Artist Laura Gilbert was featured today on CNN for her stunt “The Zero Dollar.” Laura passed out 10,000 fake “zero dollars” at the New York Stock Exchange to passerby’s. Who knows, maybe those bills will be worth something one day, being that they were signed by Laura.
Laura stated that the zero dollar project was [...]
Zero Dollar Bill
The Subways Have Invisible Mirrors
Improv Everywhere, the same people who brought you Frozen Grand Central, have just released photos from their latest stunt.
This time the group of pranksters gathered a bunch of identical twins and had them sit across from one another, creating a mirror effect. The goal was to see how long it would take for fellow strap [...]
Houston & Broadway Pixels
Those of you who’ve strolled down Houston Street in New York City within the past month have probably noticed the new art installation on both sides of the traffic heavy street. The artists used standard chain linked fences and inserted bright plastic diamond cutouts into each mesh, creating a “pixel” look. I’m happy to see [...]
Squirrel Heaven
Sam Sanfiliipo has created a taxidermied utopia to help keep the minds of the grieving occupied. His world of dioramas exists in the basement of an unassuming funeral home in Madison, WI. The museum is also home to hundreds of other trophies including fish, raccoons, and at least a couple of badgers.
Apparently anyone can [...]
The Stanton Chapter
Serf and Mint of 1134NYC have moved from The Canal Chapter to a new location on Stanton Street. Guess what they’ve called the new gallery… The Stanton Chapter (located at 176 Stanton St - NEW YORK CITY). Unlike the previous space, they’re now in a store front.
For the launch they’ve converted it into a bedroom, [...]
Add-Art for Firefox
AAA (A nti A dvertising A gency) has created a new add on for Firefox entitled ‘AddArt‘. This interesting add-on replaces advertising on websites with curated art images. The art shows are updated every two weeks and feature contemporary artists and curators.
Many people already have plugins that replace ads with blank space. “AddArt attempts to [...]
Henk Hofstra’s “Art-Eggcident”
Dutch artist Henk Hofstra, who is best known for his Blue Road, is back. He’s just finished an environmental art project called ‘Art Eggcident’ in Leeuwarden, a city in the north of the Netherlands.
Yesterday, several large eggs (each 100 feet wide) were spread on the Zaailand, one of the largest city squares in the Netherlands.
‘The [...]
Lucy & Bart
LucyandBart is a collaboration between Lucy McRae and Bart Hess described as “an instinctual stalking of fashion, architecture, performance and the body.” They share a fascination with genetic manipulation and beauty expression. Unconsciously their work touches upon these themes, however it is not their intention to communicate this. They work in a primitive and limitless [...]
Hotel Everland (Paris, France)
Hotel Everland is a project by Swiss artist-duo L/B (Sabina Lang and Daniel Baumann). L/B are known for their Installations that deal with architecture and space and invite the viewer to get involved and become part of the artwork.
Everland is a hotel with only one room including a bathroom, a king-size bed and a lounge. [...]
