UbuWeb has recently added 4 films by Gordon Matta-Clark: Tree Dance (1971), Fresh Kill (1972), Day's End (1975) and Office Baroque (1977). View full entry
Researchers at Harvard University have developed a polymer that is coated with living muscle cells. These "Muscular Thin Films" can bend, roll up, and writhe when electricity is applied to them, and could have many uses, including integration into soft robotic devices. Link View full entry
Berlin-New York Dialogues: Building in Context, an exhibition at the Center for Architecture on La Guardia Place in Greenwich Village, compares Berlin's Chausseestrasse district with NY's Red Hook. NYT View full entry
Bryan Berg spends much of his life in a house of cards. Literally. Berg, the Guinness World Record-honored "Cardstacker," has devoted his career to building houses of playing cards -- and skyscrapers, domes, cathedrals and stadiums, too. mmm...smells like 3dh, too View full entry
Designboom reviews, Natural Architecture. The "Natural Architecture movement" is characterized by the work of a number of artists, designers and architects whose pieces are simple, humble and built using the most basic materials and skills. Via DesignBoom View full entry
J B Mollitt called me 25 minutes ago and said there are more important things in life than picking cotton in Archinect. He asked me if I could cover up for Canada.No problem. I love the maple leaf. Ich bin ein Kanadisch. Seriously, get well soon J.B., let's see what I can do. Another Canadian... View full entry
"As hard as it is to find enough space for a family in New York City, the Census Bureau reports that the number of young children living in Manhattan increased by more than 30 percent between 2000 and 2006. And stroller-clogged sidewalks, child-friendly cafes and busy online message boards for... View full entry
Turrell is also a perfectionist, and a stickler for details. "Dividing the Light" is a $2.26-million project that occupies a public space and is subject to all the rules and regulations ...It was constructed in collaboration with consulting architects Marmol Radziner + Associates, AIA and Amazing... View full entry
The Museum of Modern Art in New York City opened on this day in 1929. MoMA is the subject of Today's Pictures @ Slate. previously 1 | 2 View full entry
A Change is in the works that could go a long way toward making alternative energy less alternative, and more attractive to consumers and businesses. The change would come from Washington, if Congress does what it has talked about and puts a price tag on greenhouse-gas emissions. NYT View full entry
He was surrealism's great champion, a friend to Magritte and Dalí. But Edward James's lasting legacy was an extraordinary tropical idyll he built in Mexico. Joanna Moorhead travels into the jungle to report on plans to restore Las Pozas. Guardian View full entry
Hollywood writers took to the sidewalks, if not quite the streets, on Monday, as last-ditch bargaining failed to avert the first industrywide strike in more than 19 years. NYT | Video | Slideshow | NPR | discuss View full entry
About 80,000 people in 17 towns remained isolated by the floods, which have left 800,000 people homeless. Rumours circulated that crocodiles were prowling the murky waters. smh l more View full entry
Takeover , the brainchild of younger staff members in BAM's marketing department, included art installations, raucous bands, D.J.’s and a Lindsay Lohan midcareer retrospective at BAMcinématek, all for $15. It has been variously interpreted as a gimmicky promotional ploy and an... View full entry
Even as an unpaid grad student writing for a school paper, I feel a sense of accountability toward whatever modest readership I might manage to amass. And it seems that some were displeased with what I had to say last week regarding computing! If you missed my point entirely, I can’t help... View full entry