Month: July 2013
For his project Touching Strangers, photographer Richard Renadli says he wanted “to create spontaneous and fleeting relationships between complete strangers.” To do so, he approached people who had never before met, and had them pose together as intimately as if they’d known each other for years. The results vary from painfully stiff and awkward to […]
In addition to Marina Abramović’s Kickstarter created in hopes to fund the Marina Abramović Institute, the legendary performance artist has taken to the internet to answer questions from the public in the form of a Reddit AMA (“ask me anything”). The inquiries of supporters and critics seem to cover a broad spectrum of interests, from […]
Remember when the International Olympic Committee reassured nervous tourists and athletes that Russia would not be arresting attendees for being gay during the 2014 Winter Olympic Games? Vitaly Milonov, the Russian lawmaker who penned the country’s first “gay propaganda” law in St. Petersburg, which led to the federal ban, now says that’s not the case. Here’s Milonov, […]
Let’s be real. Very few people buy horrendously written popular erotica novels like 50 Shades of Grey for intellectual enjoyment. So why not enhance your X-rated audiobook listening experience with a little bluetooth enabled stimulation? Vibease is the self-proclaimed “world’s first wearable smart vibrator” that connects to a mobile app to sync vibrations to whichever audio file […]
Ukrainian artist Volodymyr Kuznetsov’s large-scale mural Koliivschina: Judgment Day was supposed to be included as part of the exhibition “Great and Grand.” However, the artist says he “did not have time to finish it, because the exhibition curator Nataliia Zabolotna decided to cover it with her own hands.” The artist’s work was reportedly censored by being covered partially in […]
“Listen In” is a weekly feature in which we ask musicians to curate a mixtape-length YouTube playlist of songs they’re currently digging. Today’s “Listen In,” from the Maryland noise/punk band Chaos Destroy, makes great use of YouTube as a medium. In addition to tracks from the likes of Slint, Morrissey, and Arab on Radar, the […]
DFA, in this case, stands for “Distributed Flight Array,” but it’s hard not to think “Death From Above.” The acronym refers to a fleet of partly 3D-printed drones that, among other things, have ground mobility, and can detect each other’s presence, then form into a larger, modular unit. Once together, the individual robots’ propellers work […]
Cops! They’re just like us, because they take pictures of themselves! Only they’re armed with authority they never abuse. And guns. They’re also armed with guns. Here’s a selection of cops making duck-faces from a new, single-serving Tumblr. There’s only one question. It’s a little philosophical though. […]
Attention, all ye who dare question the wisdom of New York’s boys in blue: the NYPD officers union has a new tool that’s sure to squash any and all supporters of the anti-stop-and-frisk Community Safety Act. One glance at these totally badass promotional pens, to be handed out at a union meeting this evening, is […]
According to Redditor JayDubz, who snapped the above photo, Tracy Morgan was driving down 7th Avenue in his Porsche, listening to his own standup. No word on when. A quick Googling (which Tracy is sure to appreciate) of the phone number on the awning in the full photo reveals Morgan was indeed on 7th, just down […]
