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Eco-Visualization: Aesthetics for Sustainability
by Juliet Helmke • April 10th, 2013
Juliet Helmke traces the origins and prospects of a genre of art that aims to educate and more effectively influence consumer behavior through the reinterpretation of ecological data.
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Roundup — Re-Owning Payphones, Building Hudson Yards, Transforming the Library, Planning the Post-Sandy City plus Art, Theater, and Energy Events To Do
by Urban Omnibus • December 7th, 2012
RE-OWN THE PAYPHONE On Monday, in an attempt to modernize the city’s payphone infrastructure, Mayor Bloomberg, Rahul N. Merchant, Commissioner of the Department...
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The Cultural Organizer as Urbanist: A Conversation with José Serrano-McClain
by Urban Omnibus • December 5th, 2012
An artist, community organizer, and social entrepreneur discusses museum-community partnerships, crowdfunding public art, and emerging trends in socially engaged creative projects.
LMNOP, Welling Court Mural Project, 2012 | Photo by Garret Ziegler
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Field Trip: Welling Court Mural Project
by Ian Veidenheimer • November 14th, 2012
Welling Court is a ten-minute walk from the raised N and Q subway stop overlooking 30th avenue in Astoria. The...
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Sequence of Light: A Conversation with Leo Villareal
by Urban Omnibus • October 24th, 2012
With two new sculptures now on view in New York City, artist Leo Villareal talks with us about finding inspiration in nanotechnology, creating communal experiences, and capturing the beauty and power of light.
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Disappearing Histories: A Conversation with Christopher Payne
by Urban Omnibus • October 3rd, 2012
Christopher Payne -- whose photographs have documented abandoned structures, obsolete industrial processes, and American craftsmanship -- discusses photography's potential to remind us of our disappearing histories.
Unseen Machine
Undercity: The Infrastructural Explorations of Steve Duncan
by Urban Omnibus • August 22nd, 2012
Steve Duncan -- historian, photographer and explorer -- reflects on wastewater infrastructure, underground rivers, and the thrills and urban lessons he's discovered beneath the surface of cities.
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Portfolio: Hidden in Plain Sight
by Scott Nyerges • July 27th, 2012
Street art changes like the weather (even if the weather is only an orange thunderstorm atop an abandoned luncheonette). Walls...
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Review: Peter Baker's Sweet Home
by Yael Friedman • July 18th, 2012
Recently, author and art critic Rick Moody led a small tour through the 2012 Yale MFA Photography Thesis Show, Group...
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Civic Action Charrette
by Urban Omnibus • June 27th, 2012
Thirteen designers and planners spend an afternoon with the League and the Noguchi Museum, drawing and thinking about how to advance a holistic, culture-led vision of Long Island City's possible futures.
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