Somebody over water a plant in the building that I work at in Manhattan.
I have no idea what was used that would make this shiny, irradescent plume, but here I am once again on an academic campus being stared at for appreciating random acts of abstraction, yo.
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This is an unnamed area where industrial Red Hook land meets industrial New York Harbor water and combinations of natural and man-made objects combine to create devastating, yet beautiful patterns and color combinations.
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Posted in Art, BK, Designy, Junk Street, Non-human Life, NYC, Red Hooked, Sciencey, Texture
Tagged fibers, flat tire, nest, plastic, Plastic Beach, Red Hook, Red Hook Plastic Beach, rocks, string, tire nest, trash
Sunlight can bend and refract in very mysterious ways.
You just have to pay attention and look for it.
The sun is setting on this loft building on Norman Avenue and I see these circular light refractions and I can’t figure out for the life of me how they got there.
People are out smoking cigarettes or delivering packages and I’m just blankly staring into the abysss of light wonder.
And thus is my life of the Brooklyn Imbecile.
Posted in BK, Designy, Greenpoint, Non-human Life, NYC, Reflections, Sciencey, Studio Visit, Texture
Tagged abyss, circles, converses, light, light refractions, Norman Avenue, sunlight, Sunset
From York Avenue, NYC.
Posted in Manhattan, Non-human Life, NYC, Sciencey, Texture
Tagged Fossil, imprint, plant, sidewalk, Sidewalk Fossil
HAPPY NEW YEAR 1982!!
Oh, wait, it’s 2012, isn’t it? Of course, I realize that it’s 2012: the year the world ends to those who also believe reality shows aren’t scripted and think the earth is 7,000 years old. But to me, based on what I see out there in popular culture, there is so much love for the 8-bit retro aesthetic, it’s kind of ridiculous and awesome. There is a “simpler time” technology era sentimentality that I can see. The 8-bit squid double-retro image above comes from Chris Zimmerman.
The blinking (click on image to see it animated) 8-bit holiday wreath available from Thinkgeek is pretty cool, I must admit.
Artist Ted Martens created a free 8-bit fireplace application that I’ve already downloaded and enjoyed. There are keywords, like “marshmallow” and “match” that make it interactive.
8-bit costume by someone very cool and smart who’s link I can’t find.
Last week, Gamestop’s HQ in San Francisco creates 8 bit mural with post-its.
Sexy 8-bit panty hose (Via)
8-bit fashion by Kunihiko Morinaga
Swedish artist Lars Arrhenius covers train stations.
8-bit Illustrations by Jude Buffum
Artist Aled Lewis getting kinky.
And of course, 2011′s biggest 8 bit hit was definitely the Nyan Cat, so the Happy Nyan Year Cat was just a matter of time.
You do know Mr. Nyan, right?
Thanks for all the yummy 2011 page hits, imbecile lovers!!
Posted in Art, Art Review, Booty, Designy, Film, Gadgets, Non-human Life, Sciencey
Tagged 2011, 8 bit, 8_bit, Aled Lewis, Art, artist, blinking, costume, dresses, fireplace, Happy New Year, holiday wreath, illustrations, Jude Buffum, Kunihiko Morinaga, Lars Arrhenius, led, make-up, Nyan, Nyan Cat, panty hose, retro, sexy, Ted Martens, train stations, Ty Lettau
This is just a color shifted image of the scrunchy soap thing I use in the shower.
If you’re a regular reader of Brooklyn Imbecile, you’ll know that I have a bit of a bricks fetish.
I love the pairing of a geometric grid construction coupled with organic, non-rectangular signs of wear and tear, weathering and climate-based chemical reactions.
These bricks come from part of the Brooklyn Queens Expressway in Dumbo, Brooklyn, at York & Adams Streets near the Manhattan Bridge.
Here’s 16 more super saturated deteriorating bricks just for you my friend…
More special bricks here, here, here, here, here, but definitely not here.
Posted in BK, NYC, Art, Designy, Sciencey, Texture
Tagged Adams Street, BQE, Bricks, Brooklyn, Brooklyn Imbecile, Brooklyn Queens Expressway, climate-based chemical reactions, construction, Dumbo, geometric, grid, Imbecile, Manhattan Bridge, non-rectangular, organic, red, saturated, signs of wear and tear, weathering, York Street
From Winthrop Park, Brooklyn
Posted in BK, Greenpoint, Non-human Life, NYC, Sciencey
Tagged Brooklyn, McGolrick Park, tree trunks, trees, Winthrop Park
Urban Canvas was a NYC design contest to pick four designs to use for temporary protective structures for construction sites, obviously in Manhattan and not Brooklyn. Or maybe just places where they know they will actually complete the project.
From E. 70th Street, Manhattan
Posted in Art, Designy, Manhattan, NYC, Sciencey
Tagged construction sites, E. 70th Street, fencing, Manhattan, NYC, urban canvas
