April 28, 2012

Gorgeous photos from New York’s history

Alan Taylor has selected some terrific images from NYC’s history & shared them at high res on In Focus.  The images are drawn from more than 870,000 pictures recently put online by the city’s Department of Records. [Via]

Waves: A motion & sound installation

The Waves project from Daniel Palacios “is made up of two turbines, supported by a tuning fork structure between which the waves are created.” The strings whip through the air, creating both sound and visuals, and they react to passersby:

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