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"The Neighbors don’t know they are being photographed"

taz — Fri, 17 May 2013 10:42:35 -0800

Photographer Arne Svenson has sparked a bit of controversy with his recent show "The Neighbors," about which he says, "I turned to the residents of a glass-walled apartment building across the street from my NYC studio. The Neighbors don’t know they are being photographed; I carefully shoot from the shadows of my home into theirs. I am not unlike the birder, quietly waiting for hours, watching for the flutter of a hand or the movement of a curtain as an indication that there is life within." In "The Voyeur Next Door," The Tribeca Citizen reports, "The images are gorgeous—the Art in America review [PDF] cites Hopper, Vermeer, and Hitchcock—but they certainly bring up questions regarding privacy. Svenson, in his website remarks, dismisses the issue: 'For my subjects there is no question of privacy; they are performing behind a transparent scrim on a stage of their own creation with the curtain raised high.'" For the curious, The New York Times featured Svenson's Tribeca loft home [slide show here], the staging ground for the telephoto-enabled artistic home invasions, as part of their "Great Homes and Destinations" section back in December, 2012.

'So don't look."

roomthreeseventeen — Thu, 16 May 2013 07:56:35 -0800

You're at a Broadway or off-Broadway show. Suddenly, a cell phone goes off, or the person next to you starts texting. If you're on stage, you could do what Patti LuPone did at Gypsy. You could write an open letter to the offender. Or, you could do what Kevin Williamson did last night.

America's 10 Worst Prisons

zarq — Tue, 14 May 2013 09:15:31 -0800

"'If you can't do the time, don't do the crime.' So goes the old saying. Yet conditions in some American facilities are so obscene that they amount to a form of extrajudicial punishment." Mother Jones is profiling "America's 10 Worst Prisons." Facilities were chosen for the list based on "...three years of research, correspondence with prisoners, and interviews with reform advocates." The List 1: ADX (federal supermax: "A federal isolation facility that's "pretty close" to hell.") 2: Allan B. Polunsky Unit (Texas: "'The hardest place to do time in Texas'—and then you die.") 3: Tent City Jail (Phoenix: Feds say notorious facility has a 'pervasive culture of discriminatory bias against Latinos.') 4: Orleans Parish (Louisiana: "'A violent and dangerous institution,' says the Justice Department.") 5: LA County Jail (Los Angeles: "And you thought the Rodney King beating was bad?") 6: Pelican Bay (California: "Where a Christmas card might land you in the hole.") 7: Julia Tutwiler (Alabama: "Prisoners fear 'that it's not safe to take a shower, that it's not safe to go to sleep...that you can be manipulated into sexual favors, it's really horrific.'") 8: Reeves Country Detention Complex (Texas: "An overcrowded, understaffed lockup—with health care bad enough to spark riots.") 9: Walnut Grove Youth Correctional Facility (Mississippi: "'A picture of such horror as should be unrealized anywhere in the civilized world.'") 10: Riker's Island (New York City: "New York City lockup has a "deeply entrenched" pattern of violence by guards, lawsuit claims.") The piece will conclude tomorrow with a list of "Dishonorable Mentions." Accompanying Articles (Some are older pieces covering the same topic) * Maps: Solitary Confinement, State by State: "An exclusive review of how state prisons use isolation to discipline inmates and weed out gang members." * God's Own Warden: "If you ever find yourself inside Louisiana's Angola prison, Burl Cain will make sure you find Jesus—or regret ever crossing his path." * The Silent Treatment: "Imagine serving decades in prison for a crime your sibling framed you for. Now imagine doing it while profoundly deaf." * Solitary in Iran Nearly Broke Me. Then I Went Inside America's Prisons: "We throw thousands of men in the hole for the books they read, the company they keep, the beliefs they hold. Here's why." (Previously on Mefi) * Life in the Hole: Inside a Solitary Cell: "A guided tour of the seven-by-eleven-foot space where inmates spend 23 hours a day."

“THERE ARE NO WINDOWS. the room has great lighting. it’s beautiful.”

roomthreeseventeen — Wed, 08 May 2013 07:34:58 -0800

The Worst Room is a Tumblr where people can submit their worst NYC rental pictures, via Craigslist.

Basically, treat it like you just caught a zombie.

roomthreeseventeen — Fri, 03 May 2013 07:39:04 -0800

New York City officials are asking visitors to Central Park's Harlem Meer to beware of the northern snakehead fish, a predator common in the rivers and lakes of Asia but considered an invasive species in American waters, which had been spotted. NYC Department of Environmental Conservation The DEC is asking fishermen who catch one give the department a call immediately and to not release the fish back into the water. In fact, anglers are asked to kill the fish, freeze it, and then report the catch.

"Most kids are not like those in Kids, and never will be, I hope."

mwhybark — Thu, 02 May 2013 09:02:56 -0800

Legends Never Die Two decades after a low-budget film turned Washington Square skaters into international celebrities, the kids from "Kids" struggle with lost lives, distant friendships, and the fine art of growing up. Caroline Rothstein writes about the cast of the Harmony Korine / Larry Clark film twenty years on for narrative.ly.

In a City of Hipstercrites

shivohum — Thu, 02 May 2013 07:15:23 -0800

How I Became a Hipster (SLNYT)

Now at TKTS in Times Square, It's Monsterpiece Theatre!

zarq — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 11:05:35 -0800

"On an average afternoon in the area around 44th and Broadway in Midtown Manhattan, you’ll find a motley crew of Chewbaccas, Buzz Lightyears, and Minnie Mouses — along with the usual Naked Cowboy and face-painted Statues of Liberty—posing for tourists’ pictures and demanding cash in return." Condé Nast Traveler editor Eimear Lynch spent a couple of days dressed up as Cookie Monster to see what it was like. Video. This is part of feature for May on Condé Nast Traveler's website called "In Their Shoes: Undercover Travel Industry Job Reports." "They clean our rooms, serve us drinks, and sell us tours, yet most of us know nothing about them. Condé Nast Traveler editors work the jobs of the people who make our travels possible (or at least enjoyable) to learn what it really takes to keep us happy."

