Riot Special Forces policemen load a helicopter with six tons of marijuana found in a bunker during a raid in the Morro do Alemão shantytown on November 28, 2010 in Rio de Janeiro. (EVARISTO SA/AFP/Getty Images) #Rio’s drug war – The Big Picture – Boston.com
A resident holding a baby hides behind a door as an armored police vehicle patrols during an operation at the Complexo do Alemão slum in Rio de Janeiro on Sunday, Nov. 28, 2010. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)
Awesome to FINALLY see this out in the wild. 🙂 Our friends at the GAP put some “add to foursquare” button love in their banner ads for the holiday season. The ads are totally interactive. Theyll either recognize my location and suggest GAP locations nearby (where you can add the item or a deal to your “to do” list) or allow me to change my location to add my “to-do” at a GAP further away.
For this one, you can add a “to-do” reminding you to take advantage of a 30% off deal. See here
I’d love to see this on every retail website out there. It’s the offline “like” button and makes a TON of sense. GAP, you are awesome.
p.s. thanks @canchn for letting us know this was out there, live!
great integration with foursquare, loving the new Gap banner!
Love this shelf.
i love that little spiderman peeping out from the wall
my sister, captured in one of those rare moments when she’s not bossing me around 🙂
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UM FROM MY BUDDY MIGUEL. SO AMAZING
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To test the limits of the relationship between performer and audience, Marina Abramović developed one of her most challenging (and best-known) performances. She assigned a passive role to herself, with the public being the force which would act on her.
Abramović had placed upon a table 72 objects that people were allowed to use (a sign informed them) in any way that they chose. Some of these were objects that could give pleasure, while others could be wielded to inflict pain, or to harm her. Among them were scissors, a knife, a whip, and, most notoriously, a gun and a single bullet. For six hours the artist allowed the audience members to manipulate her body and actions.
Initially, members of the audience reacted with caution and modesty, but as time passed (and the artist remained impassive) several people began to act quite aggressively. As Abramović described it later:
“The experience I learned was that…if you leave decision to the public, you can be killed.” … “I felt really violated: they cut my clothes, stuck rose thorns in my stomach, one person aimed the gun at my head, and another took it away. It created an aggressive atmosphere. After exactly 6 hours, as planned, I stood up and started walking toward the public. Everyone ran away, escaping an actual confrontation.”
She is such an amazing thinker in her approach to society.
(the same woman who had the staring exhibit at the Moma)
great halloween costume.
wait, what?
Whenever possible, I avoid writing about camera gear. The photographer takes the picture, not the equipment. Few people care what kind of typewriter Hemingway used. IN AFGHANISTAN
A Year at War James Dao and Damon Winter continue following the men and women of First Battalion, 87th Infantry of the 10th Mountain Division.But it happens that Mr. Winter quickly realized — after trying a few shots — that his iPhone would be an effective way to capture the day-to-day trials of the First Battalion, 87th Infantry of the 10th Mountain Division in northern Afghanistan. “Composing with the iPhone is more casual and less deliberate,” Mr. Winter said. “And the soldiers often take photos of each other with their phones, so they were more comfortable than if I had my regular camera.”