Posts Tagged ‘New York’
beyond boundaries: sandow birk’s american qur’an
September 22nd, 2010 by lifeproof
It is maybe the time for a blog post that I was meaning to write for sometime, since we have mentioned about the attacks on art galleries last night by conservatives in Istanbul. Sandow Birk is preparing an art project that is ongoing for the last 6 years, it is called American Qur’an. Holland Cotter [...]
Tags: american qur'an, art review, art work, christianity, controversial art work, holland cotter, holy book of islam, intercultural understanding, interreligious understanding, islam, judaism, Koran, New York, p.p.o.w., p.p.o.w. gallery, ppow, sandow birk, The New York Times
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ozzy: the mummy screams
May 28th, 2010 by lifeproof
Ozzy Osbourne got it. Since he entered showbiz and did The Osbournes on MTV, Ozzy has been becoming more of a marketer than a fuck-all rockstar. He recently acted on Geico’s commercial and sang a ballad with that lizard. Now, he is making a guerilla marketing effort for his new album, Scream, which will be [...]
Tags: Geico, Madame Tussauds, mtv, New York, Osbourne, Ozzy, Ozzy Osbourne, rockstar, Scream, The Osbournes, times square
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up there: a documentary on ad painters
May 18th, 2010 by lifeproof
There are big banners everywhere. At Times Square they are huge LED screens that might even be HD. At other places, we see mostly vinyl or paper based banners that are glued to the space… Do you remember a time when those banners were actually painted on the walls… by real people. Here is a short documentary [...]
Tags: advertising, banner design, banner painting, documentary, documentary video, graphic design, history of advertising, New York, New York City, NYC, painting advertisements, street art, street painting, times square, wall painters, Wooster Collective
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horse-drawn hummer: ceo stagecoach
April 7th, 2010 by lifeproof
Back to the Futurama: On Sunday March 8th 2010 Jeremy Dean made New york City history by taking his converted Hummer entitled Futurama out for a spin. Entering Central park in New York at 69th St. and Central Park West (at the old Tavern on the Green location) Dean had his hand crafted vehicle pulled [...]
Tags: Back to the Futurama, Central Park, CEO Stagecoach, consumption, creative thriftshop, Diego del Sol, Futurama, Gareth Paul Cox, historical amnesia, horse-drawn Hummer, Hummer, Hummer H2, New York, sustainability
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