As it does each year following its big Black Friday and Cyber Monday blowouts, Amazon on Tuesday announced its best-selling products over both sales events. The Echo Dot took the #1 spot since it was down to its lowest price ever at just $22, and that deal is still available right now on Amazon. The Fire TV Stick 4K was also a top-seller, and refurbs are available on Amazon right now with a deep discount. Where products from companies other than Amazon are concerned, the first top-seller mentioned in Amazons announcement was the iRobot Roomba 675 Robot Vacuum, which normally sells for $300 but was on sale for $199.99 during Black Friday and Cyber Monday 2019. Wait, did we say it was on sale? Its actually still available on Amazon right now at its Cyber Monday price, but only if you hurry!

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Le Crocodile

The unassuming elegance of the dining room in one of Williamsburgs first hotels, brick walls and all, has been largely retained in the hands of the restaurateur Jon Neidich, best known for the Acme in Manhattan, and his partners, Jake Leiber and Aidan ONeal, the chefs and owners of Chez Ma Tante in Greenpoint. Here, the chefs are moving from the bistro fare with English and global touches theyre known for, to a lengthy brasserie-style menu, more strictly French. Rabbit and duck rillettes, onion soup with lardons tucked inside, classic escargots, steak frites, boudin blanc, halibut with beurre blanc, and profiteroles speak the language of a room done with red leather banquettes and mirrors. (Opens Wednesday)

Wythe Hotel, 80 Wythe Avenue (North 11th Street), Williamsburg, Brooklyn, 718-460-8004, lecrocodile.com.

The smorgasbord that is the career of the chef and restaurateur David Burke now includes this French restaurant and lounge, which will feature burlesque and other performances a few nights a week. Hes working with four owners of Redefine Hospitality, in the space that housed the short-lived restaurant Rebelle. The executive chef is Guillaume Thivet, and with Mr. Burke he is serving oysters Rockefeller, skate meunire, roast chicken, filet of beef and fries.

218 Bowery (Prince Street), 646-649-4805, misterfrenchnyc.com.

You can easily take your food allergies, sensitivities and the like to this new restaurant in a club, the Well, which is devoted to wellness with features like a meditation dome and a reflexology lounge. The restaurant is open to the public, not just club members. The restaurants executive chef, Sherry Cardoso, worked at Cafe Cluny, Per Se and Brooklyn Fare. Her menu, devised in consultation with a team of partners in this enterprise, features just what youd expect: organic, seasonal, local ingredients in dishes like a sprouted quinoa and bean burger, and a bowl of chickpeas, vegetables and greens at lunch; and at dinner, sashimi, house-made burrata, wild halibut with savoy cabbage, and also the quinoa and bean burger. There is also a daily market table from which diners can select ingredients like roasted vegetables.

2 East 15th Street, 646-560-8088, the-well.com.

Wylie Dufresne has opened a holiday pop-up of his Williamsburg, Brooklyn, doughnut shop. The pop-up, near Union Square, will be open daily through Dec. 29 (except Dec. 24 and 25). Orders can be placed online for pickup from noon to 5 p.m.

31 East 17th Street (Broadway), dusdonuts.com.

Food will be a major focus at what is being billed at Manhattans first night market, to begin this weekend. It will occupy the renovated areas of the historic East Harlem market, La Marqueta, with a savory food court occupied by vendors like Harlem Shake, Eggroll Queen, and Sisters Cuisine; a sweet food court with Harlem Pie Man and others; and a garden area serving beer and coquito. Handmade wares like beads will also be featured; there will be music and, from 4 to 5:30 p.m., a selfie-ready Santa. The market is a collaboration among NYC Public Markets, Uptown Grand Central, TBO Harlem and Buy Local East Harlem. (Dec. 7, 14 and 21, 4 to 10 p.m.)

La Placita at La Marqueta, 1590 Park Avenue (116th Street).

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The right tile can make a world of difference to your home. (Rawpixel pic)

When you step into your home, or your bedroom, whats the first thing you feel? The floor, of course! And different floors have a different impact on each room.

With many different types of flooring options available in Malaysia, it can be daunting trying to choose the right one for your home.

