Figures & Ground: Crafty Wood Miniatures Create Urban Vignettes
Inspired by everything from personal experience to famous photography, this street artist crafts small wooden cutouts to frame scenes of action, adventure, romance and life. Living ...
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Table for Two: Window as Bridge & Barrier Between Shared Seat
Putting you in the spotlight with a stranger, this installation in New York City is a perhaps-paradoxical commentary on both connection and isolation in urban environments. Located at 7th ...
Megablock Microclimate: Urban Treehouse Apartment Complex
Shrouded in 150 trees that absorb 200,000 liters of carbon dioxide per hour, this massive five-story, block-spanning residential building occupies its own protected ...
Social Media + Street Graffiti = Stenciled Signs of Our Times
For better and worse, self-reflection and meta-art is an inevitable facet of the digital age - this artist recognizes the blurred lines between physical walls and their Facebook equivalents, ...
Backsplash: Deflective “Peeback” Walls Fight Public Urination
Bouncing waste liquid back at the impolite and intoxicated bar crawlers who treat the streets as their bathroom, the St. Pauli district of Hamburg, Germany, has given fair warning about its ...
Snow Calligraphy: Reverse Graffiti Artist Tags Parked Vehicles
For years, this graffiti calligrapher has made his mark around New York City, but some of his best work is reserved for special (and somewhat unpredictable) occasions, relying on seasonal ...
Gaza Strip Graffiti: Artist Banksy Tunnels Back Into Palestine
Well known for polarizing political artwork, the infamous street artist Banksy recently returned to the Middle East and filmed a short video about his new work while also commenting on the ...
Networks of New York: Field Guide to Internet Infrastructure
We tend to think of the internet as something akin to aether, present all around us in the void - or perhaps something traveling down a series of tubes - the reality is much more complex, rich ...
London Approves Europe’s First City-Spanning Bike Superhighway
Catering to some of the 170,000 cyclists that ride across London every day, this segregated bicycle lane will stretch from west to east, pass through the heart of the city and span 18 miles when ...
Pixel Performers: Digital Projection Mapping on Live Dancers
Combining choreographed movement and projected abstractions, these works of performed art are visually stunning, creating effects and illusions far beyond the sum of their parts. From ...
