Saturday I spent the day at Governors Island at an M.I.A. curated event called Hard Fest. The whole day was a blast, even though it was about 100 degrees. The line up was pretty stunning but the highlights were definitely Rye Rye ( the self proclaimed MIA prodigy), Theophilus London,and Die Antwoord. Unfortunately, M.I.A. was the low point of the whole event. For reasons unknown the sound was horrible, there was no set list and way too much downtime, and a freak rain storm cut the whole thing short. I was still on team M.I.A. until I saw that she spit on a photographer.
My first weekend as a New York resident was full of wonderful excitement. On Saturday I headed down to theLomography Galleryto participate in an 80s inspired scavenger hunt. In honor of the LC-A’s 25th birthday everyone was given a camera and film and sent off to capture photos of New York life in the 80s. Items included specific places the Ghostbusters Firehouse and the Apple store but were as vague as spandex and cassette tapes. It was a great adventure and so much fun to try out the LC-A camera.
The evening was finished up with a trip to Brooklyn to see Sting Ray Sam as part of the Rooftop Film Series.
My last trip to New York was jam packed with good times. I attended F5 Fest and it was a blast. Great speakers and very inspirational.I especially enjoyed the talk by Doug Jaeger and Shy the Sun. They were inceredibly interesting individuals and they had a lot of great advice.
I also had time to fit in a few touristics activeties such as a trip to the Restaurant from Seinfeld and a free show at Columbia.
This weekend Kendall College of Art and Design’s AIGA participated in a Canstruction competition. It went very smoothly thanks to some truly great members. We rocked awesome (*free) yellow AIGA tees and were the first team to complete their structure. With over 10 volunteers we were done in only 5 hours!
Check out all of the sculptures on display at KCAD from March 31 to April 3, bring a can of food and vote for your favorite!
The Kendall College of Art and Design Alumni Association presents the second, in a three part film series this Thursday at Wealthy Theatre. The first film was so much fun I can’t wait for Alice!
