Art, Design, Fashion & Urban Culture

The Super Bowl is an advertising bonanza, a snack food orgy and—oh yeah—a football game. An original GOOD Video.

Zentai is a Japanese term for skin-tight suits worn to cover the whole body. Thought to be either a contraction of zenshin taitsu, "full-body tights," or derive directly from the term for "full body," Zentai is a lifestyle choice for people interested in transforming from their natural identity into a colorful, faceless form.

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In an effort to establish new platforms for public art and performance, the multimedia duo SWEATSHOPPE (Bruno Levy and Blake Shaw) has developed a new interactive technology that enables them to explore the relationship between video, mark making and architecture. Dubbed "video painting", this technology allows them to essentially "paint" video onto any surface. Shooting in Queens, Brooklyn, and Manhattan, the duo spent weeks documenting their work in urban settings to create "The Landing" the first in a series of episodes that showcases their work as artist, technologist and performers. www.sweatshoppe.org www.myspace.com/sweatshoppe www.brunolevy.com

METROPOLIS ART PRIZE ENTRY 2009

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Lt. Steve Mona, of the NYC Vandal Squad, will come after you if you write graffiti in his town.

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In India there is an old tradition that motivates Indian people to roll from one end of the country to the other at a certain time of year. This is done as a sign of gratitude after ones wishes have come true. Daniel came across this man in the desert of Rajasthan after 8 days and nights of rolling. An interview was out of the question due to dizzyness... all he could do was spell his name.

In Queens there is a scene emerging, of young Trinidadians who are obsessed with customizing their BMX bikes with the fattest sound-systems they can possibly hook them up with. They cycle around playing every genre of music they want, from reggae to hip hop – but most importantly played loud.

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James Kalm joins throngs of fans, admirers and groupies to elbow his way through “The End of an Era” the latest offering from Damien Hirst. With his worldwide fame peaking from the recent auction of his work, which coincided with the global economic crisis, in “End of an Era Hirst” plays out his opulent critique of materialism. Featuring a pickled bull, a gold-plated case with nearly 30,000 manufactured diamonds and photorealistic paintings of renowned gems this show displays a wide variety of medium and approaches used by the artist..

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Along the hike from the Caribbean coast to the Ciudad Perdida "The Lost City" in the jungle clad mountains of the Sierra Nevada we visited a cocaine lab run by a coca farmer. How do you make cocaine? Take some coca leaves, a number of nasty substances, add some bullets, some scary paramilitary soldiers, a dash of guerrillas, some corrupt cops and a pinch of coca farmer, and you've got one of the world's deadliest drug ***tails.