Cardboard Tube Fighting League

Monday, July 13th, 2009

Captures from the video.

The Seattle Cardboard Tube Fighting league hosted a tournament: Saturday in Philadelphia on the Art Museum steps (made famous in Rocky),and Sunday in McCarren Park, Brooklyn, New York. It was a free event, and the League provided the lightweight cardboard tubes. You want your tube to survive the duel while your opponent’s [...]

Santacon NYC 2008

Sunday, December 14th, 2008

Update: Now with more Santas, part 2 of the video is embedded below.
Both videos are mildly NSFW, mostly for language.

I regard Santacon and other roving gatherings as street art, people expressing themselves in public. I was torn between capturing the event on video and dancing down the street. This year I pretty much [...]

The Manhattan Street Corners

Friday, December 5th, 2008

Between March and November, 2006, Richard Howe systematically photographed each of the island’s roughly 11,000 street corners. At the moment he has approximately half of the photos on his site. Accessing a specific corner is difficult, but you can take virtual strolls up and down the various avenues until you get to the corner you [...]

Ghost Bike Decorations

Saturday, August 23rd, 2008

What that durn red nosed dog placed on the Brandie Bailey ghost bike’s seat is an irreverent but not totally unaesthetic addition. Those artificial flowers, still vibrant from the memorial in May, have tarted up the bike of late, possibly drawing the attention of the dog. Previously real flowers were used and [...]

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