>> Romance novel as sculpture. While putting together “a reading room devoted to visualizing obsolescence,” Julia Weist notices massive numbers of romance novels are getting discarded, and decides to write one based on her life. One publisher’s rejection note: “We currently do not publish novels which include STDs.”
>> Great works of literature in 3 lines or less:
The Great Gatsby
NICK: I love being rich and white.
GATSBY: Me, too, but I’d kill for the love of a woman.
DAISY: We can work with that.
>> Google Street View as Big Brother’s Portfolio. “I set out to see whether making images through Street View would be a viable replacement for my photographic practice…. As I explored Street View further, looking for photographs, the strengths and weaknesses of the software began to influence my work…. Street View encourages a new way of thinking about locomotion, where detailed movements are difficult but large distances can be traversed with barely a thought. This is roughly akin to being confined to a wheelchair that can teleport.”
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