TINY GEMS

Claire L. Evans is an unqualified science writer whose work addresses the synchronies between art, culture, and modern science. If you haven’t been there yet, I deeply suggest you get yourself get over to Evans’ blog, Universe. It caters to my fascination with all things scientific/universal/space/taking it to the Next Level-related, without any of the troublesome math.

There is some inventive video work to be found there as well, including an ironic “Evacuating Myspace Before it Recycles” video homage to the iconic Heaven’s Gate Cult, best known for committing suicide while wearing Nikes, timed to coincide with the arrival of Comet Hale-Bopp (remember the 1990s???). Although I am slightly ashamed to write about the internet so blatantly on, umm, the internet, I am heavily sympathizing with the impulse to abandon the Myspace ship before it goes the way of Friendster and, like, Pitas or whatever (remember the 1990s??) before it. Let’s talk later about making art about the internet.