Boston LED sweatshirt arrestee interviewed

September 19, 2008 By 40 Comments

In today’s episode of Boing Boing tv, [Xeni] interviews [Star Simpson]. She was arrested a year ago at Boston’s Logan airport for wearing a sweatshirt with a breadboard and some LEDs attached. With a collective groan, we watched this event unfold just months after Boston was held captive by Mooninites. After many court dates, [Star] is being … Read the rest

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BBtv: Playing the Building

June 10, 2008 By 4 Comments

Today’s episode of BoingBoing TV visits [David Byrne]‘s Playing the Building installation which we covered before. The video provides some insight into the artistic process: they wandered around and whacked things with mallets to see what sounded good. They use counterweighted motors to vibrate cast iron girders and columns. Many of the empty radiators are being struck … Read the rest

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