The french Brooklynite migrated to a new hood for an afternoon - yes, I’m very adventurous! - to discover Long Island City, its art galleries AND the MoMa Annex > P.S.1
Now you must wonder why a furry, wooly Mammoth… Have a look at the photos, it will make much more sense!
On Saturdays afternoon, during summertime, music performance are housed within the architectural installation created by the winner of the annual P.S.1 Young Architects Program and the structure displayed this year makes me think of a giant creature that blows a very pleasant mist to cool you down after dancing and sweating like cavemen
On Memorial Day, I had a chance to finally get out of New York city, yes after more than a year, it was time! I followed my friends out of the state, took the bus at 7 in the morning in Chinatown NY and arrived one hour and a half later in Chinatown Philadelphia.
We went there without any expectations. The idea was just a day off somewhere else.
We skipped the historical district, we just had a look at the Liberty Bell, passed a few Memorial Day ceremonies, then got lost in the downtown area, had a HUGE and excellent Philly Cheesesteak, tried the subway, just for fun, and finished our trip with the famous stairs you can see in the movie Rocky.
I’m not going into details, here’s a slideshow with things that inspired me that day.
This is not about money (note: these days we only count money in billions..) but about rats. It is a real rat invasion in Soho-NY that happened in less than 2 weeks. It all started with this one next to my office a few days after Lehman Brothers’ fall.
At the corner of Broadway and Howard St.
Then a few blocks away on Grand St and Wooster:
Another one on West Houston:
And the last one on Canal St and West Broadway:
The artist behind this is Banksy, a British graffiti artist. His artwork is well known for being satirical about politics, culture and ethics…
A few question still remain.. why rats? why SoHo? is there more artwork to come?
People are still debating whether it is Banksy or not… I have a clue: I found his Signature Rat next to one of these artwork…
