I am a big fan of Eyebeam Reblog. So when they announced that they were having open hours in their art studio every other Tuesday I had to check it out. I mean, I’m in New York, I might as well right.
I thought I could turn it into a story. The one thing that caught my eye was Sonic Fabric, clothes made from old cassette tape which makes noise when you brush a walkman reader over it.
But alas, it was already a story for Wired and I am too lazy to find an art or fashion magazine that might be interested in it. Besides, I don’t know how to write for an art or fashion magazine, just a tech website. In the end I did get to keep a little bit of the fabric.
It’s rough, not something you want against your skin, but it would make for an interesting purse.
Still, the experience was nice. I got to meet Jason Kottke, one of my blogging heroes (who is doing it professionally no less). He had just gotten back from a trip in Asia and I asked him how it went. Isn’t that a little funny how I knew he was in Asia because I read his blog on a daily basis? I thought so, but for Kottke it was a normal occurrence.
Anyways. It’s good to take advantage of a city like New York. There is a lot of art out here. I personally hate culture in all its mediums, but still.
I saw that stuff in Res a while backâ??pretty cool. What casette is yours made of, an old Beach Boys tape perhaps?
P.S. You’ve got a broken image link there buddy.