The Face of America Magazine 2024 - Vol.8 Issue 1

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Mercer Labs, Museum of Art and Technology (MOAT) seeks to be the leading site for public engagement at the intersection of art and technology. Led by artist Roy Nachum, the museum examines the processes by which we create with art and experiment with technology. Located in the heart of New York City, Mercer Labs is a catalyst, provoking an open-ended dialogue between these two realms.

At 36,000 sq ft, this new hybrid cultural project in the heart of Lower Manhattan hosts fifteen exhibition spaces utilizing state-of-the-art technology in a distinct architectural setting. Mercer Labs is committed to exhibiting thoughtprovoking art through immersive installations and provocative experiments. The museum is a place where art meets science and art humanizes technology. Brought to life by the minds of artist Roy Nachum and visionary developer Michael Cayre and their innovative laboratory of master technical directors, Mercer Labs breaks free of conventional constraints on creative practice.

Mercer Labs explores space and time and is devoted to experimenting with the newest developments in machine intelligence. Through a diverse range of techniques and systems, from robotics and algorithms to hyperreal video and spatial audio to and large-scale installations and painting. With every brushstroke of code and every meticulously designed interactive interface, we investigate uncharted territory. A permanent institution in New York’s museum landscape.

Roy Nachum, co-founder and the creative force behind the project is known for his multi-disciplinary practice that experiments with human perception and through painting, sculpture, architecture, technology and design. Nachum is an artist with the unique ability to bridge creative barriers and bring people together. His works often include Braille messages and the recurring subject of a child with a gold crown covering his or her eyes, suggesting “blindness†caused by displaced values and desire. The Crown Kid is a symbol of humility, diversity and human equality, a vehicle to allow viewers to confront their own existential apprehensions.

DASSAULT FALCON 8X RULING THE SKY IN STYLE

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The Falcon 8X is capable of flying for 14 hours and 6,450 nm / 11,945 km non-stop – at Mach 0.80 with 8 passengers and 3 crew (85% Annual Wind, NBAA

IFR Reserves). This enables direct flights between Asia and North America (Beijing-New York, Shanghai-Seattle), between Asia and Europe (Hong KongLondon), and between Europe and South America (London-São Paulo).

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HOWARD HODGKIN COLLECTION OF INDIAN COURT PAINTING

Feb 6-June 9, 2024

THE MET MUSEUM

Widely regarded as one of the finest of its kind, British artist Howard Hodgkin’s collection of Indian paintings includes works created at the Mughal, Deccan, Rajput, and Pahari courts dating from the 16th to the 19th century. Opening at The Metropolitan Museum of Art on February 6, 2024, the exhibition Indian Skies: The Howard Hodgkin Collection of Indian Court Painting will present a unique and personal vision of India’s great painting tradition through newly acquired works from the artist’s collection.

The exhibition will present over 120 examples of Indian court paintings assembled by Hodgkin over a lifetime of collecting. This highly individual collection represents the artist’s response to the color, subject matter, and the emotive content of Indian painting. The exhibition will comprise works newly acquired by the Museum and will be supplemented by loans from The Howard Hodgkin Indian Collection Trust.

Underlying Hodgkin’s eclectic collection—which includes portraits, palace scenes, royal hunts, illustrations to religious epics, devotional subjects, and nature studies—are several unifying themes that reflect Hodgkin’s preferences for compositions that convey narrative drama, poetic allusion, and emotional intensity. He also had a predilection for elephants rendered as portraits and in action.

The exhibition reflects Hodgkin’s personal taste while remaining true to the scholarly traditions around Indian painting. The paintings will be arranged in a chronological sequence by school, starting with the earliest works of the 16thcentury Mughal era and related Deccani works, followed by the later Rajput and Pahari schools. A third space is given over to the celebration of the elephant paintings, which span all schools. The presentation will also include Hodgkin’s paintings Small Indian Sky and In Mirza’s Room, which will be shown in association with related Indian works, alluding to the subtle relationship between Hodgkin’s own work, India, and his collection.

