FOR ALL THE BUBBLE TEA IN CHINA

A few weeks ago, we went to Chinatown for the day.  Before we left the house, we read "The Story About Ping" by Marjorie Flack which takes place on the Yangtze River in China.  This story about a duck that gets lost from his crew, set the stage for an adventure filled day.  (Just a forewarning though-- the book is from an time long long ago where the word "spanking" is used without a second thought.  But the illustrations and story are so classic that I have to recommend it anyways.)  Just like Ping, we got lost in a new neighborhood and saw all sorts of strange birds- and other delicious treats and eats!  You can read all about our exploration at Brooklyn Based.

LINKS OF INTEREST

Video games as Art?

* NY Times, A Museum's Games Are Not On Pedestals
Are video games art?  Applied Design, a new show at the MOMA is the second video game installation to be shown this year.  The Museum of the Moving Image just closed their Spacewar! show last week.  These antiquated video games may be fun to experience, and interesting relics of history, but are they art?  Why or why not?

* Meanwhile, at the MOCA, artist Ben Jones has a solo show focusing on "abstracted forms of technology and pop symbols of our time" that look super video game inspired...if the video game was day glo/ psychedelic/ at a rave.