I don’t typically think of this soggy city and surfing together, but after watching the teaser for next week’s London Surf/Film Festival, maybe I should. The festival, 13-15 October, is “a three day celebration of contemporary surf culture showcasing international surfing’s hottest releases, award winning documentaries, independent features and UK Premieres alongside the best short film productions from Britain and Ireland’s leading surf filmmakers. For the full line-up see londonsurffilmfestival.com.“
Blog
Design for The Other 90%
Of the world’s total population of 6.5 billion, 5.8 billion people, or 90%, have little or no access to most of the products and services many of us take for granted; in fact, nearly half do not have regular access to food, clean water, or shelter. Design for the Other 90% explores a growing movement among designers to design low-cost solutions for this “other 90%.†Through partnerships both local and global, individuals and organizations are finding unique ways to address the basic challenges of survival and progress faced by the world’s poor and marginalized.
The exhibition, organized by the NYC’s Cooper-Hewitt museum, will showcase inspiring projects that serve the urban poor in cities around the world. It will be displayed at the United Nations from October 15 through January 9, 2012.
Baby on Board
Saw this custom board on Two Birds Fly and loved the story behind it: “Alex gets a custom every time he and his wife Talia have a baby. This is his second custom from us, the first was a Nat Russell / Michele Junod custom to commemorate the birth of his first daughter Sophie. This one is for his second daughter Tess. Congrats Alex and Talia! Looking forward to baby #3…”
Let There Be Light
After a week of gray skies in this season where the days are getting shorter, the light lovers among us won’t want to miss this weekend’s festival, Bring to Light, in Greenpoint, Brooklyn and other cities around the world on Saturday, October 1st. This free nighttime public festival of art in New York City takes place simultaneously with “nuit blanche†events in cities around the world. Inviting emerging and established artists to make site-specific installations of light, sound, performance and projection art, the event creates an immersive spectacle for thousands of visitors to re-imagine public space and civic life. Bring to Light will transform streets, parks and the industrial waterfront of Greenpoint, Brooklyn set against dramatic views of the Manhattan skyline.
Tim DeChristopher Update
- photo by Daniel Rolnik (Argot & Ochre)
Earlier this month Tim DeChristopher started serving his prison sentence; he is now in a correction facility in California reportedly doing well. He writes updates to Grist blog if you want to hear from him. If you want to be in touch with him, send correspondence here:
Tim DeChristopher
#16156-081
FCI Herlong Federal Correctional Institution
PO Box 800
Herlong, CA 96113
USA
Mollusk Surf Shop
Here’s a cool profile on a nice little surf shop in Williamsburg, Brooklyn—a window into the work of artist/owner, Chris Gentile, as well as his perspective on the NYC surf scene.
The Sheltering Sky
Image Authur Ou
“Whereas the tourist generally hurries back home at the end of a few weeks or months, the traveler, belonging no more to one place than to the next, moves slowly, over periods of years, from one part of the earth to another.â€â€•Â Paul Bowles
DUMBO Arts Festival
Our very own Hope Dector, printmaker and designer of the Harmony Blog, has a project at this weekend’s Dumbo Arts Festival. Don’t miss her collaboration, “Coppercussion/Papercussion,” with sound artist Nick Yulman. For their project they use materials of printmaking, electronics and sound to create a network of automated musical devices.
