“A man about to go swimming imagines what horrors could be lurking deep in in the waters of his backyard pool.”

Big-ups to Showtime for putting together a great series of short animated stories.

After breaking the world depth record for modern vehicles by a mile, James Cameron is taking his tiny sub Deepsea Challenger seven miles down into the Mariana Trench to a spot known as Challenger Deep. No one has been there for 50 years.

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Pes is back.

Photographed by Bruce Weber

Zoe Strauss

Like a big, expensive “pop-up” art mall in New York City.

Apparently pronounced like the peanut butter.

“GIFs are one of the oldest image formats used on the web. Throughout their history, they have served a huge variety of purposes, from functional to entertainment. Now, 25 years after the first GIF was created, they are experiencing  an explosion of interest and innovation that is pushing them into the terrain of art. In this episode of Off Book, we chart their history, explore the hotbed of GIF creativity on Tumblr, and talk to two teams of GIF artists who are evolving the form into powerful new visual experiences.”

Janes Addiction, Classic Girl

EPMD, Richter Scale, 1997

Starting sometime around 2:30 pm today, I’ll be over at the Armory Show roaming aimlessly through that fun little VIP Art scene they got going on. If it matters to you and/or you’re bored, you can peep everything on instagram or twitter.

Enjoy

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