ReConstitution is a live audiovisual remix of the first presidential debate between John McCain and Barack Obama. Three MIT graduates, designed a software that allowed them to sample the television broadcast in real time, extracting the video, audio and closed captioning text. This nonpartisan hybrid of video art and performance exposes the themes, content, and structure behind the sound and images of the debate.
Having designed buildings in many forms from schools and houses to the Beijing National Stadium, the Swiss architects, Herzog & de Meuron are now attempting to stamp their architectural footprints in New York City with their 57-story luxury residential tower in the heart of Manhattan’s busy Tribeca 56 Leonard Street.
The ‘concept store’ Colette is most stylish store in all Paris, was founded ten years ago by Indie-preneur Sarah Lerfel and her mother Colette Roussaux. Gap has commissioned renowned Paris boutique Colette to create a special one-month installation in Gap’s rotating concept store adjacent to the New York City flagship store at 54th and 5th Avenue.
The Mercedes Benz New York Fashion Week is opening Friday, September 5. The world of fashion will come together as the first Spring 09 collections are revealed at the iconic tents of Bryant Park , the official venue of Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week.
Swimming Cities Of Switchback Sea is a flotilla of seven intricately hand crafted vessels that will navigate the stretch of the Hudson River between Troy and the New York harbor this August 15th - September 7th. Imagined as a hybrid between boats and bits of land mass broken off and headed out to sea, the Switchback vessels will make stops in towns along the river bringing performances and music.
Located in the north end of Downtown Miami, White Room itself designed to be a platform for music, art, dance, and performance. Celebrating the diverse aspects of nightlife and culture, White Room brings the hipster scene to Miami.
The owners of nightclubs Mansion and Pink Elephant have filed for bankruptcy, citing disputes over rent and property taxes. The bankruptcy papers for Mansion and Pink Elephant filed under managing partner Bruce Dunston.
The Shore Club Miami is a place with all the hipster cachet of the other uber-modern nightclub hotels, designed by famed British architect David Chipperfield and landscaping inspired by the rich intense Matisse-inspired colors of the Jardin Majorelle in Marrakech.