Link round-up: 21 August 2014

A collection of interesting links from around the internet:
  • A look at the transformation of the music industry. Whereas the GIF is going way too quick for anyone to actually read the graph, they do offer separate links to each year. 
  • Why contemporary art is exclusionary. A very interesting discussion on how contemporary art is becoming more exclusionary. I would also argue that it is becoming commercialised in a very different way: it's becoming a larger interest in the mainstream (Marina/Jay-Z as one)
  • To kill or not to kill comments...that is the question. A friend once said "before the internet, did Trolls write letters to the editor everyday?" Comments are useful, but can also be violent and awful.
  • Rebel Architecture. A new six-part series coming soon to Al-Jazeera (link leads to trailer and some information on the series). Lots of interest recently around "activist architecture", "architecture without architects", and being "against" a certain form of architecture.