December 17, 2012 by collabcubed - 2 Comments

Umbilic Torus: Helaman Ferguson

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The 24-foot high, nearly 10-ton bronze Umbilic Torus, created by Helaman Ferguson, is a mathematically inspired 3-dimensional ring with a single edge that wraps around three times before returning to its starting point. The sculpture was recently unveiled in front of the Simons Center for Geometry and Physics at Stony Brook University, where it celebrates the fusion of mathematics and art. It took Ferguson almost two years along with a crew of artists, engineers, programmers and welders to complete the large-scale work.

Photos: Gilsanz Murray Steficek; Stony Brook University; and Henry Powderly for ThreeVillagePatch.

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December 17, 2012 by collabcubed - 1 Comment

Festina Lente Bridge: Sarajevo

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The recently completed Festina Lente pedestrian bridge at the Academy of Fine Arts in Sarajevo was designed by three industrial design students in response to a competition five years ago. Adnan Alagic, Bojan Kanlic and Amila Hrustic won the competition with their entry. The looping bridge spans 38 meters over the Miljacka River with the central loop serving as a shelter that includes a bench. The name of the bridge, Festina Lente, means “make haste, slowly” in Latin. The bridge acts as a symbolic gate between the secular and spiritual, being that the academy was formerly a church.

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December 14, 2012 by collabcubed - 0 comments

NYC Culture on the Cheap: Weekend 12/14

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This weekend’s picks for free and cheap things to do (12/14 to 12/16) in NYC. Cultural events in art, architecture, music, film, dance, theater, design, walking tours, food, and fun!

1. Art – Henry Moore: Late Large Forms. Simply spectacular! Fri 12/14 & Sat 12/15 and through 1/19. 10am to 6pm. FREE

Also in Art – Ed Ruscha Bookworks (see post) Fri 12/14 & Sat 12/15 and through 1/12. 10am to 6pm. FREE

Also also in Art – Masterpieces: A Fact-Filled Coloring Book. Professional artists of various disciplines, as well as creative nonprofessionals, were recruited to reinterpret the book’s 60 pages, each depicting a famous work of art. Fri 12/14 at 8pm. FREE

2. Graphic Design – The Lustigs: A cover story an exhibit including 500 book, magazine and catalog covers designed by Alvin and Elaine Lustig. Fri 12/14 and through 2/15/13.11am to 5pm FREE

3. Food/Tour – Crosstown Pizza Walk, Fri 12/14 & Sat 12/15 at 11am. 3 hrs $35

4. Design/Talk — 3DEA Pop Up: Artist’s Talk. Artists speak about their 3D printed works. Fri 12/14 at 7:30pm FREE

5. Film/Talk – A Conversation with Ewan McGregor interviewed by NYTimes’ Melena Ryzik. Fri 12/14, 6:30 to 8pm. $35.

6. Music – Antibalas with special guests Red Baraat, Fri 12/14 at 8pm $25

7. Art/Internet/Talks & Multiple Events – #NYANCATCITY a good-humored, creatively diverse 4-day series of events that celebrates creativity and the influence of Internet culture—and cats. All weekend. FREE

8. Music – The Pains of Being Pure at Heart at Brooklyn Night Bazaar. Fri 12/14.

9. Food – Free Momofuku Milk Bar cookies from the roaming Holiday Cookie Truck and pastry chef Christina Tosi w/her mom. Sat 12/15 from 11am to 5:30pm. See locations.

10. Peformance/Art/Theater – What the Dickens Third Annual A Christmas Carol Marathon. Sat 12/15 at 1pm FREE

11. Fun/Goofiness – SantaCon. Put on your Santa suit and roam (and drink) with hundreds of others, hopefully bringing good cheer to all and not trouble. Sat 12/15 at 10am. Follow @SantaCon on Twitter for locations.

Alternatively in mellower Santa-ness: Santa Claus Association—the subject of the City Reliquary’s current exhibit. This group began in NYC in 1913, diverting children’s letters to Santa from the postal service’s “Dead Letter Office” and matching them with donors who could fill their requests. All weekend. $5

12. Music/Participatory Performance Art – Unsilent Night. Each participant gets one of four tracks of music in the form of a cassette, CD, or Mp3. Together all four tracks comprise Unsilent Night. Sat 12/15 at 7pm. Washington Sq. Park FREE

13. Dance – ABT’s The Nutcracker. There are $25 to $35 tickets available (and up, of course) at BAM. See showtimes and tickets here. All weekend.

