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CREAM
at the Katzen Museum January 30 - March 6
auction | gala March 6, 2010
curated by Mera Rubell
29 rooms
'29 rooms no bigger than the walk-in closets in the homes of some of the revelers below form one of the last single-room occupancy residences left in this prestigious ZIP code' ------------ ny times this morning provides a glimpse of an alter world in city living
envion
based just outside of washington, dc - Envion has had an incredible breakthrough in green technology. they unveiled their plant yesterday, converting plastic to oil - the process | fabrication couldn't be more interesting.
it's nice that
it's nice that.
the first issue was a meaty surprise. really well written, edited and laid out - it's one of the few publications that i have read front to back in a very long while. they keep up with interesting studios and the work coming out of them. they're cool + tough.
from chimney pot to louge
an article in the New York Times I found highlighting a curious position for photographers who provide 3D web based imagery through analog photography.
spinebreakers
spine breakers is in search for fresh illustrations + book cover work. they are a part of the UK publisher Penguin which has a myriad of great cover design. [the US subsidiary is not as fortunate]. submit your stuff.
get your bike on
copenhagen opens international competition for bike designs ---- and the big prize is amazing
get to it.
london trend
the following is from the NY Times yesterday :::
"...now independent curators and entrepreneurial artists are stepping into the breach, persuading landlords and municipal councils to turn vacant spaces over to them temporarily. Galleries have sprung up throughout the country, and particularly in London, in spots as varied as shopping mall outlets, a scooter showroom and a video store. Last month the British government, worried about the economic, psychological and criminal hazards of retail vacancies, announced a $5 million “revival fund” for local governments in hard-hit areas to transform empty shops into something useful, like showrooms for local artists, and another $800,000 to help artists and arts organizations turn vacant high street shops into artistic spaces."
D.C. are you listening?
song dong exhibit-----> closes September 7
also watch the PROJECTS 90 film on this particular installation process. Song Don's reflection on his mother's life and all the bits of life that she managed to hoard is both beautiful + intense.
terrain at stylers
just returned ---- this is a favorite place to wander + feel inspired. just south of Philadelphia, it's an eclectic mix of architecture, gardens, and a sweet little cafe centered in the greenhouse. [bon appetit magazine recently featured their amazing menu and farm fresh sensibility]. the hours go quickly when there and it's so worth the country drive. take back roads.
tapebox
tapebox is out of the UK. they're a collaboration of dan hayhurst [audio gadgets] and reuben sutherland [visual gizmos] + have been coining their "product" as visual sculpture. odd. i find the quality of their films to be well textured + aesthetically cool.
factory 20
factory 20 + it's counter part modern 50 are places that i dream of. i couldn't believe my luck when i stumbled upon their websites + then proceeded to invest a good portion of the afternoon glazed at the myriad of eclectic finds. the following Saturday we found them working in their warehouse - not sure they were expecting the company, they graciously let us peer about . both fellas departed from their corporate gig's [dino = illustrator // eric = art director] + now keenly search out vintage objects that range anywhere from british stadium receptacles to apothecary display cabinets. reminds me of another great place, DARR.
alvin lustig
graphically beautiful ------> strong composition + color make so much of what he did desirable.
wish you were here
lower east side + london's newburgh quarter are exchanging attitudes AUGUST 20th - SEPTEMBER 13th. the arts + fashion of the UK are setting up temp spots on the LES orchard street.
thanks for the tip off, Brooke !!!!!
MIDcity caffe
sundays have simple requirements ------> this is a new one.
p.s. they really spell it caffe.
underground trove
gentle + awing photography from the archives of National Geographic. one hundred and fifty vintage prints will find their way to the fine art market.
translation
DON'T go stunting your pee, there's a piff breh. It may sound like gobbledegook, but it could end up in the Collins English Dictionary which is seeking the latest slang for a new edition.
Publisher HarperCollins has come up with a shortlist of words put forward by 14 to 18-year olds and has asked the social networking website Bebo to help pinpoint the most common slang terms in Britain.
Over coming months, Bebo's 10.5 million users will vote on the words they think should be included in the 30th anniversary edition of the dictionary.
"Teenage slang is notoriously hard to pin down if you rely on the normal channels," said Cormac McKeown, head of content at Collins.
"By the time it's filtered into publications, broadcasts, and eventually mainstream speech, it's too late, young people have stopped using it. "The findings from the Bebo community will give us the chance to keep track of an exciting part of our language that usually goes unrecorded." Among the slang terms proposed, "piff" means good, "breh" means boy and "shifted" means get arrested.
Other slang words are "stunting" (showing off), "pee" (money), "co-dee" (friends) and "pinky" (50 pounds).
The list also includes "sick" (cool, good) "bare" (a lot of), "seen" (cool), "mugged" (mocked), "fiend" (addicted) and "hater", which means a negative person.
A team of Collins experts will research the words' origins and decide which ones should enter the dictionary. Recent slang terms that have made it into the Collins dictionary include hoodies (hood-wearing youths) and WAGs (celebrity wives and girlfriends).
Publisher HarperCollins has come up with a shortlist of words put forward by 14 to 18-year olds and has asked the social networking website Bebo to help pinpoint the most common slang terms in Britain.
Over coming months, Bebo's 10.5 million users will vote on the words they think should be included in the 30th anniversary edition of the dictionary.
"Teenage slang is notoriously hard to pin down if you rely on the normal channels," said Cormac McKeown, head of content at Collins.
"By the time it's filtered into publications, broadcasts, and eventually mainstream speech, it's too late, young people have stopped using it. "The findings from the Bebo community will give us the chance to keep track of an exciting part of our language that usually goes unrecorded." Among the slang terms proposed, "piff" means good, "breh" means boy and "shifted" means get arrested.
Other slang words are "stunting" (showing off), "pee" (money), "co-dee" (friends) and "pinky" (50 pounds).
The list also includes "sick" (cool, good) "bare" (a lot of), "seen" (cool), "mugged" (mocked), "fiend" (addicted) and "hater", which means a negative person.
A team of Collins experts will research the words' origins and decide which ones should enter the dictionary. Recent slang terms that have made it into the Collins dictionary include hoodies (hood-wearing youths) and WAGs (celebrity wives and girlfriends).
new rafael
irreverently absconded from it's nice that [high ranking favorite] new rafael is a clever f***er -----> interactive, conceptual imagery. follow through with it's nice that. seriously nice. maybe you should subscribe.
JooYoun Paek
this is JooYoun Paek - inventor, thinker, artist based out of New York City. Her objects + installations reflect human behavior and technology. The Zipper Orchestra + Fold Loud are incredible interactive installations. The Polite Umbrella is here today for obvious reasons -
james houston
'Thom Yorke joked at the ridiculousness of it in an interview for NPR radio, hinting that they set the competition to find out how people would approach such a challenging task -------- I decided to take the piss a bit, as the contest seemed to be in that spirit. Based on the lyric (and alternate title) "Big Ideas: Don't get any" I grouped together a collection of old redundant hardware, and placed them in a situation where they're trying their best to do something that they're not exactly designed to do, and not quite getting there.
It doesn't sound great, as it's not supposed to.
I missed the contest deadline.'
-james houston
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