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New York has just held it's First International Photography Festival in the United States and despite arriving jet lagged from a vacation the night before I managed to catch the last day of the event. The 3 day festiv...
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Seven years since it began in Europe, the OFFF Festival which showcases innovative digital design came to New York City this November for a three day conference. The lineup of speakers included a range of people t...
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Until 1986 Socrates Sculpture Park was an abandoned strip of land in Queens that was used mainly for dumping illegal waste. The area surrounding the park is urban wasteland with mostly anonymous looking indust...
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This month's article from New York looks at the Urban Forest project that started September 1st and continues through to November 1st. An art project, the aim of which was to give designers, photographers and artists ...
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A rainy Saturday afternoon on June 24th and I'm on my way to Coney Island way down on the Southern most tip of Brooklyn, NY to catch the 2006 Mermaid Parade. The parade takes place every year and celebrates the offici...
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Anarchy to Affluence: Design in New York, 1974 -1984 is an exhibition currently hosted by Parsons school for Design. It takes a glimpse at a time in which New York spawned a creative community that has left an endelli...
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"Behind the innocent facade of fun, rides, shows and cotton candy are the powerful themes of fear, lust, abandon, adventure, irony, comedy, salvation, gluttony, mystery, pain, monsters, gambling, and voyeurism." - Quo...
PEOPLE
Back in March, I moved into a 2nd floor loft apartment in Brooklyn, having been looking for a change of scenery from my last place of four years. It was only a matter of time before I heard bizarre noises coming from ...
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"Little Boy" is an exhibition showcasing a selection of ten Japanese artists who have risen to fame, apparently to cult status by exploring the idea of 'Otaku'. The meaning of 'Otaku' refers to the visual culture surr...
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Traveling from the World Trade Center in New York City to Exchange Place, New Jersey on the Path train could be considered tedious at best of times. But when my girlfriend grabbed my arm to tell me that I was "missing...
