A young Brooke Shields on the set of TILT, 1978/79.
(Source: TiltWarning.com)
Hungarian photographer and visual artist Brassaï playing pinball. Photo by his French colleague Willy Ronis, 1954.
But what does it mean, man?
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Elvis gets into some pinball.
Opens Tonight, May 16, 6-8p:
“PLAYLAND”
Maria E. Piñeres
DCKT Contemporary, 21 Orchard St., NYC (bt Hester & Canal)
Piñeres’s signature medium of stitched needlepoint places the nude figure in an optical duel with the eye-catching graphics of the pinball machine playfields and backglasses of her adolescence. PLAYLAND, a now defunct 1980s’ Times Square gaming arcade, stood as a shiny, visually stimulating beacon to youth, nestled in perverse contrast with the then ubiquitous porn palaces, peep shows and sex shops. Piñeres’s works set youthful rent boys and pin-up girls into the contextual backdrop of pinball, where their sexuality can be seen in a playful and sentimental light void of shame and smut. - thru July 7
French graffiti artist Tilt has collaborated with Amaze-Art to create a contemporary furniture piece. Alix is a Chesterfield style sofa shaped in Tilt’s signature bubble letters and has been hand finished in France. The Tilt art furniture piece is an example of the contemporary art and design fusion that Amaze experiment with in their workshops, and the duo are hoping to collaborate with more artists to “push the boundaries of creativity”.
No arcade we ever build will be complete without this couch.
(Source: 12ozprophet.com)
No arcade we ever build will be complete without this couch.
(Source: 12ozprophet.com)
Video Games Magazine Issue 11, June 1983 - Q*Bert makes the jump to Pinball. Bizarre looking table too.
Now the fascinating thing about this article is it’s writer “Zelmo”. Apparently a contributor involved in the coin op industry. Who was Zelmo? Was this written by the guy who actually made the machine (a paid article?) or just a guy who loved the heck out of pinball machines and wanted to start writing some stuff up?
WHO ARE YOU ZELMO?! We may never know.
Bijou Phillips
Robert Crumb talks LSD and the meaning of life.
