…Exploring the role of the prankster as artist, activist and social observer and the significance of the prank in society.
Midnight Knitter Pulls the Wool Over NJ Shore Town
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March 10. 2010
West Cape May, N.J. (AP/1010 WINS) — Someone is spinning quite a yarn over one New Jersey shore town.
Dubbed “The Midnight Knitter” by West Cape May residents, someone is covering tree branches and lamp poles with little sweaters under cover of darkness. Continue reading “Guerrilla Crocheting in Cape May”
NYPD: Rooftop Figures Just Art, Not People in Distress
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March 9, 2010
New York (AP/1010 WINS) — The New York Police Department wants the public to know that the figures soon to be gazing down from buildings near a midtown park are an artist’s body casts — not residents in distress.
The department was worried the upcoming outdoor exhibit might spark 911 calls of possible jumpers, so it wanted to alert the public, said police spokesman Paul Browne.
On Tuesday, the first sculpture of the installation, called “Event Horizon,” was placed on top of a building that houses Pentagram Design’s New York offices.
“We have a new staffer here at our offices at 204 Fifth Avenue; he doesn’t say much, and spends most of his time up on the roof, gazing at the skyline,” the company said on its Web site.
By nightfall, the figure was a dark sillhouette against the sky.
The work by British artist Antony Gormley consists of 31 life-size figures of the artist’s body cast in iron and glass fiber. The sculptures will be installed on pathways, sidewalks and rooftops of buildings surrounding Madison Square Park for an exhibit beginning March 26…
The installation will be on view through Aug. 15. Read the rest of this article here.
A day in the life of New York City, in miniature…
The Sandpit from Sam O’Hare
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Original Music composed by Human, co-written by Rosi Golan and Alex Wong. For a description of the shoot, camera, lenses and workflow, please visit bit.ly/aFmaPZ.
thanks Erin
From Huffington Post, January 27, 2010:
To start off, we in no way condone vandalism; it’s not our idea of a good time. That said, the ads presented in this collection have already been modified, and thus there’s nothing we can do about it except enjoy the jokes that have already been made. And we can all agree that these ads have been changed for the better.
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