Last night, a Brooklyn community board held public hearings on the Prospect Park West bike lane and supporters outnumbered opponents 8 to 1.
Rebecca Cooper’s pornography collage art ranges in size from dirty little snowflakes of mirrored xxx mouthfuls to grand, kaleidoscopic, mutated orgies. When connected like clockwork, the body of work really reflects on the factorization of the modern porn industry! Just kidding. You don’t have to analyze this flesh-mesh to enjoy its NSFW symmetries.
Although Congressman Peter King wasted tax payer money on Thursday with his hearings, he did successfully generate lots of chatter about his history as a terrorist sympathizer and The Daily Show once again highlighted the Republican’s hypocritical bullshit. Watch with glee! Read more »
You’d think Google Maps would be tapped-out and played-out from all these art projects, but no. With this lo-fi Google Street View hack from Linus Suter, you can ride a tiny red car through “real” streets of your choosing. A tap of the arrow keys will zoom you through aerial view of… say… Broadway? Take “photos” along the way. Amuse yourself.
And her name is Misty. The cat survived a massive blaze which engulfed a six-story building in Flatbush, the subsequent extinguishing of that fire, and two weeks without any care reports the Daily News. While the pet’s owner collected what was left of her personal belongings, a security guard noticed the unscathed feline walking around the gutted out apartment like it’s all good.
Liberate Tate, the activist group that tarred and feathered UK’s BP-sponsored museum last year, is working on an “Alternative Tate” audio tour/guide and looking for sound artists. Fight off Big Oil’s slimy fingers with this paid gig… and a smashing example of museum hacking! Read more »
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A vandal reminds Muscovites that they have the freedom of speech by writing out the Russian Constitution on a wall near Kremlin. Read more »
Looking for some excitement? You may want to check out John Hay High School in Park Slope. That’s where all the action is going down starting at 6:30PM as Community Board 6 holds public hearings on the now controversial Prospect Park West bike lane. Feel free to weigh in on the issue or just sit back and enjoy the show, which is sure to include plenty of theatrics and political grandstanding.
Warning: This Where the Trail Ends film teaser features freeriders swooping down a dusty, strikingly steep desert mountain cliff. If for it fills you with a sense of adventure, don’t buy yourself a passage to China’s Gobi dessert just yet. These guys are professionals. Read more »
Squatters who say they don’t “trust the British government to properly seize the Gaddafi regime’s corrupt assets,” are occupying the Libyan dictator’s posh home in London reports the BBC. “We’ve taken it so that it will be returned to its rightful owners who are the Libyan people,” said a member of “Topple The Tyrants.” Read more »
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