This guide will enable you to get a better idea of the options and prices of flooring available and find what suits you best.

Ceramic tiles

Ceramic tiles are composed of natural clay, sand and water. These ingredients are moulded to form square or rectangular tiles before being baked in a kiln to remove moisture.

Ceramic tiles are mainly used in the living room and bedroom. Designed to be used indoors, ceramic tiles are also suitable as wall tiles due to their light-weight characteristics.

Available in both gloss and matte finishing, they are also considered the most basic tiles and the cheapest.

The most important reason for choosing tiles is owed to the variety of designs available. Whichever look youre going for, theres a tile design that will suit your needs.

Best suited: Bedroom, guest bathroom

Price: RM8RM12 per sq ft for labour. Tiles start from RM2 per sq ft.

Porcelain tiles

Porcelain tiles are baked at a very high temperature for a long period of time to evaporate moisture. These tiles are available in a wide variety of colours and designs, and come with either gloss or matte surfaces.

Porcelain tiles are very versatile as they can withstand heavy foot traffic and resistance against wear and tear. This makes them suited for indoor-outdoor use as well as light- or medium-duty commercial applications.

Best suited: Bathroom, kitchen, porch, balcony

Price: RM8RM12 per sq ft for labour. Tiles start from RM5 per sq ft

Solid hardwood

Solid hardwood flooring is, as its name suggests, made of 100% solid wood pieces.

The wood can come from balau, nyatoh, merbau, kempas, chengal, Burmese teak and belian, as well as imported ash, beech, white oak, Tasmanian oak, Russian pine and walnut.

Some of these species, such as merbau, Burmese teak, and belian are well known for being termite-resistant, which makes them highly valuable.

Best suited: All rooms except bathrooms

Price: From RM22 per sq ft for supply and installation. This may vary depending on the type of wood used.

Laminate

Laminate flooring is made of compressed wood fibres and a resin to form the core.

The top layer is the design layer, and is made of a printed image, covered with a clear layer to protect it. The printed image is carefully chosen to look like wood, marble, or stone; anything you like.

Homeowners can choose from a myriad of designs ranging from natural hardwood appearances to natural stones and ceramics.

Best suited: living room bedroom, dining, bathroom, kitchen, laundry

Price: From RM6.50 per sq ft for supply and installation depending on the design.

Carpet

Generally, there are two types of carpet flooring roll carpets and carpet tiles.

Roll carpets normally come in a width of 3.5 metres and can be rolled out to cover the entire length of a room. However, they require professional installation and the process can be very time-consuming.

On the other hand, carpet tiles are available in squares of approximately 45 cm, 60 cm or 91 cm, which can fit perfectly on most floor spaces.

Best suited: Office, bedroom

Price: From RM4 per sq ft for supply and installation for carpet tiles. From RM3 per sq ft for roll carpet.

Marble

Quarried from mountains around the world, marble is considered a soft rock that is easily scratched, scraped and chipped.

Since it is a natural product, each piece of marble is unique. It is available in multiple colours or even in a mix of different colours and can be cut into rectangular or triangular shapes of different dimensions.

Best suited: Living room and bedrooms.

Price: From RM15 per sq ft plus RM1015 per sq ft for labour.

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Massive new lock gates are to be installed at Albert Lock, Jamestown, by Waterways Ireland 171 years on from its opening.

In a lifetime you will probably never see a lock drained to ponder the quality of the masons, carpenters and ironmongers workmanship involved.

The Shannon apparently flows North in only one place on its long journey to the sea: thats between Jamestown and Drumsna, the unnavigable, shallow, rocky loop the canal was built to get around.

The lock was built of magnificent cut stone by skilled masons in 1848 and its engineering with internal sluices is a marvel. The barrel-vaulted floor and the step the gates swing on is an engineering wonder.

All these works on the upper Shannon were done in Famine times. They opened up proper navigation to Carrick, including through its then new bridge, and on to Cootehall, Knockvicar, Drumshanbo and beyond.

