Tribeca Talks: ‘Out of Print’: Discussing the Future of Publishing with Filmmaker Vivienne Roumani

The publishing world is constantly evolving in the digital era, be it in book publishing or magazine publishing. From Newsweek making the move to going all-digital earlier this year (a future that might await all magazines in the next decade or so, as tablet devices become more and more accessible to the average consumer), to New York Magazine combining their tablet issue with access to their Web site within the app interface, to Forbes Magazine embracing the sharing capability within [...]

Tribeca Talks: ‘Floating Skyscrapers’ Actor Mateusz Banasiuk Discusses Artistic Fragility and the Kaleidoscope of Human Actions and Consequences Present throughout the Film

Rarely are there films that stay with the viewer long after they’ve left the movie theater. Floating Skyscrapers (Płynące Wieżowce), the thought-provoking and emotionally intensive film from Polish filmmaker Tomasz Wasilewski, is one that continues to frequent ones thoughts weeks after having seen it. The scenes echo in one’s mind like a voice in a large hollow cave, prompting a reassessment of the film and its rawness but also of oneself and common social beliefs.

However, though half the credit for [...]

‘Figuratively Speaking’ with Sherry Karver at the Kim Foster Gallery

Fittingly enough, New York is the subject of Figuratively Speaking, a new exhibition from Chicago-born, California-based visual artist Sherry Karver, which debuted May 3 at the Kim Foster Gallery located in New York’s Chelsea neighborhood. Karver showcases her two favorite shoot locations, Grand Central Terminal and The Metropolitan Museum of Art, both of which she describes as, “the perfect intersection where lives meet and cross through time.”

Conceptually blurring time directly results from how Karver’s artistic method blurs the distinction between [...]

The 29th Annual Infinity Awards: A Tribute to Photography’s Finest

“I can’t think of a better time to be involved with photography and digital culture,” Mark Robbins declared at the International Center of Photography’s annual Infinity Awards gala last Wednesday night, before an audience of 500-plus artists, entertainers, businesspeople, fashionistas, philanthropists and journalists at Chelsea Piers’ elegant Pier Sixty dining room. (Overlooking a sparkling sunset on the Hudson River, one couldn’t ask for a more picturesque setting, quite fitting for an evening devoted to the essence of pictorial captivation.)

“Pictures are [...]

Tribeca Talks — Catching Up with JR & the Inside Out Project in NY’s Times Square

It’s been a whirlwind few years for French artist, JR . In 2011 he received the prestigious TED Prize and a million dollars to change the world. JR’s wish: to connect people through a global art project he calls Inside Out, which inspires citizens of the world to take close-up portraits of themselves and upload them to the project’s Web site. JR’s team, located in Paris and New York, prints the images on 36” x 53” paper and sends them [...]