Global Graphica

While part of the Global Graphica team is temporarily in Tokyo, back in here in New York City, we’ve been seeing some cool stuff on the video-projection front. We’ve put together a short clip from some footage Van shot of the recent MoMA video projection event above the Deitch Wall in SoHo. The projection, which displayed user-generated images on a loop, coincided with the recent Kraftwerk retrospective and concerts series at the museum.

Manhattan Skyline, See Ya Later: A shot of the Manhattan skyline as seen from a car on the BQE, an expressway in New York City that’s our regular route to the airport. Global Graphica is decamping to Tokyo for a few days, where we will be live-blogging.

Nissan’s NYC “taxi of the future” caught here in the wild at the corner of Houston and Crosby streets in downtown New York City. Nissan debuted these at the recent New York auto show and is being contracted to develop this as the prototype taxi of the future NYC fleet of cabs. A few are already in service in the city.

Fresh wheat-paste street artwork by Brooklyn-based artist Bast at one of the usual spots on Crosby Street in SoHo.

High heels on the dance floor at the Tribeca Film Festival wrap party.

The Heineken honeycomb attracts all the curious bees. We found the most interesting Venezuelan photographer here. Life is synchronicity connecting like the links uniting each comb. Keep exploring. – Ryan

Originality on deck at west 21st in Chelsea. We are here for the finale of the TriBeCa Film Festival and the decks are spinning, emerald green emerging from the floor, pushing up though the bass in between the concrete. The crowd is subdued, wont for intensity, douche bag quotient peaking, present company notwithstanding, but ultimately alive in the dude rocking the N98 Brasil track jacket. – Ryan

We’ve passed the blog-posting controls to Ryan, with whom we’ve been drinking at the massive open bar at the TriBeCa Film Festival wrap party in Chelsea.

Ryan is going to guest-live-blog for a couple of posts. Take it away, Ryan.

We’re doing a little bit of live-blogging from the TriBeCa Film Festival Wrap party in New York City. The event winds down the festival and is a heavily branded example of aggressive corporate sponsorship.

Heineken, the beer brand, has sponsored the party and its branding is everywhere in the party space, a gargantuan warehouse on W. 21st, in the heart of the Chelsea art gallery district.

The warehouse has been designed with the Heineken’s logos and a lighting system that bathes the venue in the green color of the beer brand’s bottles and cans. A giant red Heineken star hangs from the ceiling.

They know what they’re doing and they’re doing it well.

We had the privilege of talking with reporter Susan Campeau of Radio Canada for an upcoming show about street art stickers.

Pic below of Van being interviewed by Susan in front of some street artwork by ASVP in Freeman’s Alley, in the Lower East Side of New York City.

“Love Me” sticker on Kenmare Street in Nolita, in downtown New York City.