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FIGMENT NYC Brings Free Participatory Art to Governors Island This Weekend

Looking for a way to get your creative energy fired up? FIGMENT NYC 2012 is returning to Governors Island this weekend! This free, family-friendly and participatory event will fill the island with more than 200 interactive art projects – many of them made

Silent Lights Could Transform NYC Traffic Noise into a Dancing LED Light Display

An interactive LED light display called Silent Lights could turn the Smith and 9th Street area of Brooklyn into a dazzling light show! The project repurposes the noisy traffic under the Brooklyn Queens Expressway, transforming it into an illuminated showcase

PHOTOS: Insert ____ Here Project Finds Yellow Arrows & Green Solutions Around New York City

The guerilla green art project, Insert ____ Here is taking New York City by storm and Inhabitat has exclusive photos! Artist Eve Mosher and environmental organization 350.org have created the citywide interactive public art program that places bold yellow arrows all over the city, pointing out places where environmental changes could be made.

Talk To Me Exhibit at MoMA Examines Communication Between People & Objects

Are you hearing voices? Don't worry, you're not crazy. You're just living in the 21st Century. These days, just about everything talks to us. From pop-up notifications on Facebook and beeps on our smartphones to billboards on buildings and touchscreens in museums, objects, whether we realize it or not, are talking to us. Since the late 20th century, design has taken a more interactive turn, combining form and function with communication and personal dialogue. Talk to Me, a new exhibit that just opened at the Museum of Modern Art curated by the design department’s Senior Curator Paola Antonelli, explores this new design landscape through the display of nearly 200 designs. Some, like the Rubik's cube for the blind, are clever takes on classic objects while others, like the artificial biological clock, explore contemporary social issues with interactive technologies. Hit the jump for a look at just a few of the designs on display.

New Exhibit Features Human Breast Milk Cheese at Michael Mut Gallery in NYC

Starting this Thursday, artist Miriam Simun is transforming Michael Mut Gallery in the Lower East Side into “The Lady Cheese Shop,” where she’ll invite visitors to taste cheese made from breast milk.