Doug Salzman comments, “As usual, if one wants to assault or kill someone, it’s safest (for the assailant) to use a car.” BBC:Driver tried to hit ‘Bin Laden’ “A driver in Montpellier, France, has been convicted for trying to run over a pedestrian he mistook for fugitive al-Qaeda boss Osama Bin Laden. A court gave the 35-year-old man a three-month suspended sentence. His victim ran from the oncoming car, escaping injury when the vehicle slammed into the side of the street. “It wasn’t Bin Laden,” [...]

European Cities Do Away with Traffic Signs Der Spiegel A project implemented by the European Union is currently seeing seven cities and regions clear-cutting their forest of traffic signs. Ejby, in Denmark, is participating in the experiment, as are Ipswich in England and the Belgian town of Ostende. The utopia has already become a reality in Makkinga, in the Dutch province of Western Frisia. A sign by the entrance to the small town (population 1,000) reads “Verkeersbordvrij” — “free of traffic signs.” Cars bumble unhurriedly [...]

Division Lines is a collection of new work for Exposure Gallery, just around the corner from our shop, by Death Spray Custom. The above image is not part of the exhibition.