RIP David Weiss, one half of Fischli/Weiss, the duo that created the amazing film “The Way Things Go.”

To celebrate the 2012 Armory Show, we partnered with featured artist Theaster Gates to create a limited edition Dipped Coal Bag. The A.N.N.A.P. Logo (2010) is drawn from the 2010 solo exhibition, To Speculate Darkly: Theaster Gates and Dave the Potter, in which Mr. Gates created a fully-realized narrative to explore the ways that race, traditional craftsmanship, and history overlap in America. The exhibition featured a full gospel choir performing Mr. Gates’ original compositions, “to fill the atrium of Milwaukee Art Museum with sound.”

“The more you find out about the world, the more opportunities there are to laugh at it.” - Bill Nye

image via wethesciencey

Bill Nye the Science Guy made science cool for an entire generation. He did so much more than explode baking soda and vinegar volcanos on his eponymous television show. He turned Morrissey songs into music video physics lessons, and he proved you could be a smart goofball without necessarily being a nerd.

Nye is one of the speakers closing out the 2012 TED Conference in Long Beach this afternoon, and he’s the only presenter this week who really knows how to pull off a bow tie.

(Source: bigthink.com)