The WaterTank Project. 25,000 LEDs Illuminate The San Francisco Bay Bridge. NYC awards six Reinvent Payphones finalists, asks public to select favorite via Facebook. Museum Turns NYC Pay Phones Into 90s Time Capsules. This article titled “Why ebooks are a different genre from print” was written by Stuart Kelly, for guardian.co.uk on Tuesday 26th March 2013 08.21 UTC Most readers, I think, will by now have seen the “Medieval Helpdesk” sketch from Norweigan TV, where an exasperated monk requires assistance to start working with a new-fangled and daunting “book”.
It’s fun – if loopily anachronistic, the codex having been around since the 1st century AD. But it does rest on a presumption that I’m increasingly beginning to question: that technological changes to the way we read affect only the secondary, cosmetic and non-essential aspects of reading. Triple Pundit: How To Transform Cities With Community Supported Art. Artists can transform cities.
They turn wasted buildings into studios and lofts. Galleries and cafes follow. Digital Tree Sculpture Lets Loved Ones Post Pictures To Airport Travelers. Singapore’s Changi Airport, in partnership with LG Electronics, unveiled a ‘Social Tree’ that allows travelers to connect with their friends and family.
The airport has won praise and accolades, including the Skytrax 2013 World’s Best Airport award. The ‘Social Tree’ is the latest technological addition to the aiport’s already impressive offering of first class entertainment and connectivity facilities. The tree is a towering 8.7m high and 11.1m wide and is composed of 64 LG screens that wrap around the top of the tree in a 360 degree fashion. The display screens feature images of Singapore’s landscape and photos uploaded by travellers. People can share photos and videos from their Facebooks to the ‘Social Tree’s display screens. Sculptural Pipes Play Secret Lullabies To Entertain Hospital Patients. The cave drawings discovered at Lascaux in 1940 enjoyed over 1,000 visitors a day until the doors were shut in 1963, due to the damage caused by carbon dioxide breathed out by tourists.
Lascaux II was opened nearby in 1983, but only replicated parts of the famous Paleolithic art. Hello, Lamppost: Talking Street Furniture and a 'Playable City' Like a real-life version of a Pixar movie, the streets of Bristol, England will soon be filled with seemingly-inanimate objects that can talk.
Mailboxes, storm drains, and lampposts will be enabled with a system that allows passerby to chat with them by text message. The project, created by experiential design studio PAN, was the winner of the Playable City Award, a contest that invited designers from around the world to imagine street art or street games that could engage the community and bring people together. A counterpart to the "smart city," the contest leaders say a "playable city" is one where people take part in reimagining and reconfiguring city services, and where they're encouraged to be playful in public. Abandoned Psychiatric Hospital Transformed With Ominous Graffiti Art. Amidst Cuts, Indianapolis Museum Partners with Alexander Hotel. Alyson Shotz (Brooklyn, NY)Standing Wave, 2012Dichroic acrylic and velcro tape14 feet 6 inches x 22 fee 3 inches x 1 footGround LevelThe Alexander Hotel, part of CityWay in downtown Indianapolis.Photographer: Tad Fruits.
Detroit Institute of Arts Partners with Oakwood Healthcare on Video of Artworks for Patient Rooms, Program Offers Pleasant Diversion from Stressful Circumstances. Dearborn, MI (PRWEB) May 28, 2013 The Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA) has partnered with Oakwood Healthcare to create a video of artworks designed to enhance the healing environment for patients and to alleviate the stressful experience of a hospital stay.
The video is the first of its kind and will be available in patients’ rooms. It will be available in May for patients at Oakwood Southshore Medical Center (OSMC) in Trenton. Hotel Art Curators Are a Growing Breed. All that, and one helping hand a guest might not expect: a hotel curator.
Hotels have been hanging fine art on their walls for decades now. commissioned a series of prints for what is considered the original boutique hotel, the Morgans, in 1984; the Roger Smith, a small property in Midtown Manhattan, transformed its lobby into an art gallery and performance space as part of a 1991 renovation.
But few have gone so far as the James, which hired a young artist, Matthew Jensen, to select original artworks to adorn each of its 14 floors of guest rooms. Mr. Old Power Station Transformed Into A Rollercoaster. The Battersea Power Station is an iconic part of the London skyline, but has sat vacant since the 1980s.
The building provides a great example of Art Deco interior and French architects Atelier Zündel Cristea‘s proposed idea preserves it as a museum, with a rollercoaster around the outside. The rollercoaster would place the focus on the building itself, allowing visitors a unique view of the exterior before they went inside. Abbott Square Open House. ← Back to All Events, Art Events, Evening Events, Family Events, Free Events, History Events, Volunteer Opportunities Note: This event has passed.
We are starting a process to transform Abbott Square into a center of creative activity Downtown. Our goal is two-fold: to create a welcoming, interactive space for families, and to create a platform for cultural activities, festivals, and art events downtown. We expect a revitalized Abbott Square to energize artists, increase retail activity, and draw County-wide residents Downtown for exciting family-friendly experiences.
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