Year: 2013
Arne Svenson, the NYC artist who recently came under fire for taking and exhibiting photographs of his neighbors in their homes, has won his legal battle in the Manhattan Supreme Court. Svensons photos were art, ruled Justice Eileen Rakower, and art is free speech protected under the first amendment. “While it makes the [plaintiffs] cringe to […]
Until recently, if you were stopped and frisked, arrested or issued a summons, then had all charges against you dropped, your name and address would go into a big database the NYPD could use against you in future investigations. Now, thanks to a lawsuit from the New York Civil Liberties Union, that’s no longer the […]
Acclaimed filmmaker Werner Herzog has made a thirty-five-minute documentary for AT&T, warning people about the inherent dangers of texting while driving. The short film entitled From One Second to the Next follows several unfortunate stories of victims whose lives have either been severely effected or ended due to nonchalantly texting behind the wheel. Anyone who drives should probably […]
In addition to the arrival of the sixth and final season of Breaking Bad — a television show that over the past few years has truly become the golden standard in methamphetamine-based programming — there’s an art exhibition currently on view at The Museum of the Moving Image, aiming to dive deeper into evolution of Walter White as […]
Yesterday, we briefly posted about project Boob Jam, a coding marathon event and ongoing project to address breasts in video game culture. Since then, we spoke with project creator Jenn Frank who wanted to clear up some of misconceptions as well as errors and misinformation in the recent BBC article we used as reference. In this interview, Frank […]
For anyone who would like to express their appreciation for Edward Snowden’s efforts as a whistleblower but don’t know how, the folks at Fight for the Future created a website for doing just that, allowing supporters to post images showing their gratitude. According to Tiffiniy Cheng, co-founder of the civil liberties-minded nonprofit, the site has gotten over 10,000 […]
To promote its coverage of a bunch of upcoming soccer games in the UK known as the Premier League to New Yorkers and tourists alike, NBC Sports enlisted UK street artist D*Face to create a massive Times Square billboard. “Don’t call it soccer. It’s football… just not as you know it,” reads the ad, portions […]
As a reinterpretation of the “celebrity scent” concept, Paddywax Candles recognizes a select handful of notable writers as part of their new “Library Collection.” The scents are meant to smell nothing like the musty books and aged leather commonly associated with libraries, but instead paris mixes of not-particularly-extravagant fragrance notes with unique quotes from the each author. So, […]
“My aim to come to Europe was to further my education. Not to be selling or be in this scene,” Patrick says, waving off the benches of Senegalese and Gambians weed dealers lounging around Görlitzer Park. “I’m getting older every day of my life. If I continue to be in this park, as time goes on, […]
This nice-looking new timelapse focuses on the NYC’s most played-out neighborhood: Midtown. And though its iconic skyscrapers, theaters, and, uh, video ads are well-worn subjects even for tourists, the area’s bright lights and constant bustle do make for pretty excellent timelapse material, and the camera-work on this thing is stunning. There are a few stray […]
