Archive for the ‘art’ Category
Pictures From Greenpoint Open Studios
Just a few random shots from the Greenpoint Open Studios festival from this past weekend (October 1st-3rd, 2010). Wandering through the labs of these artists was a pretty cool way to spend a crappy-weather Sunday.
Bushwick Film Festival 4.0
Years after the Bushwick Breweries and the speakeasies were shut down and right around the time the gangs of Bushwick were roaming the streets in Morgan town, the Bushwick Film Festival came to be. The festival team has been around the block making noise and projecting ideas for quite some time. Over the course of [...]
Last Supper Festival at 3rd Ward
Bushwick — Saturday, September 18th, 6pm to 2am at 3rd Ward’s 195 Morgan Avenue location. For one celebratory night in the crux of Summer and Fall, 3rd Ward will offer a true feast for the senses, blending film, edible artwork, music, writing, and food – all addressing the complex act of consumption. If you haven’t [...]
T-world Presents New York CI-TEE Party Tonight
Williamsburg, Southside — Seven art collective/designers/fashion labels are throwing down on a party dubbed “New York Ci-Tee” tonight, September 10th, from 7-11pm. Designs from ABCNT, Annie Madison, Grand Scheme, Jeremyville, Kid Zoom, Mishka, and Zoo York will be screen printed live by Hit+Run Crew as Baltimore native Aaron Lacrate of Milkcrate spins dirty garage infused [...]
Portraits Of Williamsburg, Part Four
We’re presenting an ongoing weekly portrait series from photographer Stefano Ortega, who arrived here in May, 2010 from Bologna, Italy and graduated the photography program from DAMS, Universita Di Bologna. This is the fourth in that series, here’s the first, second and third. For Previous Photos In This Series: First, Second and Third parts.
Soldiers Invade Brooklyn at the Direction of General Howe
What do the Revolutionary War, social media and street art have in common? Artist General Howe, of course. “The Battle of Brooklyn 2010″ is General Howe’s artistic interpretation of the Revolutionary War’s Battle of Brooklyn, also known as the Battle of Long Island, which happened 234 years ago in this very borough. The six day project [...]
Ghost Beers in Half Shopping Cart in the Park
While taking these pictures, little ran through my mind, but that’s par for the course. However, given time you begin to ask yourself questions… What does this mean? Who drank all this beer? What possessed he, she or them to steal a cart, drink a decent quantity of beer, paint the empties white, cut a [...]
Brooklyn Art Collective FAILE Builds Temple In Portugal
On July 16th FAILE created the project Temple, a full-scale church in ruins in Praça dos Restauradores Square in Lisbon, Portugal. The installation was made in conjunction with the Portugal Arte 10 Festival and is slated for touring abroad. Temple brought together a variety of earlier motifs—street art, prayer wheels, and an interest in the [...]