“free as air and water”

Whitall Tatum — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 16:09:45 -0800

For the first time in over a century, Cooper Union announces that it will begin to charge undergraduate students tuition.

"with the dog who looks like she has to poop."

roomthreeseventeen — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 09:55:17 -0800

On Sunday, reddit user TeaGuru enlisted the help of r/nyc and dozen of strangers to propose to his girlfriend, Laura, in Central Park.

"a spontaneous ballet"

the man of twists and turns — Sat, 13 Apr 2013 05:16:02 -0800

James Nares' new exhibition 'Street' is at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, in NYC. It is an HD video of pedestrians in Manhattan, slowed way, way down. Watch 2:17 of the 61 minute piece here, and another 2:01 clip here. Villlage Voice, New York Times, Vogue, and an interview with Nares in Interview. A Lecture by Nares at the Wadsworth Atheneum. via Fast Company: Super-Slow-Mo Turns NYC Streets Into Graceful Ballet and How James Nares Made An Amazing Work Of Art By Slowing Down New York City

Why Etsy Doesn't Have a Gallery in New York

Xurando — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 10:04:40 -0800

Does anyone here speak art and tech? "Indeed, for a certain sort of hoodie-wearing entrepreneur more keen on trips to Tahoe than the Tate, the rules of the art world can seem especially opaque." No, they are two different cultures. "The traditional art world appears to be recognizing that it is going to need to collect some of this money to continue operating in the manner it has grown accustomed to. What it doesn’t seem to recognize is that it may be selling the wrong thing, a brand of social status that the technology culture is not interested in buying."

Time Square Still Hell On Earth

The Whelk — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 08:28:51 -0800

So, which are the most used subway stops/lines in New York City anyway?

"More like Statue of Watery, right?"

laconic skeuomorph — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 19:59:47 -0800

How Popular Tourist Destinations Will Look Submerged In 25 Feet Of Water [Pics] For more info, including how the images were created, check out the original blog post by Nickolay Lamm here.

"'Spitzer! You’re Governor Spitzer!'"

zarq — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 12:53:18 -0800

Anthony Weiner and Huma Abedin’s Post-Scandal Playbook (Spoiler: The disgraced Congressman is likely running for Mayor of New York City. SLNYT, Via)

Saving Basquiat: Seeing the Art Through the Myth-Making at Gagosian

R. Mutt — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 08:45:16 -0800

Saving Basquiat: Seeing the Art Through the Myth-Making at Gagosian The show is overwhelming and difficult to write about, partly because there doesn’t seem to be any idea behind it at all; the works are hung neither by chronology nor by theme. They are merely a spectacularly impressive collection of largish Basquiats from a number of private collections. In this way, the show replicates the tragedy of this artist’s short and chaotic life, where the feverish buzz of celebrity came to overpower any assessment of the works as individual objects.

Abuela, did you ever figure out how to stay in love?

bilabial — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 14:59:31 -0800

I have found the spoken word poetry of Denice Frohman. I bring her to you. She's from NYC and works in Philadelphia. The first performance I stumbled on was Dear Straight People from her preliminary performance at Women of the World Poetry Slam 2013. Weapons, also from this year's Women of the World. She won the championship. This is the finals. The editing is terrible, but she comes on at 7:16. And the other ladies are also awesome. Abuela (do you remember you yet?) An anti littering campaign on local Philadelphia news in 2010 she speaks about raising awareness. Gangsta Poetry from 2009. She is active in the Philly Youth Poetry Movement. And at Tedx Philly she and Gregory Corbin ask how we can encourage young people? Denice also recently performed at an immigration rally. I lost it when she said "like proper has a sound." And that's when I knew I had to make this my first post on the blue.

Dueling saxophones underground

nickyskye — Sun, 31 Mar 2013 19:29:39 -0800

Sax battle on the NYC subway [slyt].

Meet me at Hoyt & Schermerhorn at 3 on the dot

dry white toast — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 14:08:12 -0800

Street signs at NYC intersections featuring rap lyrics about them.

NYC Basic Tips and Etiquette

Pruitt-Igoe — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 13:09:32 -0800

NYC Basic Tips and Etiquette, a series by artist Nathan Pyle

Kubrick's condensed NYC

Blazecock Pileon — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 12:53:02 -0800

Follow Tom Cruise as he navigates his way around Kubrick's Eyes Wide Shut Greenwich Village set [via]

New York's Hidden Subway Station

Lou Stuells — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 10:39:33 -0800

Deep in the belly of New York’s subway system, a beautiful untouched station resides that has been forgotten for years with only a limited few knowing of its existence. But if you know what to do, you can see it for yourself. Bonus: The Underbelly Project, a secret underground art exhibition. Underbelly Project previously.

Pork sticky rolls are a REAL THING.

ericb — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 12:03:41 -0800

Here's the recipe for chef Hadley Schmitt's famous Pork Sticky Rolls with Dijon-Maple Glaze and Parsnip Icing served at Northern Spy Food Company, East Village, NYC.

NYC Past

stavrosthewonderchicken — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 20:20:19 -0800

NYC Past Large-format historical photos of New York City.

We Found Our Son in the Subway

neroli — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 13:12:31 -0800

“I found a baby!” he shouted. “I called 911, but I don’t think they believed me." (SLNYT)