A multitude of forgotten poor labouring souls were also involved in taming the mighty Shannon to mans purpose. The access road is widened, the huge new gates are on site, and the works are scheduled to finish in February in time for the new cruising season

PICTURE: GERRY FAUGHNAN

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This is a plain sawn white oak veneer floor with 7 ply birch core and 4mm thickness veneer. The ... [+] manufacturer is From The Forest

Engineered wood, likeengineered stone,is manmade. Rather than using solid boards, manufacturers glue and bonded together multi-layers of materials; a top veneer or wear layer (a thin slice of hardwood), and a central core made up of additional layers all going in perpendicular directions. The number of layers vary by product from 3 to as many as 10 with 5 to 7 layers most typical. The process of using engineered wood for the flooring helps prevent the wood from expanding/contracting causing warping and bowing in humid or dry areas, the way a hardwood might.

Unlike most solid wood, this engineered wood is durable in a bathroom.

Most engineered wood comes pre-finished, unlike solid hardwood which is generally finished on site. They can have a high gloss, semi-gloss or a matte finish as well as different looks - distressed or wire-brushed. Aluminum oxide creates a very durable finish but must be factory installed. Oiled finishes often have a matte finish and allows you to repair superficial scratchesThis is used in lieu of polyurethanes, which can be applied by the do-it-yourselfer, however this product is more likely to yellow with age and release volatile organic compounds (VOCs).

The engineered wood is carried throughout this house, including the bedroom.

Engineered wood is an environmentally-friendly alternative to solid-wood flooring that requires cutting down fewer trees and creates less waste. Engineered wood is constructed in a number of ways. The top layer is always a hardwood and the core may be made with layers of plywood or a hardwood core. This construction minimizes the expansion andshrinkage of the flooring due to temperature and humidity changes.

The engineered hardwood was manufactured by From The Forest.

AAnother advantage of using plywood is the ability to choose from some very costly exotic woods, such as Brazilian cherry hardwood or Ope, which would be very costly using the solid planks. The engineered version would be much less expensive and easier to source.

Engineered floors are also more versatile than solid wood. They can be installed on a variety of subfloors such as floating (which means theyre connected to each other but not fastened to the floor), nailed, or glued down. They can go below, on, or above grade (solid wood cant be installed below grade). They can also be installed on floors where only thin flooring will fit. Unlike typical hardwoods, engineered flooring can be installed over concrete in basements and moist areas such as bathrooms. Solid wood flooring or engineered flooring may be used over plywood, existing wood floors, or oriented strand board (OSB) subfloors.

Engineered wood French oak was used for flooring on this modern kitchen.

Engineered wood comes in a variety of different species of wood and different thicknesses from 3/8 to 3/4 thick. The thicker the veneer, the more times it can be re-finished (but the less resistant it will be to denting?). From The Forest says their high-density fiberboard (HDF) core with their thinnest veneer is their highest performing product when it comes to dent resistance. Sawyer Mason, uses a hardwood core rather than plywood for their engineered floor construction to create a green product and offer maximum stability.

Warranties vary on engineered wood depending on the grade of the wood and the wood species. Domestic woods, such as maple and oak might come with a 10 to 20 year warranty, whereas ax exotic hardwood, such as Brazilian Koa or ope, might have a 100 year warranty. Cost will also vary by grade and species.

This Oak Bluffs living room has engineered wood flooring.

One of the drawbacks to engineered wood, depending on the thickness of the veneer, is that it cannot be sanded as many times as solid wood. However, Sawyer Masons plank flooring offers the same amount of sanding and refinishing as solid wood. Thinner engineered flooring will not be as durable as hard wood, except in moist conditions, where it will be more dimensionally stable than solid wood. It is unlikely also that engineered wood will have the longevity of solid wood unless you choose an engineered flooring with a thick wear layer.

In general, engineered wood can be put throughout the house, requires less maintenance, is more moisture resistant, and generally at a lower cost - making it a good option to consider for your home.

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Theres a lot to be said for laying floors. I dont really care what kind, Ill lay anything from your unique, expensive South American hardwoods to rough cut pine to durable laminate. If its wood, or looks like wood, Ill snap it together in your house.

