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Here’s a photograph of the inner-workings of a camera, much like the one used to make this photograph. Many image-makers in recent years have set photography and its process as their subject, a number of which were showcased at MoMA’s “New Photography 2012” exhibition that closed last week. None took it to the conceptual extreme […]
The idea of growing a piece of meat in a lab, without an animal, is sure to make a few readers gag–and understandably so. But when considered against the monumental environmental (not to mention ethical) impact of factory farming, 3D-printed hamburgers and pork chops slowly become more appealing. In the above lecture from Solve for […]
Remember the fuss generated when Kate Middleton’s portrait came out, and it made her look like an old dame? It’s not nearly as unflattering as this portrait of Elizabeth I, owned by the Elizabethan Gardens of North Carolina and currently on display at the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, D.C. The painting was done by […]
In 1996, Gerardo Nigenda became one of the early pioneers of the seeming oxymoron, “blind photography.” He had been working in a library for the blind in Oaxaca where they had also built an adjacent center for photography. Proximity led him to pick up a camera and what was first a game or experiment soon […]
Nothing screams romance like… some STD real talk. That’s why in honor of Valentine’s Day, three Brooklyn hospitals will be providing free HIV and Hepatitis C testing services all week long. Yeah, baby. Before heading over to your candle-lit dinner date on Thursday, bring your honey along for an intimate couples session at one of […]
Cab Roulette is a recurring series in which comedian Dan Speiser interviews cab drivers about their experiences on the job. Clautiere is a Haitian former radio DJ who tells the story about why he left his oppressive home country. He’s also tight with Wyclef’s family, NBD. Episode 1: Abdulai Episode 2: Tony Episode 3: Adama […]
Here’s a perfect thing that just happened. The much awaited TPB:AFK documentary premiered at the Berlinale film festival. It’s about the Pirate Bay founders. We’ve been really looking forward to it. So much. And now, from the artists of the F.A.T. collective, here’s the TPB AFK ILLEGAL CAM BOOTLEG AT WORLD PREMIERE!!! Yey. You can torrent it at F.A.T. […]
You’ve already got that awesome, high-speed cardboard robot cockroach, so here’s a rodent companion for it to play around with. Beware though–this robot rat is designed with the explicit purpose of making other animals stressed, depressed, and otherwise upset. With the intent of studying how mental disorders affect lab rats, the Japanese researchers programmed this […]
The New York World created this interactive map of New York City, which compares the 2012 homicide rate of each police precinct to that of a similar international country. Astoria/Long Island City, with its 2.96 homicides per 100,000 people, is like Libya; East Harlem, with its 25 homicides per 100,000 people, is like Brazil. My […]
Whenever the internet brings us a new thing that can do things, it is certain that the people will figure out how to perform the following two tasks: (1) Show their dicks/boobs/etc/misc and (2) Do art. So, about art. For Twitter, there’s @glitchr_ , @Pentametron and @everyword. For Tumblr, it’s Kate Durbin’s WomenAsObjects, PhoneArts, and RisingTensions. For the brand […]
