Tag: FIRE
An underground fire temporarily forced out hundreds of Astoria residents on Thursday afternoon, according to a report from DNAinfo. The flames shot up through openings in the ground, including “sidewalk cracks, manholes and sewer grates,” even setting some garbage on fire along 36th Street between 23rd and 24th avenues. “There was flames coming off from […]
On Tuesday, a severely burned Brooklyn man died sustained of injuries sustained from an explosion. Saram Mohammed,22, was reportedly drying some of that stuff people smoke in hookahs, when something went very, very wrong. According to the Daily News, he was “mixing acetone and coconut oil” for an “upcoming hookah binge,” and his clothes burst […]
In this 20 second video, a burning gas rig collapses in Siberia. Meanwhile, workers calmly exchange these observations: “Aye, it fell now.” “Us, we gotta get to the canteen.” They proceed to the canteen. Usually, these Russian rig accident videos show people getting violently blown up and blown away by smoking, gyrating equipment. So let’s take half a moment and enjoy […]
In the video above, one supremely nerdy dude shows off just how durable his homemade drone is. First, he flies it through a window. After a few tries, the glass breaks, and no harm is done to the drone. Then, he flies it through some fire, drops it from a few hundred feet, and shoots […]
Last month, Alaska Bar caught fire. It was a little electrical issue, but to be safe, the fire department chopped at the walls and the ceiling. We were standing by the entrance with the owner and the bartenders, kicking around a singed wall hunk. Debris was spilling out across the sidewalk in heaps. A group of […]
Good news for the 44 Pratt students who lost work in a fire this past February. The Gagosian Gallery is giving them an exhibition! It is likely a transparent PR move by the Gagosian, but at the same time, a gesture that is hard to ignore, as is the uncomfortably borderline ironic name: “Flameproof.” The exhibit will […]
So you keep tagging the same wall, and, try as you might, your work keeps getting buffed. What do you do? If you happen to be writing on wood, and you happen to have a lot of time on your hands, you might consider the FireWriter by the artist and designer Lucien Langton. Rigged together […]
Here’s some glorious raw footage of Los Angelopes, LA Bike Cult and Tren Way bicycle gangs pedal-driven recreational vehicle enthusiast collectives riding on the a mini-velodrome THAT’S ON FIRE AND BURSTING APART. Nice flamethrower action. That Black Sabbath track is fitting. It’s not meant to be a music video and this Richie Trimble person says this raw […]
Just now, in front of Maurizio Cattelan’s Family Business Gallerywe witnessed the most cathartic exorcism of old work. After tearing down xeroxed and otherwise flammable work from their last show, the gutted insides of the small storefront gallery were stuffed into a trash can and burned in front of gathering crowd. A police cruiser made […]
