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Australia’s Glebe Island Bridge elicited a similar response in budding sound artist Jodi Rose. “When I was at art school in ’95, I would drive by the Glebe Island Bridge (Anzac Bridge) every day and it just looked like a giant harp to me.”
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Anyone who attempts to navigate a crowded street during a downpour knows that umbrellas are as cumbersome as they are convenient. Imagine a stranger walking toward you on a rainy day. As she gets closer, her umbrella contracts like a jellyfish, shrinking from a parasol to a mushroom, then expanding to its full size once you have passed. Ingenious! The umbrella knows its manners. This is the Polite Umbrella, the brainchild of Joo Youn Paek, an interactive technology artist. Paek explained, “It has simple mechanics. You pull on this handle and you can change the shape. This umbrella bows to other people on the street.” 
TAKE A DEEP BREATH group exhibition opened over the weekend at Carmichael Gallery of Contemporary Art. Co-sponsored by ALARM Magazine and Imeem, the exhibition runs though July 20 and features new works by Asbestos, Cherri Wood, The Dark, Kngee and Know Hope. Visiting international artists have also been extending their installation to works in the street to create a colorful urban landscape and striking imagery for passer-by. 
Compiled by staff and contributors of Swindle magazine, Street World is a collection of over 1,000 photos and around a half dozen essays. The book awkwardly attempts to define street culture, with moments of insight clouded by pandering to readers nostalgic for a mythological ‘80s New York City.
Author Kip Fulbeck presents an assortment of photographs where each person is presented next to a handwritten note about his/her tattoo.
Guitar-playing illustration geeks feast your eyes on Josh Kenyon’s (
When the Golden Gate was built, the San Francisco Chronicle called it a thirty-five-million-dollar steel harp. Its chief engineer, Joseph B. Strauss, probably didn’t mind. In fact, he seemed to think so too, writing, “As harps for the winds of heaven / my weblike cables are spun.”
Showing in the main room of New York’s Proposition Gallery until April 12 is Gothic Intrusion, a group show headlined by Chinese artist Huang Yan’s Skulls, a collection of intricate floral patterns and traditional Chinese landscapes painted directly onto human skulls. The image of the skull is echoed in a series of drawings by Alfredo Martinez, and complimented by industrial/architectural work by Jason Gringler. 
Celebrating their second annual community celebration is the di Rosa Preserve and Art Gallery. Nestled in the heart of the Napa Valley wine country, the preserve houses an extensive collection of the bay area’s finest artistic offerings. The grounds will be opened for visitors to enjoy a day of art and nature.