utopian times.

via my friend pasha, thank god the war is over! not to mention DeBeers giving free prosthetics to victims of "diamond conflicts" violence, which actually had me fooled.

neat avatar stuff

virtual transgender suit: http://www.we-make-money-not-art.com/archives/2008/08/marc-owens-who-designed-the.php

girlfriend experience (the prostitutes who get paid the most pretend to be your gf--affective labor, simulation/illusion: http://www.we-make-money-not-art.com/archives/2007/01/martin-butler-p.php

avatar machine: http://www.we-make-money-not-art.com/archives/2007/06/the-virtual-com.php

butler on obama.

look, no promises, but this was good enough to make me peek my head out of blogretirement. those of you who care have probably already seen it, but it was nice to get the feeling that i'm not the only one who can't look at a political rally (even a relatively awesome, pro-obama one) without flashing back to Triumph of the Will. si se puede, for sure, but also: eeep.