How to View Ryoji Ikeda’s the transfinite: A Practical Guide

(Photo: Marina Galperina/ANIMAL New York)
(Photo: Marina Galperina/ANIMAL New York)
(Photo: Marina Galperina/ANIMAL New York)
(Photo: Marina Galperina/ANIMAL New York)
(Photo: Marina Galperina/ANIMAL New York)
(Photo: Marina Galperina/ANIMAL New York)

(Photo: Marina Galperina/ANIMAL New York)
(Photo: Marina Galperina/ANIMAL New York)

Japanese sound/video artist Ryoji Ikeda premiered his projection duo the transfinite last night, inside Park Avenue Armory’s giant, dark hall. I popped in just as MoMA PS1 dir. Klaus Biesenbach was ducking out, so here are some practical tips on enjoying this pulsating monster of an art installation… without name-checking Immanuel Kant and the “mathematical sublime” because I’m not fancy. Read more »

By on May 20, 2011 at 1:00 pm
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Who Wants the Titanic’s Plans?


If you want to know how not to build a cruise ship, there’s a 300-lot auction at Henry Aldridge & Son in UK on May 28th where you can buy a 32.5-foot-long cross-section of the Titanic. Also, some “keys to first-class lavatories,” dead people’s diaries, “a framed and glazed life jacket presentation” and a mixed collection of morbid, erm, pardon… “modern ephemera.” Read more »

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Crazy Preacher No Crazier than Crazy Christians

So there’s been a lot of discussions about Harold Camping and his insistence that the Rapture begins on May 21st, with the majority of people dismissing the preacher as a crazy ‘ol kook while refusing to say the same about the religion that concocted this end times theory in the first place. Read more »

By on May 20, 2011 at 11:03 am
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Hardcore Porn Art Display Too Close to School, Say Parents

The Lower East Side’s Orchard Windows Gallery has neighborhood parents very upset because their children are getting a gander at painted gang bangs on the way home from PS 42. Hampton artist Nick Weber defends his work, saying that kids are exposed “to much worse” these days, like “people getting shot on TV.” (NSFW) Read more »

By on May 20, 2011 at 10:00 am
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Parting Shot

In Texas, canine U.S. Border Patrol agents sniffed out $3M worth of weed hidden inside a load of jalapeño peppers in a tractor-trailer. (Photo: CBP)

By on May 19, 2011 at 5:28 pm
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Why Was Osama bin Laden’s Death Announced on May 1st?

If you guessed that it’s one of the Illuminati’s most important holidays that requires a ritual human sacrifice, well spot on. The makers of this video and other conspiracy theorists say it was all part of a well orchestrated series of events to coincide with the pagan Beltane Festival.

By on May 19, 2011 at 5:01 pm
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Glory Walls: USB Dropping is the New Filesharing

Inspired by F.A.T. artist Aram Bartholl’s NYC project Dead Drops, French musical collective Emmanuelle has installed two Glory Walls in Paris, with more coming. Essentially, these are two public USB sticks with the band’s MP3s, but vulgar! Read more »

By on May 19, 2011 at 4:45 pm
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Rare Species Spotted In Hell’s Kitchen

Last year, the New York Times reported that squeegee men are making a comeback, but today was the first time I’ve actually seen one in action since the 90s. This guy was posted up on a block in Hell’s Kitchen and for the few minutes I watched him, he didn’t have any luck, with most cars honking their horns the moment he wiped their windshields with dirty soapy water. Still, it was nice to see a throwback from an era when things were a bit grittier.

By on May 19, 2011 at 4:03 pm
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‘Scarlet Road’ Doc on Sex Workers for the Disabled draft

The new doc film Scarlet Road follows Australian Rachel Wotton and her campaign for the rights of two marginalized groups… Read more »

By on May 19, 2011 at 3:00 pm
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Atari Game ‘Posters’ for Modern Movies

Wall E
Inception
Snakes on a Plane

The Dark Knight

People old/ironic/nerdtastic enough to know what Atari is will enjoy this series of mock-game visuals from Penny Design. As a throwback to the once-thriving, bootleg market of “lackluster video game tie-ins” vaguely alluding the blockbusters of the ’70s and ’80s, these amusing 8-bit doozies will look lovely on your wall regardless of your age or nerd status. Who wouldn’t love a maze within a maze within a maze Inception PacMan?

By on May 19, 2011 at 2:00 pm
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