#shiny crap

[jortsgoth]

interior fucking design, baby

[hastenthesingularity]

Orbital Reflector: the artist firing a satellite into space

Trevor Paglen’s giant artwork was designed purely to be gazed at – from anywhere on the planet

Orbital Reflector has already attracted controversy, receiving criticism from members of the astrophysicist community who objected to a satellite going into orbit for purely aesthetic and philosophical purposes. An unfortunate precedent – Humanity Star, an ornamental mirrored satellite conceived as a publicity stunt by the aerospace company Rocket Lab – provoked similar complaints when it launched in January. “Hey artists, stop putting shiny crap into space”, ran the headline of a post on the tech site Gizmodo

[theauralreactors]

Shiny Crap

This is our second video, and it's not as good as the first. Thanks for watching!

[heartsnbruises]

SO TIRED

FOR THOSE UNAWARE OF THE WIDE WORLD OF SHINY SHIT, YESTERDAY KICKED OFF THE SHORT-ATTENTION-SPAN GEOLOGY AND ADORNMENT FIESTA KNOWN AS THE TUCSON GEM SHOW! BORN FROM HUMBLE BEGINNINGS AS A GET TOGETHER FOR LOCAL ROCKHOUDS, THE SHOW HAS EXPLANDED OVER THE YEARS TO DOZENS OF SITES, DRAWING VENDORS FROM ACROSS THE GLOBE TO SELL THEIR WARES HERE IN DIABLO CITY.

FROM A MILE OF HOTELS ALONG THE HIGHWAY SKIRTING DOWNTOWN TO INDOOR SWAP MEETS, CONVENTION HALLS, AND STADIUM PARKING LOTS, YOU CAN FIND GEODES, CRYSTALS, MINERAL SPECIMENS, FOSSILS, ROCKS, BEADS, SKULLS, PELTS, RUGS, JEWELRY, TOOLS, FINSINGS, CHARMS, DISPLAY CASES, LIGHTING, RELIGIOUS ITEMS, FURNITURE, DINOSAUR SKELETONS, HIPPIES, HIPSTERS, PUNKS, WEIRDOES, FAMILIES, FUCK--ENTIRE VILLAGES! THE CITY'S POPULATION DOUBLES FROM THE VENDORS AND THE BUYERS THAT FLOCK HERE.

THERE'S TWO MORE WEEKS OF THIS MOFO AND I'M ALREADY EXHAUSTED FROM HITTING FOUR SHOWS IN TWO DAYS.

HOO-HAH!