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Jason Akira Somma Turns Video Signals Into Dancers (And Vice Versa)
A rundown of Somma’s current performance/holographic/video exhibition “Phosphene Variations,” currently on view at Location One gallery in Manhattan.
Kathleen Flood
10.3.12
Motherboard Blog

This House Will Be Made Entirely Out of Trash and You Will Want To Live In It
Nobody has yet built a house entirely of garbage — or even recycled materials — that anyone would really want to live in. So Brighton-based architect Duncan Baker-Brown is about to do it. He’s going to build a modern, nicely-designed home completely...
Brian Merchant
10.3.12
Ojo, mucho ojo

The Grisly Dead People Pictures of Fernando Brito
These days, there's no shortage of grisly images coming out of Mexico thanks to the brutal and ever-present War on Drugs. But Brito’s work stands out because he seems to treat the cadavers as one with the landscape. There is a certain sense of...
Bernardo Loyola
10.3.12
Chunklet to Go Go

Vinyl and Ebay: A Fascinating Relationship
Ok, so why did you open and handle the record with your big, fluid-gorged sausage fingers? Why can I see the record in your picture? Because you needed to check the color? Check this color, hoss (helps to visualize an extended middle digit right now).
Andrew Earles
10.3.12
Stuff

Happy Science Is the Laziest Cult Ever
Last Saturday I had an appointment with the Parisian branch of Happy Science, a syncretic Japanese sect that appears to be made up of the most contradictory, gross, bizarre ideas the world has ever mustered up.
Sylla Saint-Guily
10.3.12
Art

The City As Alien Artifact: A Living Patchwork Of Systems And Processes [Q&A]
Keiichi Matsuda’s Prism recently took up residence at London’s V&A and now it’s textural data feeds live on online.
Kevin Holmes
10.3.12
Motherboard Blog

The Clunky Little Ball That Caused Mass Hysteria
This October 4th marks the 55th anniversary of the Soviet Union launching Sputnik, history’s first artificial satellite. It was a momentous occasion, to be sure. But at the time, the Soviet and U.S. responses couldn’t have been more different: While...
Amy Teitel
10.3.12
Motherboard Blog

Meet the Secretive Corporation That Runs Our Presidential Debates
The big boss of the debate circus is called the Commission on the Presidential Debates. Proud owner of the primo web real estate www.debates.org, the CPD hasn’t bothered to change its homepage for four years.
Brian Merchant
10.3.12
News

Good News for Uruguayan Stoners
The government's trying to make weed legal so you don't get addicted to weird pasta crack.
Jake Lewis
10.3.12
Art

Trojan Rocking Horse Sculpture Created Using Computer Keys
Artist Babis Cloud has found a great use for all those old keyboard buttons.
Kevin Holmes
10.3.12
Motherboard Blog

In 13 Years, Finland Will Be the First Coal-Free Nation in Europe
Since any coal-powered future is a grim one, the forward-looking nations of the world are already pushing to phase out the ancient energy source. Finland might be the first to do it altogether — that country's economy minister announced yesterday that...
Brian Merchant
10.3.12
Motherboard Blog

Finland Will Be Coal-Free in 13 Years
Since any coal-powered future is a grim one, the forward-looking nations of the world are already pushing to phase out the ancient energy source. Finland might be the first to do it altogether — that country’s economy minister announced yesterday that...
Brian Merchant
10.3.12
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