Link About It: This Week’s Picks

Talking to dogs, flawless sound, architecture-inspired pleasure toys and the changing face of fashion

New Technology Enhances Dog-Human Communication From Maria Goodavage’s brand new book Doctor Dogs, an excerpt in Wired probes the FIDO program at Georgia Institute of Technology’s Animal-Computer Interaction Lab. The epicenter of dog-human communication studies in the US, FIDO’s researchers have developed several prototype talking vest for dogs. They employ tabs and pulleys that trigger prerecorded statements that the wearer dog intends to convey. FIDO is also …

Contemporary Artist Jojo Anavim Collaborates With Floral Innovator Venus ET Fleur

50 limited edition, hand-painted and diamond-dusted boxes filled with the brand's eternity roses

Developed over two years, contemporary artist Jojo Anavim‘s 50 unique, hand-painted flower boxes for Venus ET Fleur marry the spirit of neo-expressionist paintings with iconic commercial and editorial imagery from the ’50s through the ’70s. The limited edition collaboration carries the brand’s proprietary Eternity Roses—real roses that stay fresh and soft for up to a year, if taken care of according to the included guidelines. Each …

Multi-Sensory “L&D Motel” at Participant INC

Holograms, an infrasonic install, permeating light and projected text fill this former sex club

L&D Motel by Constantina Zavitsanos, organized by Alex Fleming and Andrew Kachel at Participant INC, is the artist’s first-ever solo show in NYC. The new works presented by the artist combine and play with our reception of senses. Zavitsanos also reference’s the gallery’s past. When entering into the blackened space of the gallery, visitors are illuminated by red light—calling to attention the venue’s former existence …