Rick Staton was once an art collector. Although, the art he obtained was made by well-known serial killers. The first artwork he began to sell were the John Wayne Gacy. This is the man who sexually assaulted and murdered 33 boys, and Staton showed great interest in selling his art.
In San Diego during the 90’s graffiti was a huge issue facing the city. The public sphere was constantly being vandalized with graffiti, and the city had really no way of controlling it. Somewhere along the line, the Jacobs Center for Neighborhood Innovation discovered that the majority of the tagging
The United Nations conference on climate change has begun in Paris. The conference starts today, November 30 to December 11 and involves over 150 heads of State and Government. This is the 21st conference and the subject of the conference is about plans on stopping Greenhouse Gas emission and creating
Seattle’s artsy-indie music scene was once dominated by groups that could all pretty easily be clumped into the sad-guy-in-a-flannel sort of category. Bands like Death Cab for Cutie and Fleet Foxes got there start in the often cloudy, drizzling hipster city and Band of Horses picked Seattle as their home
In music, sampling was originally developed by experimental musicians, who altered and manipulated vinyl records on a phonograph. Today, sampling has evolved into the act of taking a portion, also known as a sample, of a sound recording and reusing it in a different song or musical piece. Sometimes an
In the aftermath of the Meek Mill and Drake feud, I found the need to explore the part of rap that deals with the most up-front, personal, and confrontational lyrics. This subgenre is known as the diss track. Celebrities often get into disagreements or arguments (aka beef). Rappers have a
What would you do if you were going around the city to find a nude woman straddling the roof of a building? Would you consider it art or a crime? Earlier this month (November 2015), performance artist Poppy Jackson confused many by her four hour long performance, “Site,” that was
In a NewsWeek article, Elizabeth Campbell Karlsgodt discusses the issue of Nazi-looted artwork that is not properly returned to its rightful owners and questions why US museums are continuing to hold on to these pieces. To this day, many art pieces that were taken by the Nazis during World War
For many years, artists have been dabbling with crime in the name of art or to create an art piece. However, Joseph Gibbons, a former MIT lecturer and filmmaker, seems to have taken this idea to the extreme. He is a performance artist who specializes in autobiographical confessionalism. He uses
What happens when you find out that your identity has been stolen? Do you confront the person who has stolen your identity? Do you let it go knowing that the individual has been punished by the law? Does curiosity get the best of you to find out what the person