In 2004, Terrence Fisher watched his best friend die at the hands of an NYC police officer. This innocent teen’s death outraged Bed-Stuy residents, and Fisher and his friends fought back by organizing protests and filming this documentary, which headlines this week’s Reel NY. 5 other short films follow. Watch all online.
Summer has a kind of Jekyll/Hyde duality. As appealing as outdoor events might sound – concerts and plays in the park, hot dog eating contests on the boardwalk – I find myself seeking cool indoor places. Two major art shows currently on view reflect this external/internal tension, and not simply because of the obvious settings.
Hamza Ibrahim is a refugee from Darfur who now lives in the Kensington neighborhood of Brooklyn. He told WIDE ANGLE about growing up in Darfur, driving a taxi in New York City, and collecting clothes and school supplies to send to people living in refugee camps back home. See story…
Byrne discusses his 9,000-square-foot, interactive, site-specific installation that transforms the interior of the Battery Maritime Building at the tip of Manhattan into a massive sound sculpture that all visitors are invited to sit and “play.” Watch the interview…
Tune in to see “The Waterfalls: Making Public Art” tonight at 8pm on Thirteen, but also visit our new site all about Public Art. Read more….
Called, ‘MoleSafe’, it was developed in New Zealand to detect melanoma early. But the first U.S. clinic to adopt the technology is in northern NJ. Watch the story…
Clay Felker, the prolific magazine editor and founder of New York Magazine, died today, July 1, 2008, at his home in Manhattan. He was 82. In April of 1995, he was interviewed by Charlie Rose.
The 19th century had a love affair with the Arabic Middle East. But “Orientalism” in architecture, when processed by creative Western designers, also served as a root of modern design. Watch lecture by historian Barry Lewis.
Eliasson talks about the Waterfalls project, how the placement of the falls reflects NYC as a whole, and more about the construction and conceptualization of the project. The interview took place on May 21, 2008 for the documentary The Waterfalls: Making Public Art, watchable in it’s entirety online.
The festival with films about New York begins today, June 27th and lasts through August 1st. Thirteen will air a new film each Friday night at 12:30am.
