PS1

Went to PS1. It a tad underwhelming - more of a community vibe than International Must See Institution. The centrepiece was this swimming pool installation by Leandro Erlich. It was OK - a bit of a 'wow' moment as you walk into it.

My favourite work at PS1 was by Hank Willis Williams. I couldn't get a clear picture as there were too many security guards around.

The text in the tiny photo says
"negroes will control the intensity of fight"

DRINK

GRNYC

Metal Mad exhibition opening at Giant Robot NYC
437 e 9th Ave (between Ave and 1st Ave)
East Village
Exhibition launch 6pm to 10pm 06/02/10

Metal Mad - an army of artists paying homage to heavy metal. Artsists include Bigfoot, Buff Monster, Kiyoshi Nakazawa, Eric Nyquist, Bwana Spoons...

Heaps of different styles of work from crazy line work drawings to delicate gouache hand painted works that invoke heavy metal typography.

This is the shop manager Mark next to "Skull Fuck" which is apparently by a Sydney Artist. 

CHERYL

spotted rehearsing at PS1 - 'emerging performance art group CHERYL' working out a dance routine to Crystal Castles vs The Klaxons

RAINBOW

HEART

Window dressing in NYC really is an art form. I liked this typographic display at Stella McCartney's shop in the Meat Packing District. It is made up of hundreds of vintage cards. Sweet.

HERE

This girl at D'espresso in the LES was wearing one of my friend Neil Thomas's necklaces. It's kinda cool to think it made is way over here.

I saw some guy wearing one of my scarves on Madison Ave but it felt a bit stalker-y to take his photo. I checked the label though.

DREAM

WTF

Saw this amazing building in Tribeca. It was massive and had virtually no windows. Even my NYC friends were stumped. What is this awesome building?

TOTAL

HIGH

Here's a photo of a couple macking hard at Highline in the Meatpacking District. This park that opened in August 2009. It is a fun combination of nature & architecture, full of sculpture-y furniture that is hard to walk across...

HEAD

Alpaca beanie by textile designer Siu Yin Chau from Opening Ceremony in Soho. This piece is unbelievably soft, and incredibly warm - this is a good alternative to wearing fur.

Opening Ceremony is an aggressively hip shop where there seemed to be more sales people than customers prowling the floor to get their commission.

The jewellery was kinda lame considering there were $1500 pieces of luggage placed in the same room.

I think they are currently pushing some kind of late 80s LA cocaine couture vibe. The Rodart teeshirts were cute and if I wasn't shopped out I might have considered some of the menswear - more flannel shirts and ironic polar fleece.

They also had the Comme Des Garcon perfume line but NOT Series 3 which  all the especially cool shops seem to have.