August 15, 2008
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Nam June Paik, Dadaikseon (the more the better), 1988. Erected for the Seoul Olympic Games. Youtube.
Games people play:
- As seen on hot American bods on television, the Speedo Fastskin LZR Racer—a ridiculously good swimsuit—can also be seen on display in the Met's "Superheroes: Fashion and Fantasy" exhibit. [Globe & Mail]
- Fake, computer-generated fireworks in the form of "a series of giant footprints outlined . . . from Tiananmen Square to the Olympic Stadium" were added to the Opening Ceremonies broadcast—as if Cai Guo-Qiang's display wasn't kind of amazing by itself. [Radio Australia, Wired]
- Ethnic-minority children, one cute little girl, all the gold medals, and probably several gymnasts' ages were all faked as well. Dude, so were the wtf-high scores the judges gave China's gymnasts last night after they fell all over the balance beam. Not that even a conspiracy of judges could pull it away from the USA in the end. [Borowitz Report, Independent, Sun, Time, New York Times]
- Beijing is offering American-style corporate naming rights for the Bird's Nest and the Water Cube, a proposition that's riskier than it might sound given the intense Chinese adoration for these buildings as nu cultural icons. [Wall Street Journal]
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