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Banksy's Pet Shop
Add to Folder | Comments (0) | October 11, 2008


Just opened in the West Village, New York:  Bansky's animatronics installation "The Village Pet Store and Charcoal Grill"  Moving away from this stencil and street art approach, this new work is receiving rave reviews for it's commentary on our relationship with animals. 

 From the artist: "I wanted to make art that questioned our relationship with animals and the ethics and sustainability of factory farming, but it ended up as chicken nuggets singing."




The underground artist has been busy in New York. Several of his murals, all featuring giant rats, have popped up on walls and billboards in Lower Manhattan.



   











Link: BBC Video Here

Early Babar Collection
Add to Folder | Comments (1) | October 09, 2008


Currently in New York at the Morgan Library, 
Drawing Babar: Early Drafts and Watercolors

September 19, 2008, through January 4, 2009



In 2004 the Morgan acquired the working drafts and printer-ready watercolors for Histoire de Babar, le petit éléphant (1931), the first book by Jean de Brunhoff (1899–1937), and Babar et ce coquin d'Arthur (1946), the first book by Laurent de Brunhoff (b. 1925). Together these two collections—shown virtually in their entirety for the first time—provide an extraordinary record of the working methods of the two men, both painters turned storytellers. 



from the NY Times: "For the essence of the Babar stories is order; they present a society whose cornerstones are peace, dignity and structure. It is not so much a world that never experiences disorder, in which there are no troubles or threats of chaos, as a world that knows how to control the extraordinary when it does appear. But it is also far from a militantly law-and-order civilization."



Babar had a profound effect on my youth, a world of exploration, peaceful interaction and diversity.





Link: Collection

New Bicycle Racks in NYC
Add to Folder | Comments (0) | October 01, 2008


10 finalists from all over the world competing to be the new bike rack for New York City.


Top row, left to right: Next Phase Studios of Boston; Andrew Lang and Henry Dobbs of London; Federico Otero of Lima, Peru. Middle row, left to right: Stephen Jaklitsch Architects of Manhattan; Jeff Miller and Andrea Ruggiero of Manhattan; Baroni & Valeriani Architects of Florence, Italy; Ian Mahaffy and Maarten De Greeve of Copenhagen, Denmark. Bottom row, left to right: Ignacio Cocchini of Astoria, Queens; Francis Anthony Bitonti/FADarch of Brooklyn; Open Thread Design of Brooklyn.



The winner will be announced on Oct. 24 during National Design Week, an event sponsored by the Smithsonian’s Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum.

Link: Full story

Unlike.net
Add to Folder | Comments (0) | September 05, 2008


Spending time in Berlin, this killer app is part travel guide, diary, map, and reviews app.  I great Google Maps app (finally) plus iPhone, Facebook, etc.  I just need to make sure I leave the hotel instead of "Mapping" my tour from the computer all day.  






Here's my Berlin tour: http://berlin.unlike.net/tours/152834









Link: Unlike

Streetsy Street Art Blog
Add to Folder | Comments (1) | June 25, 2008

Streetsy is a daily street art site.  With the rise of Banksy and others, this is a great resource of street art from around the globe.  From the site: "Street art is art created in public places, often without permission. Street art is made in a number of mediums, including stencils, stickers, posters, paint, and sculpture. In mathematical, political, criminal, and philosophical terms, streetart is a subset of graffiti."


Link: Site






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About Me:

  • Working on:
    Pattern Recognition in Music and Ideas
  • Listening to:
    German Techno, London Dubstep, 4AD, Classical
  • Reading:
    Alastair Reynolds,
  • Watching:
    You, the Private Eyes.... sorry


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Noah Koff (inactive)