Scenius

from The New Yorker AMBIENT GENIUS The working life of Brian Eno. BY SASHA FRERE-JONES In January, 1975, the musician Brian Eno and the painter Peter Schmidt released a set of flash cards they called “Oblique Strategies.” Friends since meeting at art school, in the...

“The lunatic, the lover, and the poet…”

from The Atlantic Secrets of the Creative Brain A leading neuroscientist who has spent decades studying creativity shares her research on where genius comes from, whether it is dependent on high IQ—and why it is so often accompanied by mental illness.  by Nancy...

Custodial Revenge

from artnet Over 60 Artworks Trashed at Kunstakademie Düsseldorf Alexander Forbes A disgruntled janitor or group of janitors at the renowned Kunstakademie Düsseldorf (Düsseldorf Academy of Art) has destroyed over 60 artworks, the Rheinische Post (RP) reports. Mostly...

Giant German Vagina Engulfs Exchange Student

from The Guardian US student is rescued from giant vagina sculpture in Germany More than 20 firefighters free exchange student from the artwork Chacán-Pi (Making Love) by Fernando de la Jara in Tübingen by Philip Oltermann in Berlin The student waits to be rescued....