14. Music – Medeski Martin & Wood. All weekend at the Blue Note. $30 tickets at the bar. Check showtimes.

15. Readings/Party/Music – Gigantic Magazine Launch Party with music, readings, booze and more: Sat 12/15 at 8:30pm. $10 in advance $12 door

16. Walking Tour – Chinatown: Culture and Change Walking Tour. Sun 12/16 at 1pm $20

17. Art/Multimedia Performances – Sunday Sessions Pier Paolo Pasolini: Intellecttuale, Sun 12/16, 12 to 6pm. $10.

18. Music – John Wesley Harding’s Cabinet of Wonders. Fountains of Wayne, Ron Sexsmith and many more. A few bar stools left. $25. Sun 12/16 6pm doors; 8pm show

Additional ongoing events to keep in mind:
Ann Hamilton’s The Event of a Thread participatory installation all weekend. $12.
Brooklyn Night Bazaar continues every Friday and Saturday through 12/22. FREE
11th Annual Holiday Train Show at Grand Central. All weekend. FREE
Holiday Nostalgia Train: Ride a Vintage Subway. Sundays through 12/30. $2.50

UPDATES:
The Museum of Mathematics opens Sat 12/15. $20 wkd $15 wkday
The Degenerate Crafts Fair: Featuring affordable wares from 50+ artists & designers. Sat 12/15 & Sun 12/16.FREE

Be sure to check back for updates and peruse previous COTC posts for some additional ongoing events.

December 12, 2012 by collabcubed - 1 Comment

Philip Lüschen: Waiting Room Survival

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This made me chuckle. Dutch designer Philip Lüschen created a humorous series of Waiting Room Survival objects: a collection of tools for waiting rooms, to spy on others, wait incognito or to shorten the period of waiting by making others disappear. From a book with eyeholes for spying on your neighbors, to nose masks for those who don’t wish to be recognized; and finally, the “sneak in front” tool consisting of a photo of actual sized empty seats to place in front of those ahead of you.

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December 12, 2012 by collabcubed - 1 Comment

Andrew Baines: Surreal Human Portraits

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Charlie Todd has a kindred spirit on the opposite side of the globe. Australian artist Andrew Baines organizes and documents similar “missions” usually taking place on the various beaches of Australia. Baines has a lot to be happy about: after years of struggling with the idea of leaving his commercial art business to pursue his lifelong passion of fine art, Baines took the plunge, met with success, and never looked back. Plus, he spends much of his time on the beach — as he did growing up — but now in the name of art!

Baines’ most recent “guerrilla installation,” and part of his Surreal Human Sculptures series, took place last August when twelve suited volunteers carried their own toilets to the water’s edge and then dropped their pants and sat down to read the paper. The event titled Coalition of the Constipated was an effort to bring attention to the lack of toilets in the Henley Square Eatery district. In 2009, Baines gathered 50 participants on West Beach to be buried in sand up to their necks for his Up to Your Neck in It event, highlighting the way people are bogged down with pressures of everyday life when we should all stop and look around to realize things are not as bad as they seem. And a few years earlier Baines went from Melbourne beaches to ones in Sydney recruiting volunteers to dress in suits and bowler hats with umbrellas and briefcases in hand, and wade in the ocean by the early morning light creating some rather surreal-looking (specifically Magritte-like) images.

There are many other fun events on Andrew Baines’ website, so take a look.

Photos courtesy of the artist; Mark Brake for AdelaideNow; and Bram Booth.

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December 11, 2012 by collabcubed - 0 comments

Architypeture IV

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Our 4th installment of Architypeture (the fusion of architecture and typography.) If you haven’t seen our other Architypeture posts you can see them here: I, II, III.

From top to bottom, left to right: Casa do Conto Arts Residency in Porto, Portugal, by PedraLiquida Architects; University Library in Udine, Italy by Manfredi Nicoletti; Seattle Central Library by Ann Hamilton and OMA (x2); One Shelley Street Offices, Sydney by Clive Wilkinson Architects; Marks & Spencer, Stratford, UK by Pentagram; San Cristobal Residential Building, Murcia, Spain by Clavel Arquitectos, photos by David Frutos (x3); Public Library in Ludoz, Poland by Maciek Grelewicz (x2); Casa do Conto Arts Residency, Porto, Portugal by Pedra Liquida Architects; Social Housing Conil de la Frontera in Cadiz, Spain by Mediomundo Arquitects; Trafiq Club/Restaurant in Budapest, Hungary by 81Font with Kiss Miklos (bottom 3).

