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June 20, 2007

"music for buying dark landscapes": The Contractors

Contractors

Check out one of Beijing/San Francisco artist Rania Ho's relatively new projects: The Contractors.  The group makes music, videos, photos, concerts, and apparently can even lead a mean art tour (see their latest video). Their MySpace page is not to be missed.

We are inspired by other superstar building contractors, high-ranking government officials, housing bureau officials, land management officials, special interest lobbyists, investment bankers, venture capitalists, media moguls, real estate investors, internationally renown architects, construction crews, welders, plumbers, electricians, bricklayers, cement mixers, stone cutters, various migrant workers.
Our aim is to rule them all.

Posted by on June 20, 2007 at 06:55 AM in Art, Blogs, Commerce, Music, Translation, Video Clips, Virtual China |

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Awesome Information. Thanks MyCityPaintingContractors.com

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