Remember those one-off, art adorned ShowPaper distribution boxes? Last night, a new series was exhibited and we got some exclusive photos, although you should really see all sides to fully appreciate them. Read more »
How the hell are they turning an ’80s arcade classic into a movie? Hollywood magic, i.e. making commercially familiar entities go BOOM on big screen. The producers of Transformers are attached, naturally. The adaptation poses “a challenge” — the low-pixel video game “doesn’t have a built-in mythology” so they have to — GASP!!! — write one. Meanwhile, Invader is about to get a little more mainstream.
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Vandals offer some commentary on the urban development of Williamsburg. (Photo: Al de Perez/Flickr)
Meet Eric Horvitz, a relatively well-put-together homeless man, who says he’s “available” as a “good husband for the night.” For women seeking a longer term arrangement, he’ll consider it, but he does have some prerequisites, like a house in the country with a satellite dish.
As part of his contribution to a major skateboard-themed exhibit at La Gaité Lyrique in Paris, legendary skater Natas Kaupas created some amazing visual artwork. He took graphics from iconic skate decks and animated them. You can see what the actual projections looked like in the venue below: Read more »
China’s recently released dissident artist Ai Weiwei is back and busy in his studio, according to his Swiss gallery rep. Allegedly, Ai is vigorously working on new projects, despite his gag order, mass surveillance and financial persecution and, perhaps, because of that last part. Read more »
Next Saturday (Jul 16th), Brooklyn’s Rooftop Films presents Todd Chandler and Jeff Stark’s short Let Them Believe featuring Eva and Franco Mattes of 0100101110101101.org. Shot in Chernobyl, it follows Plan C, a.k.a. operation radioactive carousel heist. Read more »
For years, Joe Mangrum has been creating colorful works of art all across the city. At first glance, it appears that he’s pretty proficient with chalk, until you get up close and realize it’s actually sand. This piece in Union Square took about seven hours, not including the time it took to sweep it all back up.
New York City commissioned a report on the ramifications of closing the nuclear plant at Indian Point and found that it could lead to an increased likelihood of power outages, higher energy prices, and dirtier air. That sounds bad. But, if anything ever goes catastrophically wrong at the facility that’s located only 25 miles from the city limits, it could create radioactive contaminants affecting over 20 million people. And that’s not good. Now might be a good time to take that solar study a little more serious.
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