December 11, 2012 by collabcubed - 0 comments

Rotman School Of Management: Pink Staircase

Rotman School of Management Expansion cool staircase with pink accents, Dramatic stairs, KPMB architects, Architecture in Toronto

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The Rotman School, part of the University of Toronto, has recently completed a nine-story expansion project designed by KPMB Architects. By connecting the existing building to designated floors of the new one, essentially a new campus was created. The centerpiece of the building is a major 400-seat event space expressed as an elevated glass box with floor-to-ceiling glazing. But it’s the multi-level south atrium featuring a serpentine staircase with hot pink accents that caught my attention. The series of horizontal and vertical circulation systems between the original and new buildings facilitates the flow of students and faculty, while adding a dramatic touch with its inner firey pink walls and handrails, jumping out from the more subdued black and gray sides. Definitely makes for some nice photos.

Photos: Tom Arban & Maris Mezulis courtesy of the architects.

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December 10, 2012 by collabcubed - 0 comments

Ed Ruscha: Bookworks

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It’s hard for me to pinpoint what it is about Ed Ruscha’s large-scale book paintings that thrilled me, but walking into the Gagosian Gallery the other day, that’s just what they did to me. In my eyes, these recent works by the Nebraskan-born artist pay homage to the fast-disappearing tomes. While others are using books and/or their pages to create sculptures and installations, Ruscha is making them larger than life, focusing on the details of their bindings, endpapers, and moldy pages. The exhibit includes older works involving books and words, some with type bleached onto their linen bindings, and still others with writing on the paper side of closed books. Ruscha’s fascination with words is not new; he has been quoted as having said “Sometimes I wonder whether I am painting pictures of words or whether I’m painting pictures with words.” Either way, works for me.

The exhibit will be on view through January 12th.

Photos by Paul Ruscha and Rob McKeever courtesy of Gagosian Gallery.

December 10, 2012 by collabcubed - 0 comments

LeChurro

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Here’s a fun, recently opened, spot in NYC for all kinds of churros: cones of churros, chocolate-dipped ones, mini, and filled churros. LeChurro, the small Upper East Side locale, seats approximately ten people in its nicely designed space. Boa Mistura (previously here and here) the Spanish street art collective, were commissioned to paint the type-driven wall mural. The rest of the shop has nice details from its tables and benches, to the bright orange and wood shelves. The shop’s identity works perfectly from logo to packaging. And if that’s not enough, LeChurro is the only place in NYC that sells Spain’s Chocolat Factory products such as the Mr. Chocolate mustaches and Give me Five chocolate finger tips.

LeChurro is located at 1236 Lexington Avenue near 84th St.

Photos courtesy of LeChurro and eurekasquirrel

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December 7, 2012 by collabcubed - 1 Comment

NYC Culture on the Cheap: Weekend 12/7

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Free and cheap things to do (12/7 to 12/9) in NYC. Cultural events in art, music, film, dance, theater, design, architecture, walking tours, food, and cool fun! Plus a smattering of holiday festivities.

1. Design – Art of the Book exhibit. Fri 12/7 & Sat 12/8. 11am to 6pm FREE

2. Music/Fun – Losers Lounge pay tribute to Stevie Wonder 7pm and 9:30pm Fri 12/7. $25.

3. Art/Music/Drinks/Holiday – Asia Society Holiday Celebration. Museum tours, Leotinis, Tea Tasting. Fri 12/7; 6 to 8pm. FREE

4. Music/Art/Drink/Holiday — Brooklyn Magazine Design Launch Holiday Party. Fri 12/7. 8 to 11pm. FREE

5. Film –TropFest Roughcut Film Symposium: the world’s largest short film festival. Fri 12/7. 10am to 4:30pm. $35.

6. Film – Screening of Amos Poe’s Alphabet City (1984): (whatever happened to the cute Vincent Spano?) Fri 12/7 at 7pm $8,

7. Tour/Architecture – Grand Central Tour, Sat 12/8 at 11am $20.

8. Dance – Movement Research Festival Fall 2012. Fri 12/7 & Sat 12/8 at 8pm. $12.

9. Art/Installation – the event of a thread by Ann Hamilton (see post). All weekend 12 to 7pm; Sat 12/8 FREE, other days $12.

