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Monthly Archives: January 2009
No Pants 2009
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edited by Matt Adams / song by Tyler Walker
On Saturday, January 10th, 2009 nearly 2,500 people took off their pants on subways in 22 cities around the world. In New York’s 8th Annual No Pants! Subway Ride, Improv Everywhere had over 1,200 participants, spread out over four subway lines. Check out the IE site for tons of photos, including one photo from each of the regional rides around the world.
Thought Bubbles in Brooklyn
Katie Sokoler and Matt Adams decorated the streets of Brooklyn with some awesome “thought bubbles” and then waited for the perfect moment to capture photos of people walking under them.
See more at Color Me Katie.
Reminds us of Ji Lee’s Bubble Project.
Ring of Shopping Carts
Manhole Oreo
Brazil’s 6emeia transforms storm drains, manholes, and other urban fixtures with paint.
The 6emeia project was created and developed by the artists Anderson Augusto, also known as SÃO, and Leonardo Delafuente, also known as Delafuente. The duo live in the Barra Funda neighborhood of São Paulo where they began the project with the purpose of changing and transforming daily life
Go Around Twice if You’re Happy
Written and directed by Vincent Fichard and Matthew Jones in Dubai in October 2007, this video sets out to prove that while parrots repeat, cars talk. The first minute shows the set up and is a little slow, gets good at 1:11.
(Thanks Josh)
40 Greatest Pranks 2
(Improv Everywhere clip from the first 40 Greatest Pranks)
Tonight at 9 PM VH1 is debuting 40 Greatest Pranks 2. We’re not sure if that means these pranks have replaced the previous list of the 40 greatest, or if they should be considered the 41st through 80th greatest pranks. Either way, Improv Everywhere’s No Shirts prank is #9. Set your DVR!
UPDATE: Here is the video from 40 Greatest Pranks 2
Pacman Pranks
There are dozens of videos on YouTube featuring real life Pacman chases. Most take place in college lecture halls or high school classrooms. Here are a few of our favorites:
Umpatriots at the University of Michigan (2005):
Pachax at Case Western Reserve University (2005):
Pachax at Case Western Reserve University (2006):
Also of interest is the very cool PacManhattan project from 2004 in New York, and this Go! Team video shot in 2007:
Skate or Die
Here’s Mark Jenkins‘ latest installation, this time in Bordeaux, France. The fallen skater is a dummy, in case that’s not obvious. I wonder how he got it out there?
Giant Tetris Pieces
Artists from the Gaffa Gallery installed a series of falling giant Tetris pieces in an alleyway in Sydney. They write:
There are grand implications of error here that lead to questions, such as who exactly has been playing Giant Tetris? What were they trying to do? Could I have done better? Is the city grid similar to a computer game or different? What brain-space am I in when I’m playing games on my computer? Is it more or less alert than when I’m waiting in line for a sandwich? The work seeks to challenge conceptions of the North end of Sydney’s CBD as an orderly, socially cold grid and beckons viewers to assess their own level of interaction, play and hacking within the city