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COVER STORY
Toys
Kurt Andersen and Gary Panter talk about the inspired and sneaky ways artists use toys to create.
  Lego
Bible
Meet “Reverend” Brendan
Powell Smith, a California artist, who’s applied all of Lego’s
variety toward telling one story -- one with gardens of forbidden fruit,
and rains of fire and brimstone. Produced by Jonathan Mitchell.
 Go
to The Brick Testament
 Pixelvision
Fisher Price called the PXL-2000 “the first camcorder
for kids,” although it turned out to be the only one. Children weren’t
interested, but some directors were. Produced by Lu Olkowski.
Go
to the PXL 2000 Home Page
Go
to Flicker Film Festival site
Go
to PXL This festival
Search
for Pixelvision clips at the Video Data Bank
Toy
Piano
Margaret Leng Tan, a virtuoso of the grand piano, takes
Schroeder‘s place at the plastic one. Produced by David Krasnow.
Go
to New Albion records’ site about Margaret Leng Tan
Go
to Margaret Leng Tan on iclasssics.com
 SPECIAL
GUEST
Gary Panter
is a comic book artist and toy devotee. Best known
for his witty set design for television's Pee Wee's Playhouse, Panter's
punk comic book hero Jimbo has been a cult favorite for decades. His latest
graphic novel is called Cola Madness.
Go
to Panter’s comic Dal Tokyo
Go
to a Metropolis feature on Panter
Go
to a feature on Malcom Morley
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Design
for the Real World
The European Union has been contemplating the
flag it adopted 16 years ago. Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas has proposed
a new flag design to accommodate the growing EU. Graphic designer Michael
Bierut weighs in on Koolhaas's idea.
Go
to a BBC feature on the EU flag
Go
to a site about the EU flag
Franco
the Great
The steel storefront gates along 125th Street
become brightly colored canvases for one of Harlem’s most prolific
mural painters. Produced by Steve Nelson.
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to a feature on Franco the Great
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