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THE OUTDOOR

ELEANOR HOUSE SOPHISTICATED, ARTSY HOUSE IN THE WOODS

Eleanor House is at the end of a rural country road, on 5 landscaped acres of trees, nestled into the mountainside. It has views of Bear Mountain when the red & orange leaves fall. This retreat-like elegant home has beautiful energy that must be experienced! Eleanor House is quiet & peaceful, a perfect place to write, finish a project or prepare fabulous meals in the cook's kitchen. There are acres to hike on & a lovely (no traffic) road to bike on.

Bird watch to your hearts delight, count the wild turkeys strolling through the yard or watch the deer prance & play. Enjoy privacy in this beautiful home with spacious living room with French doors that open out onto large decks overlooking Bear Mountain.

Every

room at Eleanor House is filled with fabulous artwork, it's like staying in your own private art museum.

Snuggle into the private 2 bedroom, sky lit, 2 bath en-suites, with Jacuzzi or deep tub that overlooks the path of the moon from the bathroom picture windows. Prepare your own feast in our cooks’ kitchen with all the amenities needed for scrumptious meals served on the screened porch next to the water lily pond.

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MEADOW ’S STUDIO

Meadow is an artist and owns the Eleanor House

Meadow’s work is constantly redefining and refining intimacy and emotional relationships between herself, her materials and her visual language. She strives to remain vulnerable and experimental while including a graceful marriage of symbolic and ancient references. She produces art in a variety of media and metaphors, as a sculptor, jeweler, painter, printmaker, product designer and children’s book author and illustrator. She has an MFA degree from George Washington University, in Washington DC, in Ceramics and Design and an MFA degree from The University of Wisconsin-Madison, in Sculpture and Jewelry. Her undergraduate degree is from The Massachusetts College of Art and Design in Boston, in Ceramics.

Meadow’s international exhibition history is long and distinguished. Her art can be found in numerous private and public collections including; Smithsonian Institute, Corcoran Museum of Art, Washington, DC, Science Museum, San Francisco, DiRosa Collection, Napa, CA, Readers Digest Collection, Pleasantville, NY & Kiss

My Face Collection, Gardiner, NY. Her large installation sculptures were shown at the Samuel Dorsky Museum, New Paltz, NY, The Newburgh, NY Sculpture Park and galleries and museums in NYC. Meadow’s extensive background as a college professor and curator assisted her as founder and director of Artplace in NYC, SoHo & NoHo’s famous artist community. Her experience as a product designer led her to design and manufacture over two hundred products that were distributed and sold worldwide.

“Eleanor, Investigation of a Theme”

“Eleanor Roosevelt is an inspiration & heroine for me. She is the third person chosen for my on going series... “Great American Women.” While in production, & researching details necessary for this show, my admiration grew, discovering who she was, where she started, what she stood for, & her enormous contributions to this country & the world. This series is my way of honoring achievements of women in this country who have dedicated their life & work to furthering knowledge that benefits humankind. My purpose is to share with everyone, especially younger women, about the life accomplishments of great American Women, giving them role models & encouragement for their own dreams, visions, & abilities, enhancing their stance as powerful independent social contributors. “

-Meadow

Meadow is Founder/Director of “The Great American Women’s Sculpture Park,” at Woodrock where she lives & every summer curates an outdoor sculpture show with 10-13 women artists. Her work was featured in “Energy Revisited” at SUNY OCCC, Newburgh, NY, & Mid-Hudson Heritage Museum in Poughkeepsie for Women’s History Month. She completed a 5’x8’x5’ installation piece “Rest Hour for Mother Nature” for “Dear Mother Earth” at SUNY Samuel Dorsky Museum, New Paltz, NY. She had a show called “American Beauty,” at Smart Clothes Gallery, NYC, a solo show

“Eleanor, Investigation of a Theme” at Coffee Gallery, Kingston, NY & was a featured artist at Imagine Gallery, NYC, and “Peace & Justice Show” at Muroff-Kotler Visual Arts Gallery at SUNY Ulster, Stoneridge, NY.

