Olek :: Off the Hook
Crochet artist, Olek discusses the site-specific installation featured in her current solo exhibition, The Bad Artists Imitate, The Great Artists Steal, at the Jonathan LeVine Gallery from August 10-27, 2011.
Events We Love :: Live At The Gantries
Live at the Gantries is a series of free, outdoor performances featuring some of the borough’s most celebrated entertainers, from site specific modern dance to Afro-Peruvian pop, from traditional Chinese theater to anarchic street brass marchers, there is something for people of all ages.
Projections We Love :: Battle of Branchage
This architectural projection mapping from the Branchage Film Festival is way cool. Seeper, an interactive arts and technology collective out of London, produced this gem. If you like what you see, check out their site or vimeo page for more. – Moni Pineda
Designers We Love :: Stephen Burks
I met Stephen a few years ago, always dancing and smiling on the dance floor. In 2007 I remember he sent out an email sharing some recent press and I quickly visited his site Readymade Projects to take a closer look. Needless to say I was thoroughly impressed. Since then, he’s continued to travel the world for inspiration, collaborations & exhibitions. We hope to soon profile him on Friends We Love to better understand his creative process and future works.
Sites We Love :: iPad Peek
If you weren’t one of the 700,00 people who ran out this weekend to throw down 500 clams for a new iPad, don’t worry you’re not alone. Many, including us, have decided to pass on the first cycle of this game changing phenomenon and wait for the 2.0 version. In the meantime, software apps have been popping up faster than a boner on chatroullete – One of the coolest iPad sites we’ve seen thus far, which speaks to us, as it should for all those creating web content is the iPad Peek. Long story short, this site allows you to see how your site will be displayed on the iPad. I must admit our Friends We Love site was looking pretty official. Must. Resist…
Videos We Love :: Timelapse Painting, Pat Perry
We’re into timelapse, great artists & seeing the creative process. Here’s a couple of videos of artist Pat Perry getting it in. If you like what you see, make sure you take a look at the rest of his work on his site. I’m also digging the photos he posts on his blog. He would definitely be a fun artist to feature on FWL.
Press We Love :: FWL on Pharrell’s Kidult.com
Friends We Love is on the front page of Pharrell’s Kidult website! The article was written by Lee Hernandez and is featured in the “Cool Job” section. If you haven’t heard about Kidult, take some time to look around the site. It’s a good resource for not only young adults but also educators & parents.
Read the whole article here, but in the meantime, an excerpt: “Moni Pineda & Mike Vargas love their friends. In fact, they love them so much that they dedicated their careers to them. In mid-2008 they started a website called Friendswelove.com to showcase the talents of their artist friends in New York City. Two years later, the site—which features on camera interviews with a range of artists, including singers, actors and painters—is now popular all over the world. Moni and Mike spoke to Kidult about starting their site, plus they offered advice to young people who want to follow in their creative footsteps.”
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