10. Film & Festivities – Griswold Family Christmas: screenings of Elf, National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation and Gremlins plus festivities: Fri 12/7 & Sat 12/8 $25 check here for tickets and showtimes.

11. Art/Music/Food – Gowanus Nite Market, Artists, Music, Food. Sat 12/8, 7pm to midnight FREE

12. Art/Talk – African-American Artists and Conceptualism: Panel discussion with Naima Keith and Fred Wilson. Sat 12/8 at 2pm Pay what you wish

13. Art – Rosemarie Trockel: A Cosmos at the New Museum. All Weekend. $14 Thursday nights FREE

14. Comedy/Performance – Mike Birbiglia: Working It Out. Sun 12/9 at 10pm. $15

15. Theater – Speaking in Tongues by Andrew Bovell. “Where one story ends, another begins. The same events are retold from different perspectives. Characters reappear, others disappear.” Fri 12/7 & Sat 12/8 at 8pm. Sun 12/9 at 2pm. $18

Check back for updates throughout the weekend. Enjoy!

UPDATES:

Music – Fri 12/7: Join Real Estate, RCRD LBL and MINI USA at a secret location in Williamsburg, Brooklyn at 5:30. FREE

Film – Fri 12/7: Brooklyn Film & Arts Festival screening Brooklyn documentaries. 6:45. FREE
Music – Sun 12/9: 39th Annual Merry Tuba Christmas – hundreds of tuba players play holiday favorites. 3:30pm FREE

December 6, 2012 by collabcubed - 0 comments

Drift: Snarkitecture

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Well, it looks like Snarkitecture (previously here, here & here) has done it again! For this year’s Design Miami entrance the Brooklyn firm created this fun installation using inflated white tubes bundled together at different heights titled Drift.

Light passes between the tubes, at the same time shading the public from the direct sun. The tubes are also used for cushy seating. Fun and practical; success all around!

Photos courtesy of Snarkitecture; artinfo; and DesignMiami’s facebook.

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December 6, 2012 by collabcubed - 4 Comments

Ann Hamilton: the event of a thread

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Upon entering Wade Thompson Drill Hall at the Park Avenue Armory in NYC late this afternoon, I was struck by the dramatic quality of the lighting and staging of Ann Hamilton’s multisensory large-scale installation titled the event of a thread. With spotlights on the immense, billowing white cloth/curtain in the center of the hall, it’s hard not to feel that you’ve entered into some sort of theatrical performance. But the curtain is at the center of the “stage” suspended by ropes and pulleys, with all its movements attributed to the field of swings indirectly connected to it. The silky white cloth undulates as the swings’ velocities increase and decrease through the collective action of the swingers (aka the exhibition visitors.) There are bells that ring periodically, and harmonica-sounding noises all seemingly controlled by the swings. At the western end of the large hall, two people sit, surrounded by cages of homing pigeons, taking turns reading — at times reading in unison — philosophical phrases in a soft-sounding, almost whispery, tone that is heard through a series of speakers in paper bags throughout the hall’s floor. On the other end, a writer (Ann Hamilton herself, when I was there) sits with her back to the hall, viewing it only through a mirror, and responding through letters to the sounds and movements behind her. Oh, and the swings! Very fun and surprisingly, for me, not dizzying. Maybe it’s their very long chains that account for the slow and relaxing movement.

It’s hard to describe the soothing quality of the experience. Though entirely different in look, and much more low-tech in comparison, I had a very similar pleasant sensation swinging in the event of a thread as I did lying down in Ryoji Ikeda’s very electronic The Transfinite a year and a half ago in the same hall. It might, in part, be the space, or possibly the familiar dinging sounds, or it might just be the forced disconnection for an hour or two from computers, phones and the busy NYC streets. Maybe this is what yoga is like —I know, shame on me for never having tried it — but whatever the reason, the event of a thread is worth a visit. It will likely be even more fun this Saturday when it’s sure to be more crowded making the interaction between swings that much more evident.

And I almost forgot Emma’s favorite part: the pigeons! Starting next week (apparently they’re still new to the space and a bit intimidated) at the end of each day’s event (at 6:45pm) the pigeons will be released from their cages and they will fly across the hall to their large nighttime metal cage that hangs high up from the hall’s iron trusses on the other end, while a different singer will sing each evening. And the opposite will take place each day at noon in the other direction as the exhibit opens for the day.

