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As a design professional, I'm used to the concept that communities don't like change. When I read that the Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Arts (MoCADA) was presenting an exhibit to examine how urban planning, eminent domain, and real estate development are affecting Brooklyn's communities, I was admittedly hesitant about a topic that… 
App-lovers take note: the NYC Economic Development Corporation has presented the winners of its NYC BigApps contest. The winners, who received cash prizes ranging from $500 to $5,000, include the grand prize-winning WayFinder NYC, an augmented reality application that helps users find the nearest…
02 05 10 • by Urban Omnibus • art, broadway, climate change, excess capacity, infrastructure, iPhone, manhattan, maps, open source, photography, roundup, street, technology, traffic, transit
Drinks with performance artists tend to keep you on your toes. You're always wondering if something they say, the way they walk, or the thing they're holding in their left hand might be part of the act: a highly scripted, reactive, and meaningful performance intended for your immediate apprehension and interpretation in…
UPDATED: Breaking Ground – A Public Charrette is a site-specific choreography workshop that will be held in one of New York City’s most intriguing sites. Led by nationally acclaimed choreographer Joanna Haigood, the workshop offers participants a unique opportunity to work across disciplines to explore movement composition within the context of architecture, history, and public spaces.
Almost 35 million vehicles use the Holland Tunnel each year to pass between New Jersey and Manhattan under the Hudson River. Probably very few of these drivers think twice about the inner workings of the piece of infrastructure that makes their commute not only easier, but possible.
Lucky for us, Heather L. Johnson let curiosity…
Designers! There is still space for you to take part in a stimulating charrette tomorrow afternoon at the Noguchi Museum. Design in 5 is a group of the League that provides unique opportunities and activities for designers of all disciplines five years or less out of school in order…
Remember when Jesse Shapins and Brian House showed us how citizens of all stripes could magically morph into "critical media artists," using a handy little experiential dictionary as a point of departure? Well now Jesse has teamed up with Kara Oehler, Ann Heppermann and James Burns and the…
10 15 09 • by Urban Omnibus • art, collaborative documentary, elsewhere, locative media, maps, public art
Safari 7 is back! Actually, it never went away. But starting next Thursday you can delve deeper into the 3D maps, drawings and podcasts that illuminate the ecosystems along this urban transect that runs from Times Square to Flushing.
OPENING: THU 7-9PM OCTOBER 15
LOCATION: Studio-X 180 Varick Street, Ste 1610 New…
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Artist and urban planner Neil Freeman reflects on ways web-based art practice, urban planning data and tireless neighborhood exploration can inform each other, using his own work as a case study.
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Artists and educators Jesse Shapins and Brian House discuss new directions in urban media arts, connecting maps, dictionaries and the tools of design education.
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