I only get to lay floors occasionally. Its only when Im taking a break from drawing and writing to actually make real money that I work construction, and even then Im usually put to work on the more meatheaded tasks. Ill tear out that stupid wall between your kitchen and dining room fast. But when Im lucky, I get to lay floors with Wendell. Sometimes I wonder if I could quit drawing and let laying floors be my only creative pursuit.

Wendell has been selling and installing floor products for much longer than Ive been alive. He knows floors like a good guide knows the snowpack. Hes got an encyclopedic knowledge of products, and their merits, and the decades of experience it takes to just know certain things without having to think about them. But what really makes him special is that he reads all of the manufacturers instructions about every flooring product he installs. Having spent a solid portion of my life doing menial tasks in homes that are somewhere between the drywall is hung and the owner is moving in tomorrow, Im familiar with the general lack of instruction reading in the construction business.

Were men after all. Weve done this sort of thing before, instructions are just a waste of time so just push a little harder, hand me that sledge hammer, and well make it work. Working with Wendell is exactly the opposite. If you have to try too hard, youre probably doing it wrong, is his maxim. Hes repeated it to generation after generation of boneheaded workers; Im merely his latest helper.

On the first job I worked with Wendell, a co-worker walked off the job in a huff because he thought he knew better. He felt like he was being talked down to, hated reading directions and would rather just force it. Once he cooled down and got back to work, he refused to do it Wendells way, instead he slapped flooring around, breaking off tongues and crushing grooves. He ended up having to work a weekend, tearing up floor hed installed poorly and replacing it.

My first few hours installing a new flooring product always reminds me of my first few days backcountry skiing. I know what Im supposed to do, but things just arent quite clicking. Kick turns are hard. Im frustrated, wallowing, falling, angry. But just like backcountry skiing, its all about the attitude and experience.

Now I read the instructions. Now I make sure to fiddle with every product we install before we start on the house. I try different methods of clicking pieces together. I experiment with laying floor in the opposite direction the manufacturer recommends, a skill invaluable for closets and hallways. I learn how to deliver precise taps to encourage each piece to lock itself in. Usually on the job site I move with a reckless haste. Im used to tearing off roofs, scooping shingles into the truck below with abandon. Instead I fall into a shuffling rhythm. Small strides, careful not to damage the new floor. Its translated to the skin track too. I used to galumph around trying to keep up. Now its all about efficiency, barely lifting the ski, using my heel risers at every grade change.

Once I find my rhythm, laying floor feels just like spinning my mountain bike up a smooth climb, or skinning on the pass. Its as close to meditating as I get, a peaceful monotony that allows my mind to wander. If Im lucky, and I usually am, the house Im flooring has big windows that face the Tetons or Big Holes. Every time I look up from my work I explore those hills in my mind, reliving adventures and contemplating new routes. Meanwhile, the patch of new floor grows. Tap! Click! Grab another plank.

Soon enough the snow will fall and Ill trade my planks for skis. Ill put down my tapping block and hammer, and grab an ice axe and ski poles. This house will be ready for trim and baseboards, and Ill be out searching for fresh snow and new lines. But until then, Ill be reading instructions, shuffling slowly, and tapping gently. And when I finally click into my skis, trying to wrestle my touring bindings into uphill mode, Ill remember, If you have to try too hard, youre probably doing it wrong.

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Art and design museum Triennale Milano is launching its Year of Play, a multi-disciplinary project that will explore the nature of play and games in all forms over the course of a year. Kicking off the interactive series is South Korean artist Koo Jeong As fully-functioning skatepark, titled OooOoO. The site-specific installation, which was curated by Julia Peyton-Jones and Lorenza Baroncelli, is open to the public now.

Designed specifically for the Galleria on the ground floor of Triennale, the skatepark is completely covered in glow-in-the-dark paint and turns fluorescent green as the lights change. Music by Koreless, an electronic music producer based in Glasglow, animates the space; the melody interacts with the installation, creating an immersive and multi-sensorial experience for the viewer.

Since the 1990s, Koo has transformed traditional spaces with her participatory installations. This time, OooOoO brings the public together to solidify bonds and build community, as all visitors are able to enter the track or book a session through the Triennale.

