) Boris Groys on The Aesthetic Responsibility where he discussed how design now functions as a medium of self-positioning in public space (read more @ e-flux). In many ways this discussion relates heavily to the layout and potential outcomes of something like Blue at MP5. In the ways that we use and re-purpose space, and how details are sublimated to infiltrate a line of dialogue between people and place.

Scenes from Matthew Haggett’s Spherelab
Now at Milepost 5 through December 27

Just in passing I noticed an odd resemblance in two of my favorite characters. The man on the left is none other than one of my all-time favorite contemporary artists who gets it right so often, John Baldessari.

I also remembered the ditty from The Simpsons…Do you remember: “Dr. Zaius, Dr. Zaius…” to the beat of Rock Me Amadeus by Falco?