Archive for February, 2008

A working definition of “art”

Wednesday, February 6th, 2008

Art is human action (often, but not always, entailing the production of an artifact or the definition of a space) exercised (individually or collectively) within particular material, conceptual, and social contexts (not always harmonious) for the particular purposes (sometimes explicit and sometimes tacit) of interested parties and institutions.

Flash Freeze at Grand Central Station

Sunday, February 3rd, 2008

Here’s something you don’t see everyday, though it would be fun if you did: Frozen Grand Central: