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Constructivism At Its Best

Thanks for this Christoph!
This is my favorite from Christoph Niemann's  "I Lego NY"
So fun.

Fall Roundup

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3 quick bits

Hi all, 3 quickies before I head out to New York Magazine's 40th anniversary party, congratulations all!

1  Here's a shot from Tuesday's Paper to Pixels event...(l to r) yours truly, Brandon Kavulla, Paul Schrynemakers, Ian Adelman and Jeremy LaCroix. After a great discussion we ended up into the wee hours with more spirited conversation during the presidential debates at the Triple Crown up the street. I think they like us there.

2  Today is the last day to register to vote in New York state, even if only your name or address changed (others vary but usually postmarked 25 days in advance.) You can prep it here but there's folks all over the subways signing you up if you haven't already.

3  And check out what New York Times infographic gurus did this fun one earlier this week...comparing the physical sizes of historically opposing running mates. It's in reference to the story that Obama is slender so most Americans can't relate to him. Funny according to this Obama, Kennedy and Reagan are (were) almost the same size?

Spaceship Earth 1

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All Over The Map

"Excuse me, where is Orchid Street? A waifish young lass asked me in the Lower East Side the other day. "You mean Orchard Street," as I pointed her to midtown. Feeling the end of summer doldrums and the only one not in the Cramptons this weekend, I filtered through the milling droves of tourists and became literal: I'll make beloved Labor Day all about work. (boo hoo shut up and get to work.)

Wondering why fantastic minds could come up with a cab mapper in real time, map the most famous voyages in history, map your interactive friend wheel, map all the public restrooms in the city, I thought, can't why not put the tourists into their correct place too? Color code them and give them some parameters so we can co-exist. For instance, If you are native, you are 100% cyan, majenta, yellow or black: you know where you are going. If you are a gawker, walkabout, or dawdler you recede to a noncommittal mauve, ochre or khaki. And if you slowly stroll hand in hand, or display any kind of p.d.a. in the middle of a thoroughfare you are not worthy of so much as a tint, but immediately become a target for the Street Wars.
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Beautiful Losers

"Um I'd like one ticket for, Beautiful Losers." I went warily to this documentary last night, thinking it was going to be another rags-to-riches story of a hip art clique, complete with footage of the cool parties you could never get into. But okay, I'll go see it...heck Shepard Fairey is in it.

I've seen films on the cultural significance of graffiti and the skate culture, those of disenchanted youth angry at the world, this one is more about the behind the scenes creative process and collective energy of a group of witty DIY artstars. Shot in NYC, LA and SF in the mid '90s, it covers their rise from a tiny gallery to international corporate campaigns, then ends on a surprisingly touching moment. The film slowly shows that they aren't just well-funded hacks lazing around the Lower East Side, but reveals how their unity propels them and how each is simply, driven. (a plump Harmony Korine says in the end, its almost a "duty".)
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