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A Murakami Grows in Brooklyn
Today I took an afternoon trek to the Brooklyn Museum for the Takashi Murakami show. It’s an exhibit that was originally put together by the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) in LA. The New York Times calls Mr. Murakami the Japanese version of Andy Warhol in their review of the show. There is a Louis Vuitton shop right in the middle of the exhibit selling extremely expensive bags. When my friend and I priced out a small bag at $1600, we decided it was more a stunt than a true shopping experience.
There are many incredible pieces to the exhibit. Near the beginning there are 3 sculptures of eroticized anime-style female cyborgs. The 3 life-size sculptures show the transformation of this anime woman from winged techy nymph to rocket ship. I wasn’t able to photograph personally, it but have found a photo of it (click the thumbnail for a larger view) from the Gothamist’s preview of the show.
The exhibit is one of the most enjoyable times I’ve spent at a museum in recent memory. I dare you to go and not come out in a better mood than you went in. And by the way, at first glance this might seem like an ideal show for kids, but be warned, there’s some pretty explicit sexual themes in the work.
When the show was at the MOCA, the museum produced a series of videos about the exhibit. There are 8 videos in all. The first is before the jump. To view the rest, just click through to the rest of the article.
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I Folded Up My Bike and Put It In My Closet: The Curve
Living in a New York apartment means never having enough space. Some people have bike rooms in their apartment building in New York, but mine doesn’t. What’s a person to do? One option is to just deal with it and find some way to hang a bike or just dedicate some of your precious floor space to a bike. Another way is to find a bike that you can fold up and put away when you’re not using it. That’s what I did.
The Curve by Dahon, selling for about $400, has 16” wheels, much smaller than typical bike wheels which are around 24”. With those smaller tires, it’s more difficult to go really fast. I don’t think that’s a problem given that I ride my bike in New York. It’s also got 3 gears which has been fine for city riding so far.
The Dahon site says the Curve will fold in about 15 seconds. I bet it’s more like 45 seconds for me, but I’m sure that will just take some practice. It weighs 25 pounds.
If this bike isn’t geeky enough for you, check out the post that holds the seat, it has a “hidden” floor pump to fill the tires with air. Cool.
Click the small images to view larger pics of the bike.
A Geeky Spin Chilling a Cocktail - Round Ice Cubes
I found these funky ice cube trays at the MOMA store in Soho in NYC. The “cubes” are about 2 inches in circumference. (Am I using that term correctly? From the North Pole to the South Pole of the round ice “cube” is 2 inches. Well, you get what I mean.) They are $7 each and only make 2 ice cubes globes. I bought 3 of them, spending a crazy $21 so my ice is not only cool, but hip.
Update on March 29, 2008: I see these are now available on MoMA’s web site. Click here to visit their product page.