A friendly assortment of pictures from Alex’s show.
Patrick Proctor’s Sine Waves Hit Openhouse
The organ-like tune that blanketed guests in a sea of calm was actually a slow mix of 100% pure sine waves. 100% definite this was the first time a tidal wave of sines hit Openhouse Gallery.
New Orleans Jazz Fest is an ultimate pop up. Go backstage with the food vendors
The annual Jazz Fest celebration in New Orleans spans two weekends and brings more than 300,000 music fans down to the Big Easy. Openhouse’s Greg Spielberg headed down to NOLA for the weekend and went backstage with food vendors serving up everything from crawfish mac-n-cheese to seafood enchiladas. Hear the stories of vendors who come from all around the state … Read More
Patrick Proctor’s GridMusic lets guests make the music + the art. Come reinvent space
Patrick Proctor is a London School of Economics and Oberlin College grad so you know his art’s gonna be cerebral. “When you have a piece of music, who’s in charge of it,” Proctor asks. In this case, it’ll be the guests of GridMusic, tonight’s show at Openhouse Gallery from 7-10 pm. Proctor’s installation records the sound in the room and … Read More
Love + Paint artist Alexander Esguerra discusses brand-building in the 21st century
We take every object around us for granted, but we don’t realize that someone sketched that, designed that, or had a pet peeve and fixed it.
Pop-Up Magazine = Serious Journalism + Fun Divided by Live Performance + Time Limit
The brilliance of Pop-Up + ESPN’s issue was that it blended strong journalism with timeless fun. That’s right, timeless fun.
Artist’s pop-up hunger strike in Soho targets New Yorker magazine writer Tad Friend
Perry, second from left, says he’ll be a fixture in Petrosino Square until the New Yorker owns up to its mistakes. Hunger in Soho? Impossible, except in Kenmare Square where artist and former substitute teacher John Perry is on Day 3 of his hunger strike. Perry is protesting Tad Friend’s New Yorker article from last summer, a piece Perry says … Read More
Audi Urban Future Initiative Exhibit at Openhouse Saturday through Monday
Saturday from noon to 7 pm, Sunday from 11 am-7 pm and Monday from 11 am-7 pm.
Asia dog, the roving hot dog pop up, sits, stays and sets up shop on kenmare in nolita
Hot dog vendors are the original New York pop up shops. From the steps of the Museum of Natural History to the corner of Times Square, they’re a beacon for hungry New Yorkers on the move. Ketchup, mustard, relish, sauerkraut, a double serving of napkins and we’re gone down the street scarfing and wolfing that dog down. Word has it … Read More
Saucony’s minimalistic Hattori, Mirage and Kinvara 2 shoes put journalists on the run
The treads on the Hattori line are 4 mm compared to the industry average of about 12 mm…