Meadow continues to produce mixed-media work bouncing back and forth between mediums so her work remains fresh and challenging. Switching form her “Boid” pastel series to acrylic and encaustic paintings from her long standing “Captured Energy Series,” which is the largest collection of artwork Meadow has produced; to a line of ceramic work from her “Heritage Series” featuring imprinting texture from antique crochet pieces into clay. Then switches again to producing sculpture in the “Wood Spirit Series,” called “Erotic By Nature” using twigs and small branches, some with doll heads, arms and feet. They are delightfully weird and funny... but humor is an important element in Meadow’s work. She produced this humor in a series of soft sculpture called the “Sockettes!” They are all made from socks, sock parts, trims, lace, buttons and yarn. They are elaborate versions of antique sock dolls but with a Meadow twist!

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This peaceful property is 5 minutes from the Town of Woodstock, 15 minutes to historic Kingston and Exit 19 of the NYS-Thruway, and 45 minutes to ski areas. The house is large and spacious with a fully equipped kitchen, plenty of lounge space, a sunlit expansive library with a large variety of old and new books, a home gym, and a backyard with a fire pit. Great for families with or without kids and weekend getaways with friends.

Right at the base of Ohayo Mountain, we are in the heart of the Catskills and very centrally located allowing easy access to anything from shopping malls to peaceful stream-side picnics. The high cathedral ceilings and numerous cozy common spaces in this spacious two-story home offer the peace and quiet you've been craving.

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ABSOLUTE PRIVACY IN THE CATSKILLS, A PIANO AND A LOVELY DOG

When you truly want to get away from it all, come experience the wilderness of the Catskills. This cabin is nestled next to 30k acres of the Sundown Wild Forest inside the 300k acres Catskill Park, 2 hrs from NYC.

Enjoy any of the 3 fireplaces located in and around the cabin after your choice of 8 hiking trails you can take from our doorstep including the cascading pools of the secluded Vernooy Kill Falls.

Snoppy, the owner’s dog, might come to say Hi!

The comfy cedar shake cabin and its 1000sqf deck are perched above a babbling brook. It provides the perfect balance between convenience and serenity. Now arrive to the cabin with a fire already burning in the stove.

A tuned piano is available for the guests. This is the true luxury.

Playing with Snoopy in the snow was the best part of the stay.

Exploring the woods with our new friend Snoopy

The cabin is surrounded by Maple Trees : We had the chance to witness Maple tree tapping with Scott, the owner

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OUTDOOR GEAR REVIEW

Made by hand in Poland by expert knive designer Radosław Łęgowik, this knive is extremely comfortable in hand thnaks to a Micarta handle that fits perfectly the hand. The design is superb, and the stonewash of the blade looks beautiful.

We have tested his LKW knife to cut large pieces of wood to make fire: It works perfectly and the best part is the extreme efficiency of the blade, as well as the comfort in hand, with or without gloves. The edge retention is exceptional and we didn’t need to sharpen the blade to keep cutting wood even after a full day of hard work. The design of the handle is particularly well made and allows a perfect hand fit.

Fällkniven S1xb

Tungsten Carbide

Fallkniven is making knives in Boden city, close to the Arctic Circle in the very north of Europe. Living up here, the brand understand how to develop products for a safe survival in the woods. As a result,they are suppliers to military elite forces all around the world, including the US Marine and US Navy. This knife feels strong in hand, and has a beautiful black coating. It is a piece of art. The blade is exceptionnaly sturdy and will not bend or break even in tough conditions. This is a knife you can rely on in survival situations.The basis of the S1xb-knife’s strength lies in the laminated cobalt steel, and also in the wellthought-out construction in which break zones have been eliminated.

The Fallkniven S1xb after 48h of abuse: Some cosmetic damage, but the blade is still very sharp. We didn’t hold back on the S1xb and pushed it to its limits. This knife has seriously impressed us by its extreme robustness, and full tang construction. It can be used as a prying tool to open a box or do repairs on a car without any risk of breaking. What we like in this knife is the absolute peace of mind its gives to its owner. It will always work in any condition. Special mention for the very secure sheath with a double security feature.

