creative time w/ mike nelson

got the chance to check out the newest mike nelson installation yesterday - it's pretty amazing. in a partnership with creative time and the city, he took over the unused essex street market building on the lower east side and painstakingly created a parallel world. you enter through an old chinese restaurant on delancey street and then make your way through a maze of interconnected rooms and passageways, each decorated with material the artist has found or salvaged.

see the full set over on flickr

related
the NYT ran an article on this a few weeks back, read their writeup here

more shots after the expansion

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chinatown from above

yesterday jake and i checked out the views from a couple of rooftops in chinatown.

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apostle of hustle

apostle of hustle is playing the mercury lounge every monday night this month.
listen to "my swords hand's anger" off of the newest record here or check out their myspace.

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