Jason Collins Becomes First Major American Team Sport Athlete to ‘Come Out’. 

I don’t know what’s more surprising: his revelation or the sad fact he is the first to do so. Grande props to you Mr. Collins. It takes some major cojones to do what you did. 

PROFILIN’: Jason Collins

What Does New York City Sound Like? One of the best parts of living in New York City is the snippets of conversations you catch on the street. “She lives in Brooklyn, like a real person,” was something I just overheard in Union Square a few minutes ago. “For every action, there is a social media overreaction,” someone just said in the Goldman Sachs elevator (at least, according to @GSElevator on Twitter). But it’s not just the hilariously out-of-context sound bites that make walking down a New York sidewalk a special kind of experience; it’s also the polyphonic blend of sirens wailing, cars honking, and subways rumbling beneath your feet. And starting on May 1st, visitors to the Garis & Hahn Gallery in Manhattan’s Lower East Side will be able to let the sounds of the city wash over them—via an interactive audio installation called Streetscape Symphony, set up by five collaborating artists: Bettina Zerza (ZERZA Architects), Lauren Sinreich (ArtHere), Dave Rife (ARUP), Gabe Liberti(The Criterion Collection), and Kevin Siwoff (Google). The exhibition is part of the New Museum’s Ideas City festival, a four-day-long conference that aims to “explore the future of cities around the globe” through art and culture. This year’s theme is “untapped capital”—and the Streetscape Symphony team interpreted that as the often-neglected aspect of sonic design in public spaces. READ MORE
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What Does New York City Sound Like?

One of the best parts of living in New York City is the snippets of conversations you catch on the street. “She lives in Brooklyn, like a real person,” was something I just overheard in Union Square a few minutes ago. “For every action, there is a social media overreaction,” someone just said in the Goldman Sachs elevator (at least, according to @GSElevator on Twitter).

But it’s not just the hilariously out-of-context sound bites that make walking down a New York sidewalk a special kind of experience; it’s also the polyphonic blend of sirens wailing, cars honking, and subways rumbling beneath your feet. And starting on May 1st, visitors to the Garis & Hahn Gallery in Manhattan’s Lower East Side will be able to let the sounds of the city wash over them—via an interactive audio installation called Streetscape Symphony, set up by five collaborating artists: Bettina Zerza (ZERZA Architects), Lauren Sinreich (ArtHere), Dave Rife (ARUP), Gabe Liberti(The Criterion Collection), and Kevin Siwoff (Google).

The exhibition is part of the New Museum’s Ideas City festival, a four-day-long conference that aims to “explore the future of cities around the globe” through art and culture. This year’s theme is “untapped capital”—and the Streetscape Symphony team interpreted that as the often-neglected aspect of sonic design in public spaces.

READ MORE

(via thecreatorsproject)

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