The event of a thread will be at the Park Avenue Armory for the next month through January 6th. This Saturday, December 8th, admission will be free, otherwise it’s $12 for adults.

You can see the swings and curtains in action below:

Top photo by James Ewing courtesy Park Avenue Armory. All others collabcubed.

December 5, 2012 by collabcubed - 0 comments

Balcon Additionnel: Julien Berthier

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French artist Julien Berthier certainly has a sense of humor. His Balcon Additionnel attaches a Haussmannian-style balcony to any façade. How you ask? Via boom-truck that stays attached from below, keeping things construction-free. And funny, of course.

The rest of Berthier’s work is also worth perusing. Love-love (bottom three photos) is a functional and safe boat in the shape of a collapsed one. And there’s much more like that over on his site.

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December 5, 2012 by collabcubed - 0 comments

Cubemusic: Craig Colorusso

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Sound and light artist Craig Colorusso, based in Boston, describes what he does quite succinctly on his blog: “Sometimes I make stuff you can hear. Sometimes I make stuff you can see.” On his website there’s a slightly more elaborate description: “…Exploring the intersection of sound, light, and space through sculpture since 2000. His installations consist of wood, metal, fabric, and electronics.”

His installation Cubemusic is made up of six aluminum cubes with cut-out shapes that light filters through, much in the way a child’s magin lantern does. The lights rotate and the intensity varies. In addition to the light, the installation emits an “eerie droning sound” referred to as Cubemusic by Colorusso.

Cubemusic will be on exhibit at East Prospect in Arkansas from December 6th through the 8th as part of a group show. For those of us far from Arkansas, you can get a peek at Cubemusic in the short video below:

Photos and video courtesy of the artist and Kevin Belli.

December 4, 2012 by collabcubed - 0 comments

R Justin Stewart: Tense Fleece Installations

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Brooklyn-based artist R Justin Stewart creates both temporary and permanent installations using colorful fleece, rope, paint and pvc caps. The structureless fleece forms are stretched and, as tension is added to the ropes, the fleece contorts, acquiring its shape as it becomes rigid. Stewart’s installations are often forms of information maps, based on data that he has collected. He is interested in the connections between the fleece units and the relationships of the shapes to their neighboring units. The turquoise and blue installation (photos midway down from top) titled Distorting (a Messiah Project, 13C) is a research-intensive 3D representation of the concept of the Messiah, as it existed in the 13th Century. As the viewer moves through the installation, they will come upon QR codes embedded in the sculpture that can be scanned via mobile device to access bits of data represented by each fleece section.

You can see much more of Stewart’s work here and here.

December 3, 2012 by collabcubed - 0 comments

Xtool: Combo Colab

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I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, we’re fans of the Combo Colab family. This incredibly likeable creative couple, composed of architects Mateo Pintó and Carolina Cisneros, have created a Kickstarter campaign to help produce their very clever Xtool: a stackable, storage stool inspired by the casual use of the classic milk crate as a seat. By adding a plywood seat and legs, these versatile and playful stools can be used indoors and out. And Xtool is just the beginning of the envisioned larger family of milk crate furniture.

So please join me in backing Combo Colab’s Xtool on their Kickstarter page and, at the very least, check out their adorable video with all its contagious laughter.

November 30, 2012 by collabcubed - 0 comments

NYC Culture on the Cheap: Weekend 11/30

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This weekend’s picks for free and cheap things to do (11/30 to 12/2) in NYC. Cultural events in art, architecture, music, film, dance, theater, design, walking tours, food, and fun!

1. Art – Egon Schiele’s Women. Fri 11/30 & Sat 12/1 and through 12/28. 11am to 5pm. FREE

Also in Art – Lee Friedlander: Mannequin at Pace/MacGill Fri 11/30 & Sat 12/1 through 12/22. FREE

2. Design/Learn/Shop – 3DEA is a Pop-Up with 3D printing classes, demonstrations, and shop. Make it or buy it, either way sounds like fun. All weekend and through 12/27. 11am to 6pm. FREE

3. Art – Tokyo 1955-1970: A New Avant-Garde at MoMA through 2/25. Fridays 4 to 8pm are FREE.

4. Art/Shop — Art in Boxes 2012: a large group exhibition which shows/sells one of a kind artwork – an idea for unique holiday gifts at affordable prices. All weekend and through 1/27/13 at AG Gallery. Noon to 9ish. FREE

5. Dance – Lucy Guerin’s Untrained: Four dancers (two trained, two untrained), a square taped to the floor, and instructions on stage for them to follow as best they can. Fri 11/30 & Sat 12/1 at 7:30pm. Post-show artist talk on Friday. $20.

