Want to get cultured? Have a relative in NYC for the weekend and want to show them some great art. Skip the lines and the crowds and head over to Anna Maria Pizza at North 7th Street & Bedford Avenue and check out their filthy bathroom.
It’s amazing in here..
This is truly a mass collaboration between local and international artists that have created a single, beautifully textured, thought-provoking installation of art that I guarantee will be less disappointing than the shit you may see at New York’s “finer institutions” and it’s free!
And just like at The Met, I suggest not touching anything!
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.
It’s the other Statue of Liberty, behind the Brooklyn Museum, in the Brooklyn Botanic Garden’s parking lot. This statue was made over 100 years ago made by an unknown artist to be adorned on top of a rich dude’s tall (at that time) 8 story building, which apparently wasn’t uncommon when Lady Liberty was still very young.
What’s interesting is that she’s got a random pile of moss growing at her base.. or they kind of look like “droppings”.
