On Saturday, October 29th, San Francisco’s week-long Come Out and Play Festival starts with the 3rd annual Halloween edition of Journey to the End of the Night. San Francisco’s second annual Come Out and Play Festival will transform the city into a giant playground once more with an expanded week…
Journey To The End Of The Night, A Pursuit Across San Francisco
For the past 5 years a street game called Journey To The End of The Night has been played out in cities around the world. This time it returns home to San Francisco where it all began 5 years ago as an SF0 event created by Ian Kizu-Blair, Sean Mahan…
Awesome Laser Cat Mural in San Francisco
Andrew Dalton reports over at local North of Panhandle blog Aggressive Panhandler on a new mural at the old Harding Theater featuring the combined awesomeness of both cats and lasers. via SFist
Syzygryd, A 2.5 Ton Collaborative Music, Light, and Fire Sculpture
photo by Nicole Aptekar Industrial art groups and large scale projects are no strangers to the Bay Area, but it’s not often that several of these groups collaborate on something so large they couldn’t do it alone. Syzygryd is a 2.5 ton interactive, collaborative musical instrument that breathes fire. This…
A Critical Analysis of the Architecture of Couch Cushion Structures
In a two part series, an “Industrious Architecture” company named BUILD has collected, analyzed, and graded several wonderful examples of structures built with the most readily available materials for the young aspiring architect: couch cushions. Their analysis of each structure is highly entertaining even if you don’t know your T-cushions…
Lullaby #2 by Corpus Callosum, Shooting a Music Video Frame By Frame
Corpus Callosum is a California-based music & performance art ensemble that performs regularly around the Bay Area. In addition to their wide variety of instruments (everything from accordions to glockenspiels to home-made instruments), their performances also include stilts, puppets, moving picture boxes, and various other performance art. Their music is…
Revolving Door Party at SXSW 2010
Everyone knows that a large part of SXSW is the parties. Sure we all go to a couple panels during the day, but the true networking happens late into the night at various venues and taco trucks around Austin. This year was no different, except for one new party: the…
Chatroulette Map: Not So Anonymous Anymore
Whenever people mention the random webcam site, Chatroulette, it inevitably leads to talk of how there are certain less-than-desirable webcam chat partners on the service. Some would wager that the guise of anonymity on Chatroulette helps these users feel a bit safer when baring it all. They aren’t as anonymous…