Tragic Time Capsules: Capturing the Decay of Forgotten Olympic Venues
Photographer Jon Pack and filmmaker Gary Hustwit are taking a close look at what the Olympic Games leave behind. Cities spend billions getting themselves all dolled up for the big dance, but what happens to all those old prom dresses? Some of the grand structures built for the Olympics have had second lives as malls, churches, even prisons; others have fallen into desuetude.
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Flowchart: Are You Watching the Olympics?
It’s our biennial celebration of questionable marketing contracts, sports we’d never otherwise watch, and yes, human potential.
Illustration by Corinna Loo
While in the spirit of the #Olympics, check out Sport Shadows by photographer Kelvin Murray.
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Kickstarter Beats Out the Government in Funding the Arts
- Yasha Wallin posted in Creativity, Art and Kickstarter
Since its inception, crowd-funding site Kickstarter has funded more than $600 million in arts projects, and $323.6 million in 2012 alone. The National Endowment for the Arts only has an annual budget of $146 million, of which only 80 percent are grants. Individual donors have long been the backbone of the art world (arts nonprofits spent $60 billion last year), the disparity in collective action supporting the arts on Kickstarter versus the government is cause for concern—and reflection.
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Solving the issues of bulky bike locks is something we definitely think is a great idea, and this design is pretty elegant. No more stretched out back pockets! Bikers rejoice!
See more of our favorite projects on Kickstarter on our curated projects page.
TiGr: Titanium Lock as Cool as your Bike by John Loughlin — Kickstarter
Our friend and former managing editor, Patrick James, has posted his latest film project on Kickstarter. Moving Takahashi sounds like a film that will contain a lot of charm and heart, and we’re eager to see it get made!
Watch the project video to learn more, and make sure to visit their Kickstarter page if you wish to donate.
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Infographic: What’s Different About The 2012 Olympics? Social Media, Basically
How much bigger is social media in 2012 than it was in 2008? Three times? Ten times? Try 100 times.
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Kickstarting Urban Renewal with an Underground Park
A Kickstarter campaign is seeking to transform a defunct trolley terminal in Manhattan into a public space. After about a week the project founders, Dan Barasch and James Ramsey, have already raised 60 percent of what they need to make the “Delancey Underground” a reality.
Shake the Dust: Hip-hop and break-dancing for social good
Last week, LA based filmmaker Adam Sjöberg launched a Kickstarter campaign aiming to fund his latest project about hip-hop and break-dancing in developing countries called Shake the Dust.
Check out the project here.
100-Mile Houses Expand the Locavore Movement From Food to Architecture
The rise of the locavore movement introduced millions of people to the 100-mile diet, which involves eating only food produced within one’s own region. Now, a new focus on sustainable architecture is applying the same concept to homes.
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