ROCK ‘N’ ROLL’S ALTERNATE REALITIES: MICHAEL JACKSON IN A JOY DIVISION T-SHIRT

The other day, I wrote, “Photoshop is the new surrealism.” It was one of those things that just popped into my head and sounded right at the time. But the more I thought about it, the more it seemed to hold some truth. I try to imagine the fun Max Ernst and Marcel Duchamp might have had with Adobe software. With all of the imagery available on the Internet, a dada collagist like Hannah Hoch would have thrived in the era of Google Images. The permutations and juxtapositions are infinite. The idea: take what’s there and create what’s not there… read more >