When it came time to choose a typeface for my new website (coming 2013!) I didn’t know where to start. I ultimately went with Futura and Calson but it was like fumbling for a light in the dark and I just went with an educated guess as to what looked good. Do I mix serifs with sans serifs? What’s the… Read more →
Nick Confalone spent the last couple of weeks digitizing VHS and mini DV tapes to make this home movie supercut of every Christmas caught on tape. Nick says, “every year, our dad would tape us coming down the stairs. This is a compilation of all the videos I could find. Relatives and pets grow up and disappear, and new extended… Read more →
Tis the season for home movies! I come from a very pro-home-movie household and every holiday we try to remember how to play a VHS tape and re-watch the memories of Christmases past. In honor of home movie season, here are a few things to keep in mind when shooting: 1. Think of your flip camera, iPhone camera, whatever, as a… Read more →
In honor of their “Person of the Year”, TIME Mag created this supercut of Obama’s catch phrase, “let me make this clear.” Obama & Clinton’s simple approach to ‘splaining things have definitely worked in the Democrats favor this year. But TIME wasn’t the first to get to this point. Here, the AP puts this soundbite into more context. What do you… Read more →
Did you know that the most popular videos on YouTube for 2012 were made by professionals, not users? The crappy, weird and funny videos uploaded by typical users that once made the site famous aren’t as popular as they once were. Is power of the user over? Has the “democratization” of content creation ended? This ad campaign for the Cape Times takes… Read more →
Last night I watched Obama’s address to the community of Newtown with tears in my eyes. It was a truly moving speech and I could tell that he wrote it himself, without relying on Whitehouse staff. Presidents Bill Clinton, George W. Bush and Barack Obama speeches in the wake of school shootings past and present are edited together to form… Read more →
I’ve been sleeping with all my windows open since November – ever since my building turned on the heat. Since then, I imagine the hot and cold fronts meeting at my windowsill to create a storm front. I love that this artist created something similar. Dutch artist, Berndnaut Smilde creates a white cloud in the middle of the gallery through careful… Read more →
Blake Fall-Conroy, “Minimum Wage Machine,” 2008-2010 I love the concept behind the minimum wage machine. The piece allows anybody to work for minimum wage. Turning the crank will yield one penny every 4.97 seconds, for $7.25 an hour, which is NY state minimum wage. If the participant stops turning the hand crank, they stop receiving money. I would imagine this… Read more →
These swings are set up in the 55,000-square-foot Wade Thompson Drill Hall at the Park Avenue Armory! The wonderful artist Ann Hamilton’s installation, called “the event of a thread”, lets audiences feel what it’s like to hang from a single piece of thread, suspended in mid air by an over-sized swing. On view until January 6th! Visit it along with these shows! No two… Read more →
“I won a genetic lottery and I am a recipient of a legacy” – Cameron Russell My wonderful friend and colleague Cameron Russell just did her TEDxMidAtlantic talk on the imagery of perceived success and failures. As a supermodel she’s definetely speaking truth to power. I thought it took a lot of guts for her to admit that “it was difficult to unpack a legacy… Read more →
