Art
Light up a Lithophane, Reveal a Hidden 19th-Century Image
Imperceptible in the light, only when illuminated by flame in the dark is a 19th-century lithophane image revealed.
Allison Meier
Allison C. Meier is a former staff writer for Hyperallergic. Originally from Oklahoma, she has been covering visual culture and overlooked history for print and online media since 2006. She moonlights as a cemetery tour guide.
Art
The Man Who Harmonized Form, Function, and Friendliness in Corporate Design
Before the 1950s, most advertising was just copywriting paired with an image with little thought to the overall company or visual identity.
Art
A Secret Night Market of Art Is Going on a Cross Country Tour
Ephemeral and secretive, the Lost Horizon Night Market (LHNM) started in 2009, appearing periodically late in the night of New York and then spreading to San Francisco.
Art
A Film Portrait of the "Doomsday Vault" that Guards Our Agricultural Biodiversity
On a Norwegian island 810 miles south of the North Pole is a safety net for an agricultural crisis.
Art
Sum of the Arts
Number of figures Edward Hopper posed for in his 1942 painting "Nighthawks" = 2
Performance
Black Box Theater for an Audience of One
In the mobile black box of Theatre for One, there is only one audience member for each of the seven rotating plays.
Art
Open Source Software to Catalogue Cultural Heritage Before a Crisis
Cultural heritage management tends to suffer from limited funding and resources, which can make a crisis — whether natural disaster, pipeline construction, or war — that much more catastrophic for assessing what's in need of protection.
News
NASA Launches $2.25M Design Competition to 3D Print Habitats for Mars
The hope is that 3D printing and the incorporation of spacecraft waste and materials from the alien world can in turn help address affordable housing on Earth.
Art
The Baroque World of Rubens as a Kinetic Carousel of the Damned
In a colossal carousel of horror, Mat Collishaw and Sebastian Burdon reinterpreted the chaotic violence of Peter Paul Rubens's "Massacre of the Innocents" paintings as a 3D-printed zoetrope.
Books
The Iridescent Elegance of Victorian Mother-of-Pearl Book Bindings
For a few years in the 19th century, books bound in covers glistening with mother-of-pearl were a gift-giving sensation.
Art
The Glass Plate Garden: Early Photographs of Central Park
In thousands of recently digitized glass plate negatives, the natural and landscaped grandeur of gardens past is revealed in freshly sharp detail.
Art
A Project that Lets You Control Music with Your Mind
With new technology comes new opportunities to augment our reality, and two art projects now on view in Brooklyn experiment with our interaction with sound through electronic devices.