Mom & Popism

[Photograph from the upcoming exhibition reinterpreting James and Kala Murray's latest book, Store Front: The Disappearing Face of New York. The exhibit, set for August 15 in the Bowery, brings together the work of 28 notable graffiti and street artists; each was invited to create new artworks on top of life-sized reproductions of James and Kala Murray's store-front photographs. Collaborating artists include Blanco, Buildmore, Cake, Celso, Cern, Chris (RWK), Crome, Cycle, David Cooper, Destroy & Rebuild, Enamel Kingdom, Goldenstash, Infinity, Kngee, Lady Pink, Matt Siren, Morgan Thomas , Peru Ana Ana Peru, Plasma Slugs, Royce Bannon, Shai R. Dahan, Shiro, The Dude Company , Tikcy, Under Water Pirates, Veng (RWK), Zoltron and Billi Kid.]

(Image: Courtesy Store Front)

Sightings

(Wheatpaste remix rendering of Michael Jackson, above, photographed by Ivan Corsa in Manhattan's Soho district and uploaded to globalgraphica.com on November 6, 2008. The image is being shared widely today across the blogosphere via Flickr, Twitter, and other forms of social media)

Excerpt from a Friday post by Fast Company blogger Clay Dillow:

"Upon rumors of Michael Jackson's death in Los Angeles, fans flocked to the Web for confirmation, resulting in an avalanche of searches, Tweets, and page views that crashed Google and brought Twitter to a standstill as the number of Tweets per second doubled in an instant. The online fiasco was a fitting testament to Jackson's legacy: He was beyond famous. Michael Jackson: He played the Berlin Wall. He invented Pop. He beat the rap. He crashed Google."