I relaunched my “Violence + Feathers” book project on Kickstarter. Want to print 500 limited edition books with prints.
Check out the link and if you can help me spread the word I would really appreciate it.
Go check this out, really cool artwork and poetry from Justine when she was back in her 20s.
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Today’s find takes us to the corner of Houston St & Bowery aka the former Deitch Project Wall. The story of the Deitch Wall begins in 2008 when Jeffrey Deitch teamed up with Goldman Properties - a real estate agency - to commission quarterly work on the wall. Since then the wall has seen murals by the likes of the Keith Haring Foundation, Os Gemeos, Shepard Fairey, and Barry McGee. Once Deitch took off for Los Angeles in 2010 the wall became entirely managed by Goldman Properties (although the wall is managed by Meghan Coleman, former Deitch director). Goldman Properties has kept the wall alive with recent works by Kenny Scharf and now Parisian street artist JR. Now the interesting fact about the photo mural on the Goldman Wall is that it is part of a public art project itself! JR is the 2011 TED Prize winner and with the $100,000 prize the artist has decided to start the Inside Out project. The project challenges the public to take black & white portraits of themselves and then exhibiting these photographs in public. These photographs are meant to tell the stories of individuals who usually go unheard in our global mainstream culture. On Goldman Wall we see the eyes of DJ Two Bears - a member of the Standing Rock Sioux tribe in North Dakota. As Two Bears puts it:
“People forget that we’re here as Native American people. This is a great chance for the community of Standing Rock to tell their story,”
As of right now the project has had over 10,000 portraits uploaded. If you want to look at some of these portraits, or even participate yourself click here. In the sounds around the mural you’ll hear why New Yorkers loathe Houston St. Stay tuned for an announcement from me on a special initiative I’ll be taking on for the project this month!
Sick Graphic.
- DJ
An infographic depicting the home and away kit colours of the top 20 African national soccer teams as ranked by FIFA.
You didn’t answer my questions for advice /: - this isn’t my advice blog, but this is - www.ask-ate.tumblr.com
what is your religion?
roman catholic.
what’s your theme?
http://www.tumblr.com/theme/17684
How do you do your hair and eyelashes?
I love neon signs - they’re hypnotic, sexy, sleazy and tacky all at the same time - and I’ve always thought it would be cool if cinemas used them to advertise films. So with that in mind, I thought I’d have a go at designing some animated Movie Neon.
My first attempt is Ghostbusters - an obvious choice really, particulary as neon featured heavily in the video for Ray Parker Jr’s single… http://youtu.be/KvkKX035484
From thepoliticalnotebook:
Could you live on $8 or $9 dollars an hour? A new computer game made by the Urban Ministries of Durham in North Carolina and an advertising firm called McKinney lets you play out life with a low-wage job as a single mom. The objective is to make it a month, juggling getting a job, rent, a place to live, food and coping with the costs of repairs, things for your child, insurance, etc.. Actually a very hard game to play and full of reminders of the difficulties of life on that kind of salary.
Really useful class tool! Not “comparative politics,” but too cool to pass up.
Welcome to a very special edition of Silly Questions for Smart People. Today, we catch up with one of my favorite and hopefully one of your favorite people from the internet, Erika Marie. Instead of the traditional questionare, we decided to have a conversation over e-mails. You can follow…
E.Coli Strain Outbreak in Europe Grows, Clashes Escalate in Yemen’s Capital
The World Health Organization is warning that a new strain of the E. Coli bacteria is responsible for sickening more than 1,500 people and killing at least 18. The outbreak appears to be centered primarily in Germany, where some of those who have fallen ill visited, but the original source of the bacteria has not been confirmed. Two people who traveled from Germany to the United States are also ill.
According to the Associated Press:
Preliminary genetic sequencing suggests the strain is a mutant form of two different E. coli bacteria, with aggressive genes that could explain why the Europe-wide outbreak appears to be so massive and dangerous, the agency said.
Russia has moved to ban produce imports from the European Union. Early in the outbreak, there were reports that Spanish cucumbers could be to blame, although that has not been confirmed. Experts have advised those in Germany to avoid cucumber, lettuce or tomatoes until the source is identified.
The spread of the disease is likely to slow if the original contaminant is contained, but experts warn of secondary spread if those who are ill don’t take precautions like handwashing.
I am very excited to announce that Google Ventures has invested in Ordr.in. They led a seed round that included Ludlow Ventures and select angels.
Some companies celebrate investment as if the goal of the startup is to raise, rather than earn money. And some startups consider raising…
