A recent push for the use of technology has enabled a crossover between art and crime. A FaceSketchID system has been created at Michigan State University that scans forensic sketches and juxtaposes them with current mug shots in the police database. It is said to become an asset in cases
Year: 2014
This group presents the dichotomy of fiction versus reality in society’s frustrations. Yomango, slang for I steal in Spanish, is a movement that uses shoplifting to disrupt and rebel against the commercial system. Beautifultrouble.org states that “stealing (labor, time, ideas, lives) is what transnationals do. What Yomango does is ethical
This article is about the passing of Leonard Knight, the creator of Salvation Mountain. In the early 1980’s Knight was driving through the desert when he came across a hill in the community Slab City and decided to “express his pent up religious devotion.” He used adobe, straw, and gallons
Forgery is a crime that is intrinsically artistic. Looking here at the film Catch Me If You Can (2002), you can see how Frank, played by Leonardo DiCaprio, really creates a work of art in forging checks. Forgery is a notable artistic form of crime because it takes a lot
Article: http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/hoax-banksy-arrested-london-story-dupes-internet-again-1470861 National Report of Bansky’s arrest: http://nationalreport.net/banksy-arrested-identity-revealed/ A few weeks ago an article was published stating that the famous street artist Bansky had been arrested after a “24-hour Anti Graffiti Task Force” caught a suspicious group of 5 people leaving a scene of vandalism. They then claimed that they
Article: http://aplus.com/a/ask-a-pair-of-strangers-to-undress-each-other-and-watch-what-happens Tatia Pilieva is the filmmaker of the viral video “First Kiss” in which she asked complete strangers to kiss for the first time. In her next work, the one in this article, she took it to the next level. She asked complete strangers to undress each other and
Artist Faustine Gau created this “Crime Scene Coffin” to enclose a body in the same chalk outline as it was found. This is a very controversial piece because it could be portrayed as clever and ironic, but could also cause emotional distress. I found the image on a variety of
In US, there have been many school shootings. Most of them by white, young males. Many people like to avoid this fact and focus on issues such as gun control, but the truth is we must address this issue. Boys are brought up to be as strong as men. They
Dutch artists Dre Urhahn and Joreon Koolhaas painted whole neighborhoods in Rio de Janeiro and Phildelphia with the help of the communities involved. They focused on poverty stricken areas, and centered their projects on the inhabitants and neighborhood. This allowed residents to take part and mold the project to their
http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/nation/story/2012-05-17/prison-tourist-attractions/55048870/1 This article elaborates on the fact that prisons are becoming tourist attractions. In fact the Eastern State Penitentiary in Philadelphia visitor number increases “by double-digit percentages every year for the past 10 years.” Many prisons have tours that are made up of curious people, history buffs, and even ghost