yes. just yes.
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NYPL Wire–The New York Public Library: Before You Become a Poet, Work in a Bar →
nypl:
Before he was the Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom, John Masefield scrubbed floors in a saloon at Greenwich Avenue and Sixth Avenue in the Village.
My guess, that’s good training to be a poet or a writer of any kind.
His birthday is today, June 1.
(Source: nypl.org)
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Facebook designer Ji Lee whips up the Wordless Web, a bookmarklet that strips websites down to just their images without all the noisy words
Pretty awesome.
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Events for artechies, week of may 30 - june 7
It’s almost June! Here’s to ending May with a bang and heading full force ahead into June with some sweet events to tickle your art/tech fancy.
May 30:
Boost Your Social Media Presence (for artists and arts orgs), LMCC, 2nd fl, 6:30-8:30pm
Workshop on techniques and strategies to boost your social media presence for social media arts pros and noobs. With case studies from the Nuyorican Poets Cafe.June 1:
Special TedXChelsea, School of Visual Arts, 12- 6:30 pm
With Aditya Julka (Paddle8), David Ross, Man Bartlett and other exciting speakers.
Also June 1st:NYU’s ITP camp begins! So many fun classes.
June 2:
Beyond Outreach: Museums, Audience, and Community, 4-6pm, 1125 Grand Concourse, Bronx
A panel on how museums can engage communities in innovative ways. With reps from the Bronx Museum of the Arts, Brooklyn Museum, Studio Museum of Harlem, Queens Museum of Art.
June 7 :
Sound art installation @ Eyebeam, Performance 7-8pm, Gallery hours 12-6pm
Installation by sound artist/percussionist Eli Keszler, commissioned by New Radio & Performing Arts, Inc. More here.
If I’ve missed any must-see events, let me know!
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New details about Apple’s upcoming ‘Spaceship’ campus revealed
Best mail-order catalog ever.
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Best of ITP Thesis Show: Top Three
I swung by ITP’s thesis show earlier this week; it was a madhouse of people and projects and total delight. Here’s what stood out from the crowd:
Plinko Poetry, Inessah Selditz and Deqing Sun. Headlines from the NYTimes and Fox News, plinkified into poetry. Published to twitter, of course.
Futile type, Yonatan Ben-Simhon, Ioni Gkliati, Alessandra Villaamil. An experiential video installation combining arduino and max/msp jitter for a new kind of interactive typewriter. Watch what happens with each click.
And of course, the Listserve, which I was on already, and which if you haven’t joined yet, you should. It’s a simple email lottery where members on the listserve get a chance to share their story to a growing list of subscribers (hitting over 10k shortly after the site went live). So far members have shared everything from moments of insight and inspiration, posts in memoriam, to a simple recipe to get you through those first post college days in the kitchen. It is an intriguing little list by Greg Dorsainville, Alvin Chang, Josh Begley, Yoonjo Choi.
The wooden mirror was also fun.
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artstech roundup: may 19-30
Buzz wearing off from Internet Week’s art and tech panel frenzy? Here are a few events to get you through the week.
Saturday, May 19
NYC Resistor is hosting its 3rd annual Interactive Show. This year’s theme? Phyiscal meets Digital. An equal parts art show + hacker party with interactive projects, booze, and chiptunes galore.
NYC Resistor
87 3rd Avenue, Brooklyn
9p-3a; $20 (drinks included)Tuesday, May 22
New York Tech meetups: Digital Creativity @ 3rd Ward, 6:30 - 9:00 pm
As part of Digital Creativity month, 3rd Ward is bringing together designers and technologists from the worlds of web design, media, gaming, graphics, film, music, marketing and advertising to chat about creating innovative products.
On the docket for the evening: OMGPOP (Surely you’ve played Draw Something by now); Kohort (group collab platform); Gifture (creating and sharing original animated GIFs); and Rock The Post (a social networking/crowdfunding and crowdsourcing platform for entrepreneurs)
RSVP here.
Tuesday, May 22
If you happened to snag a badge for TechCrunch Disrupt, stop by their Design office hours from 11:55am - 12:30pm. Six companies will be chosen to talk design and get feedback from Leland Rechis (Director of Mobile Product at Etsy and formerly Lead Mobil Product Manager at Twitter), Jamie Divine (formerly product design for Google, Boxee, YouTube, etc), Jason Morrow (Lead Product Designer at betaworks), and Mimi Chun (Design Director at General Asembly).
Wednesday, May 23
Also at Disrupt this year, check out the Brooklyn Makers session (9:10am – 9:40am) with Ayah Bdeir (littleBits), Duncan Frazier (Bit Banger Labs), Amol Sarva (Peek),Peter Semmelhack (Bug Labs), Bre Pettis (Makerbot).
Thursday, May 24
Contant Dullaart: Terms of Service, New Museum, 7pm.
Contnt Dullaart is known for his installations and performances exploring online spaces and internet semantics. At Thursday’s event, Dullaart will reveal new works in response to the updated terms of service of a number of internet services. Curated by Lauren Cornell.
Happy adventuring!
