Author Topic: Sarah Frost: The Worst Person on Earth? (Read 3489 times)

eth0s · « **on:** Tue, 10 January 2012, 13:49:30 »

People of Geekhack:

I am so upset by this so-called "artist" Sarah Frost, I don't even know how to express it in words. She has been amassing thousands, possibly millions, of Cherry double-shot keycaps using govt. grant money, and then destroying them, in the name of her so-called "art". Why? Who knows. But what she does should be a crime. Ever wonder why it's so hard to find vintage cherry double-shot keycaps and/or dysubs? Because Sarah Frost took them all. She's been collecting keycaps for years from financial firms, businesses, etc. Her "art" is on display at this gallery in NYC:

PPOW
511 West 25th Street, Room 301
(at 10th Ave)
New York, NY 10001

I caution anybody with low impulse control to avoid seeing this nonsense, b/c I'm afraid you might deface it.

Check out the abomination she created called "Debris, Qwerty": http://www.sarahfrost.info/?page_id=231. There is another one called Black Qwerty in St. Louis I think. Horrible.

Btw, I am not against public funding of the arts, but this woman must be stopped.

If you look closely you can see she has used almost exclusively vintage cherry double-shot keycaps, along with some dyesub RGB modifiers and other colored keys: http://www.sarahfrost.info/.

Why would somebody do this? This isn't art, it's a sacrilege. Am I over-reacting? Or is this woman a disgrace?

keyboardlover · « **Reply #1 on:** Tue, 10 January 2012, 13:54:20 »

Sometimes Art hurts.

Keymonger · « **Reply #2 on:** Tue, 10 January 2012, 14:01:19 »

In her defense it's all just plastic though

Rajagra · « **Reply #3 on:** Tue, 10 January 2012, 14:19:36 »

Quote from: ripster;487430

If it was avant garde with LegitBallin's poop filled keys I'd still love it.

Two girls. Oneness with cup rubber. Good feeling.

dorkvader · « **Reply #4 on:** Tue, 10 January 2012, 16:49:35 »

Quote from: harrison;487427

i've been working on collecting and modifying images of her artwork as backgrounds/wallpapers... not quite ready yet. i saw her work posted about 2 weeks ago somewhere else.

I didn't know her name, but this was posted on GH a while ago (with better closeups) I'm sure some alps, and IBM keys are in there.

USAgent · « **Reply #5 on:** Wed, 11 January 2012, 07:44:51 »

How does she get govt. grant money for this? I knew city taxes were high, but I didn't know I was entitled to my refund in the form of cherry doubleshots.

AKIMbO · « **Reply #6 on:** Wed, 11 January 2012, 09:16:41 »

And who said the government doesn't give hipsters handouts?

dorkvader · « **Reply #7 on:** Wed, 11 January 2012, 09:25:21 »

Quote from: USAgent;487880

How does she get govt. grant money for this? I knew city taxes were high, but I didn't know I was entitled to my refund in the form of cherry doubleshots.

Yeah, why can't the government get some doubleshots for me?

davkol · « **Reply #8 on:** Wed, 11 January 2012, 10:55:25 »

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captain · « **Reply #9 on:** Wed, 11 January 2012, 14:22:39 »

Hey, at least it's keycaps! It could be all chicklets. This art might get people thinking, and manufacturing, more good keycaps, and fewer crappy ones. Anything that does that is good, in my book. :-)

Rajagra · « **Reply #10 on:** Wed, 11 January 2012, 15:55:13 »

Quote from: harrison;487997

the fact that we're talking about it means it's successful, regardless of how we feel about it.
i've seen shots with some guy taking framed pictures of these installations...

Even the word 'installation' makes my blood boil. Stupid artists can't even work out what to call their own creations, so have to lump them together under the generic word 'installation' ... because they end up being installed somewhere. :rant:

We should stop calling them artists. Call them installers.

