Month: June 2013
Some people toss up sneakers and some toss up deceptively-sneaker-shaped art onto streetlights in Shoreditch, London. (Photo: Aymann Ismail/ANIMALNewYork) […]
Look at that little kid getting down to wobbly Russian dance music. Smooth little bastard. Look it. He wears his shades INSIDE! He pays no mind to the provocatively gyrating teenage females in his proximity. He’s just there to feel the music. Somewhere in the ’90s. YouTubed without attribution but entitled epically “Russian Kid At […]
When you see a sexy lady giving you bedroom eyes on the street corner, all sorts of things come to mind — her struggle as a mother probably isn’t among them. In Argentina, where (non-organized) prostitution is legal, a national sex workers’ union recently launched a street art campaign hoping to spread their message: Sex […]
Meet Frida Affer from Milan. This is her newly opened gallery on Redchurch Street in Shoreditch, amidst all the street art. It’s called Brooom, a play on broom closet, and measures only 168 cubic feet which is equal to about 30 square feet. Turns out that “the shoebox space” it’s just enough room to give that artist, designer […]
If you hadn’t heard already, performance art superstar and James Franco supporter Marina Abramović has already started building the Marina Abramović Institute — a space that “will serve as her legacy and homage to time-based and immaterial art.” As much as this may seem like an honest endeavor by a renowned artist who is fortunate enough to be able […]
In a mainstream media environment that has staunchly avoided any mention of the protests and police violence that are raging in Istanbul’s Gezi Park, one surprising, subversive Turkish source put #OccupyGezi on TV: Ali Ihsan Varol, host of “Kelime Oyunu,” or “The Word Game.” Every single one of Varol’s questions and answers on the show slyly […]
The story of Adam Sandler (née Dan; not this guy), the man who was arrested for disorderly conduct last year after yelling anti-Semitic rants dressed as Elmo in Times Square, keeps getting stranger. You may recall that before his stint as bad Elmo, Sandler was running a porn site called “Rape Camp” out of Cambodia, which, […]
Neuroscientists — and anyone who’s ever had the pleasure of attending a frat party — have already proven that drunk men tend to overestimate their own powers of seduction. A recent study suggests that sleep deprivation causes similar effects in men’s brains, resulting in a significant inability to judge whether women want to have sex with them. Researchers […]
The amount of street art in Shoreditch is palpable. It’s all over, creating an almost Disney-like atmosphere as tourists of all ages walk the streets with their smart phones in hand, snapping photos, even if they have no idea who exactly they’re shooting. A lot of the work continually going up in the East London […]
Chinese artist Liu Bolin‘s recent “gun rack performance” at Eli Klein Fine Art featured the artist in one of his signature camouflage-style disguise, allowing him to hide in the gallery while remaining in plain sight. The performance is meant to be seen as a direct commentary on China’s recently updated weapons policies regarding knifes as […]
