I caught up on EIME’s work from 2010-2012 via this video that I saw on Wooster last week. It is definitely worth checking out. Play it–
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Sauna Box– portable sauna
How awesome is this self contained ‘Sauna Box’? I could totally go for one of these today. It is plenty chilly outside, and I wouldn’t mind sweating away some of the winter stress next to the coals. Designed by Castor, this sauna is built into a half length shipping container, and can theoretically be transported anywhere. Comes ready to go with all of the following:
solar panels providing the power and a wood-burning stove. Features include a red cedar interior, integrated iPod stereo, electric guitar hookup, Castor stool, a magnetic truck light, and bronze antlers
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New Phlegm in Sheffield
Phlegm has been busy recently trying out a “new animal.” He recently finished the piece above on Sydney Street in Sheffield. Check out his blog for an additional image.
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64 by 64
Last week, Boooooom! ran post called 64 photos by 64 photographers. It is a collection of photos that Jeff (the author of Boooooom!) discovered during the calendar year of 2012. Each of them is by a different photographer. If you are into photography, you should definitely check out the piece. One of my faves is above. It is an image by Daniel Kukla.
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MCA on the cover of NY Times Mag
Adam Yauch covered the most recent issue of New York Times Magazine, an issue dedicated to profiling figures who passed away over the span of 2012. Check out the article about MCA, over here.
Chris Maynard’s feather cutouts
I saw these works by Chris Maynard on Laughing Squid earlier this week. I’m seriously digging the intricacies in these cutouts. It is pretty amazing. Apparently Maynard uses eye surgery tools inherited from his father, to create these pieces. Check out more over on his site Feather Folio.
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new work from Mentalgassi
I really like this recent stuff from Mentalgassi. I have written about his style before. These two photos went up on his blog earlier this week. Like Roa, Bansksy, Blu, and so many other successful street artists, Mentalgassi is very good at making his art interact with its location. I think that the RC controller might be my favorite of the two.
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jacob sutton underwater photography
I absolutely love this image by Jacob Sutton. There was a profile piece about him earlier this week in Juxtapoz, discussing his underwater photography. There are a few additional images in the set. Def worth browsing.
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apocoloyptic images by Steve Mcghee
There is something very gnarly about these depictions of mass destruction that Steve Mcghee makes. I came across the set last week on Jux. I imagine the McGhee was the type of child who enjoyed building city-scapes out of his legos then trouncing over them like Godzilla. It is definitely worth checking out the whole set.
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The pottery of Kazunori Ohnaka
I came across these images of Japanese potty Kazunori Ohnaka on OEN, this week. I love the minimalist vibe that I get from his work. His stuff (at least the pieces that I saw) is all finished in a very basic earthy fashion. I absolutely love the sliced stones below. Check out the full set that OEN posted, over here.
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full moon credenza
I’m kind of obsessed with the moon. I love it so much, that I used to wake up at ungodly hours of the morning to photograph it. Anyway, I saw this fantastic piece of furniture recently and had to repost. I don’t know if I could every pull it off in my own house, But I definitely have mad respect for those who could. The moon portion of this piece actually glows in the dark. I know.
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Biblio-Mat
I love this kind of stuff. The brainchild of Craig Small, this throw-back styled vending machine sells random books. Watch the vid below.
The BIBLIO-MAT from Craig Small on Vimeo.
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Roa goes big in Norway
This is possibly one of my favorite Roa pieces, to date. This one is on the side of a building in Norway that was used to clean fish. Click over to Unurth to check out more of Roa’s recent work.
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Meghan Howland
Meghan Howland is a New England based painter that I came across this morning on BOOOOOOM!. I love her style, generally. But the birds are what grabbed me. Check out the rest of her work from 2012.
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Domino Sugar Factory
The defunct Domino Sugar factory in Williamsburg, has been a source of amazement and mystery to me since the first time that I ever ventured over the W-Burg Bridge. As recently as the weekend after Hurricane Sandy I was riding my bike past the factory (when I snapped the crappy iPhone image above), thinking how cool it would be wander around the abandoned space and document it. So glad that someone else was able to do it before it becomes converted into residential lofts. Stylistically, I feel like this vid is a bit on the corny side (especially the last minute). Still definitely worth the watch. Check out the video below by 2e (Domino Sugar Rush – exploring Williamsburg’s sweetest decay from 2e. on Vimeo)
Snaps from the armory
Ann Hamliton’s exhibit “The Event of a Thread” opened over the weekend at the Park Avenue Armory. The installation is an interactive one. The main drill hall in the armory is bifurcated by giant white sheet. On either side of the sheet are scores of swings suspended from the armory rafters. Each of the swings has cords connecting them to the sheet, so that the motion of the swings animate the sheet. It was quite an interesting spectacle. These are a couple of the images that I grabbed while I was at the exhibit.
M83 ‘Wait’
I saw this video posted a few times over the weekend. So I watched it, and so should you. It is pretty incredible.
New El Mac ‘Birds of no Nation”
Mac posted some new work on his blog recently. This was a commissioned celebrating a woman graffiti writer from Afghanistan. Mac explains the piece:
These are shots of a large mural-sized canvas commissioned for the 7th Asia Pacific Triennial in Australia, which opens this weekend. It is a collaboration with Shamsia Hassani and the Propeller Group. Shamsia Hassani is the first and probably only serious female graffiti writer in Afghanistan, and is also an associate professor in the Fine Arts Department at Kabul University.
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