Just discovered this incredible java-based open source flash-like product called processing. Very simple to work with and excellent if you are trying to make art-like output for printing. Lets you render at very large scale and output to very large images. Here’s a digital take on the 8th painting in the ox herding series. It [...]
Posted: October 13th, 2009 | Author: Rob | Filed under: Flash, Photos | Tags: enlightenment, Flash, generative art, ox herding, processing | No Comments »
For years, New York has been trying to clean up the East Bank of the Hudson River. There is a longstanding project to transform the run-down piers into parkland. Kristin and I lived one block from the river. There is a fenced off strip near the river full of equipment and supplies for the construction [...]
Posted: March 14th, 2008 | Author: Rob | Filed under: Photos | No Comments »
This is the entrance to the the Subway station on 23rd and 6th, the F line. For two years, this was my train stop. One of my first days in New York, I got out of the train at this station and was immediately struck by the feel of the place. It was raining that [...]
Posted: February 24th, 2008 | Author: Rob | Filed under: Photos | No Comments »
I used to live on one of the few streets in the West Village that is still made of brick pavers. After it rains, the street gets soft and buckles under the weight of the trucks that make deliveries to the warehouse next door. The brown dot at the top of this shot is a [...]
Posted: February 20th, 2008 | Author: Rob | Filed under: Photos | No Comments »
There is a small Jazz club on Seventh and Charles. It’s hidden under a ratty West Village two-flat on the garden level. Except for this back door, the building is relatively well kept. The back door is almost falling out of a narrow doorframe in the rear of the building. It is a little smaller [...]
Posted: February 20th, 2008 | Author: Rob | Filed under: Photos | No Comments »
This is the bottom of the wall at the cafe on Hudson street where I go for coffee. Its a small place, but very popular. It usually has a line thats about 15 feet long, which is just a few feet longer than the store. As a result, the door is usually held open by [...]
Posted: February 20th, 2008 | Author: Rob | Filed under: Photos | 1 Comment »
This is the death of new coat of paint on a very old door in the meatpacking district in New York City, USA. Over the last 5 years of so, the place has become a hipsters paradise, full of boutiques, restaurants, nighclubs and art galleries. It used to actually be a meatpacking district. This building [...]
Posted: February 19th, 2008 | Author: Rob | Filed under: Photos | No Comments »
