TreeFish

Stuff and things

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Kadinchey (by Fagottron)

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psycho-delik kat

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Coin operated music box, Germany, c. 1880.

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 diving

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White Magic (Disney Remix) (by Fagottron)

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Burning Cube, 2005 by Jeppe Hein

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Blake Fall-Conroy, “Minimum Wage Machine,” 2008-2010

This machine allows anyone to work for minimum wage for as long as they like.  Turning the crank on the side releases one penny every 4.97 seconds, for a total of $7.25 per hour.  This corresponds to minimum wage for a person in New York.  

This piece is brilliant on multiple levels, particularly as social commentary.  Without a doubt, most people who started operating the machine for fun would quickly grow disheartened and stop when realizing just how little they’re earning by turning this mindless crank.  A person would then conceivably realize that this is what nearly two million people in the United States do every day…at much harder jobs than turning a crank.  This turns the piece into a simple, yet effective argument for raising the minimum wage.  

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Ice Skating in Central Park at the Wollman Rink. Photo by Bruno Barbey.

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Best of 2012: Bad water kills more children than war. Unicef

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Shiraz, Iran, woman prayer

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Meester, door u wil ik ook meester worden.

C, 14 jaar. (via meesterbart)