Tag: art

  • Some Thoughts On BRIC, Brooklyn’s Beloved Arts Organization

    Jordana and I were recently interviewed by Brooklyn Independent Media about BRIC, Brooklyn’s beloved non-profit arts organization. For 35 years, BRIC’s been driving and reflecting the cultural diversity and creativity of our favorite borough, led by its brilliant visionary, Leslie Schultz. From live music and performing arts (the Celebrate Brooklyn! Performing Arts Festival and BRIClab),…

  • A Simpler Way

    And then there’s the magic of our own neighborhood.  Where one day you can spend the day seeing Ai Weiwei at The Brooklyn Museum through the eyes of a five year old… And playing in the trees of Swoon… Only to wake up the next morning to a note, on a branch, on a tree,…

  • Sometimes I Don’t Aim

    “Had I been blessed with even limited access to my own mind there would have been no reason to write. I write entirely to find out what I’m thinking, what I’m looking at, what I see and what it means. What I want and what I fear.” – Jane Hischfield     Ever write a…

  • The Sneaker Life

    (Artist unknown, London, 2013)

  • Happy Holidays

    I had some fun making a video for my team as a warm-up for our holiday party, tonight.  I’m so proud of everyone at Scratch for their incredible work this year — our biggest and best ever.  This represents the first time I’ve ever been turned into a Belgian action star from the 90’s…  

  • Figurative Sidewalk Stain

    (Artist unknown, Brooklyn, 2013)

  • Trying Out My New Starbucks Name

    Amorpha is a genus of plants in the pea family, Fabaceae.  It’s also the name made famous by this SNL skit: Inspired by countless visits to Starbucks in which my name and my friends’ names are mis-transposed onto cups via green or black markers, I set out to test my new “Starbucks Name” in the field.  Each time I’m asked for my name…

  • An Urban Arts Project I Hope You’ll Consider

    The Textile Arts Center’s Artists In Residence Program is a project my wife, Jordana Munk Martin, started a few years ago at Oak Knit Studio, her Brooklyn-based art space.  It’s a one-of-a-kind program that incubates emerging textile artists from around the world, showcases their work, and activates local and national communities around DIY creative projects. There are so many ways…

  • “Two things of opposite natures seem to depend / On one another”

    I’ve probably learned as much about creativity + business from Wallace Stevens as I have from anyone… from Notes Toward a Supreme Fiction IV Two things of opposite natures seem to depend On one another, as a man depends On a woman, day on night, the imagined On the real. This is the origin of change. Winter and…

  • “Fresh Guacamole”: A New Stop Motion Short from PES

    Stop-motion slight of hand’s not new, but in the hands of PES, every cut’s a surprise… From Colassal: In his first stop motion short in over a year, animator PES (previously) has just released this brilliant companion piece to his groundbreaking 2008 cooking video Western Spaghetti. I’m happy to report this new clip is every bit…