Art, 140 characters at a time
January 5, 2012 1:12 PM Subscribe
I want to follow some conceptual art Twitter feeds. That is, Twitter feeds that are themselves works of art.
Some examples of what I am looking for:
Today's FPP about Jenny Holzer, Mom
ActualPerson084 (previously)
Horse_eBooks (previously previously)
I don't care if they are funny, weird, creep or funny and creepy as long as they are compelling. I am not looking for the official Twitter feeds of artists or comedians.
Bonus question: best way to read these on an iPhone?
Some examples of what I am looking for:
Today's FPP about Jenny Holzer, Mom
ActualPerson084 (previously)
Horse_eBooks (previously previously)
I don't care if they are funny, weird, creep or funny and creepy as long as they are compelling. I am not looking for the official Twitter feeds of artists or comedians.
Bonus question: best way to read these on an iPhone?
Best answer: Ferris Bueller tweets his day off.
posted by Cool Papa Bell at 1:17 PM on January 5, 2012
posted by Cool Papa Bell at 1:17 PM on January 5, 2012
Best answer: AGentleBrees. And another very enthusiastic vote for Dadboner, which I FPPed here.
posted by jbickers at 1:20 PM on January 5, 2012
posted by jbickers at 1:20 PM on January 5, 2012
Best answer: Dogs Doing Things is the weirdest, most abstract humor I have ever come across on twitter.
posted by drjimmy11 at 1:23 PM on January 5, 2012 [3 favorites]
posted by drjimmy11 at 1:23 PM on January 5, 2012 [3 favorites]
Best answer: Humor for Mens, a pretty great, over the top response to the awful(ly unfunny) Men's Humor feed.
posted by earlofrochester at 1:25 PM on January 5, 2012
posted by earlofrochester at 1:25 PM on January 5, 2012
Best answer: Real Time WWII (World War II Tweets from 1940)
posted by moxiequz at 1:35 PM on January 5, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by moxiequz at 1:35 PM on January 5, 2012 [1 favorite]
Best answer: Stealth Mountain may not be especially compelling, but it does what it does well.
posted by yellowbinder at 1:36 PM on January 5, 2012 [3 favorites]
posted by yellowbinder at 1:36 PM on January 5, 2012 [3 favorites]
Fake Civil War
I'm not sure that Real Time WWII is "art" -- more like history, I'd think. Also, the replies to Stealth Mountain are the real work of art.
posted by Rock Steady at 1:50 PM on January 5, 2012 [1 favorite]
I'm not sure that Real Time WWII is "art" -- more like history, I'd think. Also, the replies to Stealth Mountain are the real work of art.
posted by Rock Steady at 1:50 PM on January 5, 2012 [1 favorite]
@kschwitters is tweeting Kurt Schwitters' Ursonate, one line per day.
@everyword is tweeting every word.
@Eshackleton is tweeting Ernest Shackleton's expedition to the south pole in 1914.
posted by moonmilk at 1:58 PM on January 5, 2012
@everyword is tweeting every word.
@Eshackleton is tweeting Ernest Shackleton's expedition to the south pole in 1914.
posted by moonmilk at 1:58 PM on January 5, 2012
The twitterabsurdista's seem to be covered; for something different: there's ArjunBasu who tweets mini-stories.
Teju Cole is an author who tweets "little fates" of people in Nigeria; they are amazing.
There's a compendium book of Dan Sinker's tweets as faux-mayor elect Emanuel book, The F***ing Epic Twitter Quest of @MayorEmanuel
Errol Morris' tweets count as do Alain de Botton's
posted by stratastar at 2:00 PM on January 5, 2012
Teju Cole is an author who tweets "little fates" of people in Nigeria; they are amazing.
There's a compendium book of Dan Sinker's tweets as faux-mayor elect Emanuel book, The F***ing Epic Twitter Quest of @MayorEmanuel
Errol Morris' tweets count as do Alain de Botton's
posted by stratastar at 2:00 PM on January 5, 2012
Best answer: In a timeline full of politcal snark and attention whoring, I find Common Squirrel to be strangely soothing.
posted by BitterOldPunk at 3:57 PM on January 5, 2012
posted by BitterOldPunk at 3:57 PM on January 5, 2012
Wise_kaplan is incomplete without CrankyKaplan and real_kaplan. The latter will also be happy to sell you on Kaplan_Soothing and Kaplan_Premium but that should probably do you for now. P.S. CrankyKaplan is the best.
The Kaplans also seem to be affiliated with the alarming and violent relationship advice dispensed by Listen Up, Lady!.
posted by Adventurer at 5:02 PM on January 5, 2012
The Kaplans also seem to be affiliated with the alarming and violent relationship advice dispensed by Listen Up, Lady!.
posted by Adventurer at 5:02 PM on January 5, 2012
Best answer: Read these on your iPhone by making a list and adding all these accounts to it in the Twitter app.
posted by anildash at 6:50 PM on January 5, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by anildash at 6:50 PM on January 5, 2012 [1 favorite]
Best answer: I maintain a list of people who only say one thing -- suggestions welcome!
posted by sudama at 6:59 PM on January 5, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by sudama at 6:59 PM on January 5, 2012 [1 favorite]
I forgot about Nell, a program that finds names on the internet and tries to classify them within some random group: rivers, athletic teams, males, grains, visual artists, political organizations that are not part of the government. It's quite charming and sometimes hilariously incorrect.
On the other end of the spectrum, if you think it's hilarious when people make fun of Steven Tyler, No Teef Steven Tyler. I'm sorry, Steven Tyler.
posted by Adventurer at 7:48 PM on January 5, 2012
On the other end of the spectrum, if you think it's hilarious when people make fun of Steven Tyler, No Teef Steven Tyler. I'm sorry, Steven Tyler.
posted by Adventurer at 7:48 PM on January 5, 2012
Best answer: I'm so glad you asked. @WeBoughtAZ00 is the funniest thing I've read in ages. It's finished now, but read it from the bottom up.
posted by no regrets, coyote at 10:58 PM on January 5, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by no regrets, coyote at 10:58 PM on January 5, 2012 [1 favorite]
Best answer: In the same vein as Your Aunt Diane (and also mentioned on PCHH), Peanut Free Mom and Your Friend from High School (although not as good as it used to be).
posted by clerestory at 6:54 AM on January 6, 2012
posted by clerestory at 6:54 AM on January 6, 2012
I'm late to this thread, but the retweets in the Sarah PaIin USA twitter are a treasure trove of other art/surreal twitter accounts. Most of them haven't been mentioned here. For example, RAINBOW SATAN, Cats doing things, Leemanish.
posted by purple_bird at 9:46 AM on January 8, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by purple_bird at 9:46 AM on January 8, 2012 [1 favorite]
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