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the desultory results of theavantguardian logo competition\/\/the candidates
We have results! For the logo competition we’ve been blathering about for the last month or so. Please admire. What follows is a list IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER of the logos we received. We would like you to admire them, comment on them, hold them, love them, and decide amongst yourselves. We will be... »
commodity fetishism gone right \/\/ banzai!!!!! | brooklyn
These days, Brooklyn is the destination where art comes to be born and to die. After all, this is still New York City, the global center for commercial art distribution. But beyond that, Brooklyn is home to the overwhelming majority of studios, ateliers, and actual artists in New York City. Soho and Chelsea obviously... »
popop\/\/building nothing out of something
where do you move, where ya movin’ from? It’s yourself/It’s yourself Modest Mouse, “Never-Ending Math Equation” Previously we touched upon the visual nature of propaganda; what has happened? People have learned to fight over images, the discussion of identity politics has become a common motif in mainstream media. This happened around the same... »
brands “r” us
Let’s be brutally honest, I hate a lot of things, and it’s typically due to some ominous specter of an unnamed evil capitalist swine who smokes 100 dollar bill cigars and kills puppies with toxic lipstick. He also polluted my drinking water, my groundwater, and my local beach. And that’s why I’m infertile. And... »
the avant guardian logo competition
Rock, Paper, Scissors, Shoot! Ahh healthy competition. The healthiest kind. We at the avant guardian support both health and competition. Which is why we like all fighting styles. We like Tiger Fist and Flying Crane. We like the guy with the moobs from Fight Club. We like beast wars (where you pick two animals and... »
salt lick \/\/ branding wounds
The German literary critic Walter Benjamin, as much an avant guardian as anyone yet mentioned in these pages, once saw the revolution in an advertisement for this salt. Bullrich’s. He tells the story in his unfinished Arcades Project, his massive collage of historical ephemera drawn from nineteenth century Parisian street life. Benjamin left his... »
commodity fetishism gone right \/\/ alexander mcqueen, meatpacking district
February 11, 2010: Beneath the flurries of the worst blizzard to hit the northeastern United States in over a decade, Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week kicks off in New York City. The crowds flock to the tents of Bryant Park to witness some of the most prominent designers in the world unveil their Fall-Winter... »
commodity fetishism gone right \/\/ consumerism in the age of cyber mud-slinging
“I don’t know the percentage of the internet that’s valid, do you? Jesus, it’s scary.” — Hunter S. Thompson It’s difficult to pin down the spirit of the times when there’s simply so much information and stimulation at our fingertips. The cultural movements that once defined generations have managed to fragment into a dizzying array... »
the first tale from fishmammal state \/\/ be a hater in action
Hello readers, it’s been a while. I’ve mentioned that I’m a student, a professional book nerd. Well, for this piece I want to be more specific (well, kinda). I’m a student and employee (because I’m a TA) at Fishmammal State University (which is NOT FSU, it’s a northern US coastal school). So, because it’s a university, by... »
are you buying this shit?
Shit talkers always be talking shit. I wanna talk about two aspects of talking shit. The first involves the practice of verbal diarrhea, where what comes out of your mouth is just a bunch of shit. The second involves calling someone out. It’s about boasting that you’re better than them, or that they are... »
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