Spharx · « **Reply #11 on:** Wed, 11 January 2012, 17:01:55 »

Ha ha, you all are just jealous that she is way more nerdy and has more caps for a lifetime than all of you

I wouldn't actually mind to have one of such wall in black behind me.

dorkvader · « **Reply #12 on:** Wed, 11 January 2012, 17:12:59 »

I think the art would be more meaningful if she just stapled a bunch of whole keyboards to a wall. Maybe one of the collectors here can do that, I know some have a lot.

eth0s · « **Reply #13 on:** Thu, 12 January 2012, 00:12:57 »

Quote from: Keymonger;487428

In her defense it's all just plastic though

If she had any talent as an artist she would use PAINT to make art, not keycaps. I should go down to that crappy art gallery and take some pics up close of her "art", so you can see that she uses like 90% double shots or dyesub cherry keycaps. (Well at least she knows good keycaps.) Too bad she wastes them on her ridiculous art projects. No wait, these aren't art projects, they just assemblages of junk. And junk assemblages have been done before and done much better. Check out Albert Schwitters and his "Merzbau" and the Dada movement. That was ground-breaking, and that was done 80 years ago. So little Sarah Frost is at best a re-tread of old ideas, a copy cat, and an unoriginal hack. And at worst she's just a fraud. Which is fine, I don't care if she scams the govt. for her art money (compared to the Wall Street bailout, her art grants are like pennies, or actually more like 1/1000 of a penny), and I don't care if she scams the art "lovers" who buy her crap. What I don't like is that she is wasting valuable keycaps. I don't want to see a single keycap wasted. I'm the Lorax of keycaps.

funkymeeba · « **Reply #14 on:** Thu, 12 January 2012, 00:18:22 »

I don't mind that she used perfectly good keycaps. What bothers me is that I'm not seeing the artistry of what she did with them. It's kind of just a spackle of assorted caps, if you ask me.

Maybe I just don't get it.

Hazborgufen · « **Reply #15 on:** Thu, 12 January 2012, 09:41:13 »

How much hate would be directed her way if a Click Clack skull keycap found its way into one of her pieces? Maybe someone should send her one...

Rajagra · « **Reply #16 on:** Thu, 12 January 2012, 11:50:53 »

Quote from: Hazborgufen;488650

How much hate would be directed her way if a Click Clack skull keycap found its way into one of her pieces? Maybe someone should send her one...

Noooooooooooooooooo!

Roguemaster8 · « **Reply #17 on:** Thu, 12 January 2012, 16:09:44 »

Hmm, something like that would have to have taken months to complete. I have to respect her for that.

keyboardlover · « **Reply #18 on:** Thu, 12 January 2012, 16:10:23 »

Welcome to GH!

dorkvader · « **Reply #19 on:** Thu, 12 January 2012, 20:22:35 »

At least other designs make sense, like this calendar:
http://haraldgeisler.com/2009/12/31/typographic-keyboard-wall-calendar/
2012 here:
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/107717342/2011-typographic-wall-calendar?ref=search

itlnstln · « **Reply #20 on:** Fri, 13 January 2012, 08:48:38 »

Quote from: Rajagra;487437

Two girls. Oneness with cup rubber. Good feeling.

Well done.

Welcome back, Raj. Sorry about the whole "*******" post thing.

Rajagra · « **Reply #21 on:** Fri, 13 January 2012, 09:14:02 »

Quote from: itlnstln;489451

Welcome back, Raj. Sorry about the whole "*******" post thing.

Thanks. I think I misinterpreted the comment anyway, and I took the opportunity to take a break.

itlnstln · « **Reply #22 on:** Fri, 13 January 2012, 14:21:46 »

It was a hard lesson in the limitations of text. I couldn't look at ripster when I said it, and you couldn't hear the humorous tone in my voice. I am much more careful now.

If I call someone an ******* these days, I make sure they know I'm talking to them.

REVENGE · « **Reply #23 on:** Sat, 14 January 2012, 20:35:39 »

You know, I've always wanted to light a couple of NIB G80-5000 on fire.

dorkvader · « **Reply #24 on:** Sat, 14 January 2012, 22:56:29 »

Quote from: REVENGE;490776

You know, I've always wanted to light a couple of NIB G80-5000 on fire.

Call it art.

That's what I like to think of ripster's use of that unicomp "boscom" terminal as.

HWI · « **Reply #25 on:** Sun, 15 January 2012, 03:46:00 »

This ***** is a **** and her "art" is ****ing bull****. It's also a crying shame to be using double shot and dye sub key caps this way.

dorkvader · « **Reply #26 on:** Mon, 16 January 2012, 00:35:52 »

meh, we've got a lot more refractory at the university's Foundry.

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Author Topic: Sarah Frost: The Worst Person on Earth? (Read 3489 times)