6. Film – ADC Butter: Night of Pop Culture and Popcorn – This month they’re screening two short films that have graced quite a few international audiences. Plus, a surprise or two. Fri 11/30 at 7pm. $10 advance, $15 at door

7. Film – Drivers Wanted a documentary about taxi drivers directed by Joshua Weinstein. All weekend. Friday’s screening followed by panel discussion with director. $10. Showtimes and tickets here.

8. Music – Men without Hats. SSSS…AAAA…You can Dance! Fri 11/30, doors at 6pm; show 8pm. $10.

9. Dance – Portraits in Time: Amy Kail & Lesya Popil dance highly original movements with humor and pathos. Fri 11/30 at 7:30pm. $15

10. Music – The Sweetback Sisters/Hadley: part country, part B52s. Fri 11/30 at 9pm. $10.

11. Peformance/Art/Theater – Aki Sasamoto – Centripetal Run the sculptural arrangement is a theatrical cosmology, and the performer unfolds, negotiates, and psychologically challenges its matter of factness. Fri 11/30 & Sat 12/1 at 8pm. $15.

12. Art – Transmission of Thought | works by Ivan Rickenmann Amazingly realistic paintings of electrical outlets and cables by the Colombian artist. All weekend. FREE

13. Talk/Lecture – Space to Create: Panel discussion on topic of temporary usage models for nontraditional commercial space in arts programming. Sat 12/1 from 2 to 4pm. FREE

14. Theater – We are Proud to Present… a critically acclaimed and unique play. All weekend but some shows sold out. At the time of this post there were still tickets available for Sat 12/1 matinee.

15. Walking Tour – Flatiron Walking Tour Sun 12/2 (and all Sundays) at 11am. 23rd St. and Broadway. FREE

16. Fun/Transportation/History – Vintage Subway Train Rides, Sun 12/2 (and all Sundays) from 10am to 4pm through 12/30. $2.50

17. Music –Francois 5+1: François Houle is a virtuosic and original avant-jazzimproviser and a notable composer as well as one of Canada’s premier clarinetists. Sun 12/2 at 9:30pm. $10 advance; $15 door

18. Art/Installation/Fun – OPENS MIDWEEK – Ann Hamilton: The Event of a Thread – A multisensory installation, that draws together readings, sound, and live events within a field of swings inviting visitors to connect to the action of each other and the work itself. Opens Wed 12/5 through 1/6/13. Tues – Sundays 12-6pm. $12. Next Sat 12/8 will be FREE.

Additional events to keep in mind: Brooklyn Night Bazaar continues every Friday and Saturday until 12/22.

Discovering Columbus ends this weekend, so if you haven’t been, this is your last chance! All weekend.

Be sure to check back for updates and peruse previous COTC posts for some additional ongoing events.

UPDATES:

Art/Performance/Music – Emergency Cheesecake: an evening of performance featuring young, New York City–based artists. Fri 11/30, 6 to 9pm. Pay-what-you-wish.
Art – NYU MFA Student Open Studios. Sat 12/1, 6 to 10pm. FREE
Music/Art – Sunday Sessions to benefit Hurricane Sandy Relief Efforts presented by Pitchfork and MoMA PS1. An afternoon of multimedia performances. Sun 12/2 from 4 to 7pm. $12

November 29, 2012 by collabcubed - 0 comments

MOMO: Minimalist Geometric Street Art

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I’ve just discovered MOMO. Well, I actually think that I’ve seen his work before on the streets of NYC, but not until now did I absorb it. And I love it. Originally from San Francisco, minimalist street artist MOMO now lives in New Orleans after years in NYC and traveling extensively. Most recently he’s been working on Practical Geometry a developing set of tools to draft, design, and organize wall murals with adapted masonry techniques. Those geometric shapes with their thin stripes in beautiful color palettes are what initially caught my eye, but what I truly love are the MOMO Maker group of works that were installed throughout NYC a few years back with equipment invented by MOMO. Those are the ones I think I’ve seen before and I can’t get over how a few colorful shapes put together can make me so happy and have so much personality. I would love to have a wall full of these in my home. You can see a clever 3D interpretation by MOMO titled 5 Shapes that developed from the same concept, here.