KA-BAR BK2 Becker Campanion

This knife was developped by Ethan Becker, an avid outdoorsman considered to be the foremost expert in knifemaking. The BK2 is an absolute beast. With the thickest blade of all knives reviewed, it is an industrial-strenght tool that will never let you down, wether for batoning large pieces of wood or pry open just anything in a survival situation.

The BK2 is more recommended for people with large hands as the handle is quite thick. Perfect for hardcore jobs such as digging, batoning, cutting electric wires. This is THE classic survival knife, virtually indestructible. It is not a surprise to learn that many soldiers have preferred it to their standard issued knife. More than a knife, this is a piece of history.

Demko Knives FreeReign AUS10A - Drop point

The FreeReign® Fixed Blade by Demko Knives features a full tang constructed handle with a rubberized grip. This allows for better handling and grip strength while battling tough outdoor elements. The handle is supremely comfortable and allows a perfect and precise handling. We like the overall very elegant design of this knife.

The blade is extremely sharp right out of the box and excels at making feathersticks. Due to the remarkable comfort of the handle, doing heavy duty work will not hurt your hand, even without gloves.

Vargo

Grill up delicious food in the backcountry effortlessly with the Titanium BiFold Grill. Its fold-flat design and all titanium construction makes packing and carrying it easy and lightweight. Simply unfold the stove and legs to place over any fire.

Titanium Bifold Grill

The Vargo Titanium 450 Travel Mug is a great companion both on and off the trail! Whether your journey includes sweeping mountain vistas, chatting with friends at the local coffee shop, or reading the paper at your kitchen table, its folding handles, titanium construction, and 450 ml capacity make it large and small enough to go where you do. And its stay cool rim won’t burn your lips while drinking your coffee or tea. Single walled construction means it’s ready to go for cooking, too.

Vargo Titanium 450 Travel Mug

Crud Kevlar lined leather Dickson gloves

Made for challenging environments and demanding tasks. The Kevlar® lined Dickson gloves are specifically designed to provide an extra layer of protection. These gloves are ideal for handling sharp objects and tackling tough jobs. Crafted to be durable, these gloves effectively shield your hands from abrasive materials and cuts, whether you're working in the forest or enjoying a bike ride. The Kevlar lined Dickson gloves are hand crafted by skilled craftsmen in the United States, using supple full grain cowhide and featuring a full welt wing thumb.

To ensure optimal performance, each pair of gloves undergoes a unique hand finishing treatment creating a protective barrier that deeply penetrates the leather, safeguarding against various elements. Crud employs an age-old recipe that combines a unique blend of natural ingredients that are carefully applied to the leather at different stages, resulting in gloves with a water-repellent surface and a refreshing scent of Nordic pine.

RUX 70L Hauler

The original high-capacity gear hauler for hassle-free adventures in all conditions. Multifunctional: All-in-one design packs like a gear box, carries like a tote or backpack, and collapses to save space when empty.

Weatherproof: Keeps your gear safe and dry in all conditions. Durable: Field-repairable, built to last, and guaranteed for life.

Keep everything—from expensive equipment to afternoon snacks—clean, dry, and dustfree in whatever conditions you find at camp or on the road. Waterproof fabric, RF-welded seams, a reinforced floor, and an exclusive bungee lid design keep the elements at bay. The RUX hauler is also very light and easy to carry. Much more effective than a regular backpack, and much more convenient than a hard case suitcase.

We have tested many hoodies before trying the Baerskin 3.0. Most of the hoodies we had tried had an ugly baggy fit, or were of a poor quality construction (sometimes both), and all of them had very few pockets available. The Baerskin is a game changer. First, it is possibly the only hoodie on the market with a perfect fit making you look good. Second, the number of pockets is phenomenal. There is no need for a small backpack as you can carry all your essentials with you.

Baerskin 3.0 Fleece Hoodie

How is that possible that no major clothing brand had the idea of adding multiple convenient pockets to regular hoodies? The Baerskin exudes quality, practicality and sturdiness. This is a premium product that is an instant classic piece of clothing for every outdoor enthousiast.

The Baerskin 3.0 is the hoodie we have been waiting for a long time. It is an essential piece of clothing for travelers, from camping to a business class airport lounge.