Back in July, acrobat and aerial silk artist Seanna Sharpe climbed way up on the Williamsburg Bridge and performed a death-defying act to delight of the curious crowds who gathered below. Read more »
Recently, Shepard Fairey explained how he’s down with Occupy Wall Street and their message, but it’s hard to believe he ever bothered to understand what the movement is all about on even the most fundamental level in light of this new illustration he did to show “his support.” Perhaps he should start here and read the General Assembly’s “Statement of Autonomy” where OWS explicitly states that it has no interest in either political party. Both have failed the people, contributed to the corporate sabotage of the nation’s economic system and clearly don’t represent the 99%. Nice try though.
Keeping up with the Occupy Wall Street protest movement is a daunting task for news outlets big and small, so from here on in, we’ll be doing a daily roundup of the latest goings-on. (Photo: Jim Kiernan/flickr) Read more »
This week, outrage spread throughout Egypt due to one brave 20-year old woman, Aliaa Magda Elmahdy, who dared to voice her sexual and creative freedom by posting a fully nude portrait of herself on her blog. Obviously it’s hard for Americans to grasp the outpour of shock this can produce in a country like Egypt, where even public kissing is shunned, but Elmahdy’s actions have become so widespread that they’re even causing debate amidst an already tense political season. Read more »
Photographer and Purple magazine founder Olivier Zahm recently lensed a shoot for Stockholm-based designer J. Lindeberg’s A/W 2011 biannual book, where two models trot about the grounds of an abandoned bunker titties a’ flailing. Read more »
ANIMAL friend Meg Robertson was walking on 15th Street near 5th Avenue and snapped photos of a massive pipe laying on the sidewalk. Workers told her they were repairing the sewer and had to remove part of a water main to get to it. One of the guys told her the pipe was “probably 80 or 100 years old” and that the vomit-worthy gunk coating it was “calcium buildup.” Just yuck! (Photos: Meg Robertson/flickr)
Our beloved art editor, Marina, was hit by a car on Wednesday night and sent flying through the air. She’s currently recuperating at the scariest hospital in all of NYC, but is expected to be discharged later this afternoon, which is great news, because we already miss her!
A longstanding tradition that empowers the NYPD to issue press passes needs to be scrapped. It’s a conflict of interest and threat to free speech, a notion that was exemplified during the raid on Liberty Plaza, when a police-instituted media blackout prevented reporters from doing their jobs. The Observer sums up this preposterous arrangement as “Kafkaesque,” but also notes that it may be an exercise in futility, since several journalists were arrested, and they had press passes.
This evening, thousands of people marched across the Brooklyn Bridge in a show of solidarity with Occupy Wall Street. The action was organized by unions and stretched the entire length of the iconic span. But the highlight of the night was the pro-Occupy projections flashing on the Verizon building. Check out video of the guerilla communications below. Read more »
Parting Shot
As if there’s not enough stuff going down in Lower Manhattan today, film crews are shooting the new Spiderman movie at Bowling Green. (Photo: sarstar/flickr)
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