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Photos from Around the World on Park(ing) Day 2010
Park(ing) Day, the celebration that sees people turn parking spaces into temporary parks, went off in cities around the world. Here are the photos.
Culture
Dead Drops: Flash Drives in City Walls for Random Offline File Sharing
Dead Drops fastens USB flash drives to walls, curbs, and buildings around New York and invites strangers to plug-in and share their favorite files.
Culture
Chevron Pranked by the Yes Men [UPDATED]
The Yes Men have spoofed the company's "We Agree" campaign, claiming that Chevron agrees that oil companies should "clean up their messes."
Culture
Street Art Versus Graffiti, in Chart Form
What's the difference between street art and graffiti?
Culture
TED Prize 2011 Goes to International Street Artist JR
The TED Prize 2011 goes to the international street artist JR, whose groundbreaking work is not only eye-catching, but also world changing.
Culture
Halloween Intermission: Creepy Street Art from Dan Witz
Dan Witz (whose hyperreal paintings we admire) creates some truly unsettling street art. Maybe don't show this one to the kids?
Culture
Bomb the Blight Brings a Serious Arsenal to Seed-Bombing
The artist Tommy Wilson wants to seed-bomb every state in the nation.
Culture
Intermission: Culture Traffic Jamming
In this video, the artists Rune Madsen messes with the flow of traffic on a city sidewalk and reveals something essential about human behavior.
Culture
Blu Responds to MOCA Censorship; Won't Paint Over Erased Mural
Blu says getting buffed from MOCA's wall amounts to censorship that almost turned into self-censorship. The artist won't paint another.
Design
Fake Realtors Imagine Artistic Uses for Neglected Buildings
New work from Hypothetical Developments continues to advertise imaginary buildings and call attention to what New Orleans lacks.
Culture
Image of the Day: Henk Hofstra Breaks a Few Eggs
The Dutch artist Henk Hofstra goes sunny side up in Leeuwarden, Netherlands.
Design
Ads for Imaginary Buildings Highlight Lack of Real Development
Hypothetical Development places architectural renderings for imaginary, never-gonna-happen places on vacant, dilapidated buildings in New Orleans.
Culture
Blu Buffed from MOCA's Wall: The Museum Responds
Here's MOCA's response for why the museum took down Blu's mural just one day after the artist completed it.
Lifestyle
All-Salt: A Naturally Harvested Cure for Everything that Ails You
Hand-harvested from pharmaceutical-rich waters, All-Salt's delicate seasoning can cure your depression, asthma, and UTI.
Culture
Underbelly Project: Massive, "Underground" Street Art in Abandoned MTA Stations
The Underbelly Project is a massive, underground street art installation in an abandoned New York City subway station; almost no one has seen it.
Culture
Image of the Day: Make This Better in Ripper's Valley
Broken City Lab set up these brighlty colored cardboard letters to call attention to Windsor, Ontario's "dead-zone" known to as "Ripper's Valley."
Culture
Video: Jason Eppink's "Shadow Machine" in the Underbelly Project
The Shadow Machine, Jason Eppink's contribution to the Underbelly Project, animates photos of blacksmiths from the late-1800s.
Culture
Image of the Day: Bull Market on Wall Street
This colorful crocheted sweater adorning a Wall Street bull statue was installed by the street artist Olek last week in New York City.