The importance of skate culture to the museum is realized in the Triennale Milano Academy of Skateboarding, which was recently created to be the ideal meeting point between learning and having fun, and to further excite visitors and establish a unique relationship between the institution and its young guests. As art has become more digitally accessible, Triennale Milano understands the need for cultural institutions to invest in new interactive experiences for visitors, while utilizing their current exhibition spaces.

Take a closer look at OooOoO in the gallery above and head over to Triennale Milanos website for more information on upcoming exhibitions for the Year of Play. Koo Jeong As installation will be on view to the public from now until February 16, 2020.

Triennale MilanoViale Emilio Alemagna, 620121 Milano MI, Italy

For more art-related news, KATSU and Tsuru Robotics have launched their first for-sale smart painting drone, dubbed the KATSURU BETA.

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Each week, we search New York City for the most exciting and thought-provoking shows, screenings, and events. See them below.

Tricia Wright, Pandoras Box (detail, 2019). Courtesy of the artist and BRIC.

1. Present Bodies: Papermaking at DieuDonn at the Gallery at BRIC House

The BRIC gallery is presenting a curated collaboration with DieuDonn, the Brooklyn-based studio where artists can learn paper-making techniques. The exhibition features the work of eight artists (Swoon, Noel W. Anderson, Lesley Dill, Candy Gonzalez, Lina Puerta, Paul Wong, Saya Woolfalk, and Tricia Wright), each of whom are presenting works based on the theme of paper as a repository of memories.

Location:Gallery at BRIC House, 647 Fulton StreetPrice:FreeTime:Opening reception, Wednesday 7 p.m.9 p.m.; TuesdayFriday, 11 a.m.7 p.m.; Saturday & Sunday, 11 a.m.5 p.m.

Caroline Goldstein

A promotional image for John Dowell: Cotton: Symbol of the Forgotten. Courtesy of Laurence Miller Gallery.

2. John Dowell: Cotton, Symbol of theForgotten at Laurence Miller Gallery

John Dowells sobering works reflect on the histories and legacies of race relations in America. This show focuses in particular on the lives of black Americans in New York state, and includes a digital rendering ofSeneca Village, a once-vibrant community that was founded in 1825. InDowells work, the hub, which was razed to make space for Central Park, is imagined alongside the apartment buildings that replaced it.

Location:Laurence Miller Gallery, 521 West 26th Street, 5th floorPrice:FreeTime:TuesdaySaturday, 10 a.m.6 p.m.

Nan Stewart

Calvin Tompkins, The Lives of Artists: Collected Profiles. Photo courtesy of Phaidon Press.

3. The Lives of ArtistsAn Evening with Calvin Tomkins at the Metropolitan Museum of Art

TheNew YorkersCalvin Tompins will discuss his latest book box set, The Lives of Artistsa compilation of over 80 of his most important artist profiles from 1962 to 2019with artist Paul Chan.

Location:The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium, 1000 5th AvenuePrice:Free with registrationTime:6:30 p.m.7:30 p.m.

Sarah Cascone

Portrait of Michela Marino Lerman. Photo: Luis Guillen, courtesy of the Whitney.

4. Jazz on a High Floor in the Afternoon: Michela Marino LermansLove Movement at the Whitney Museum of American Art

What better way to spend a frigid winter evening than cozied up in the Whitney listening to jazz? As part of the programming for composer and pianist Jason Morans exhibition, Moran and curator Adrienne Edwards have orchestrated live performances alongside Morans installations, which riff on iconic jazz venues from around New York.

Location:The Whitney Museum of American Art, 99 Gansevoort StreetPrice:$25 general admission; $18 for members and students

Time:Friday, 5 p.m. and 7 p.m.; Saturday, 2 p.m. and 4 p.m.

Caroline Goldstein

Isaac Mizrahi narrating Peter and the Wolf. with choreography by John Heginbotham, for the Guggenheim Works and Process series. Photo by Robert Altman.

5. Peter & the Wolf With Isaac Mizrahi at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

Fashion designer Isaac Mizrahis version of Sergei Prokofievs childrens classicPeter and the Wolfhas become an annual holiday tradition at the Guggenheim. In addition to providing the costumes, Mizrahi narrates the 1936 symphony, reimagined here to take place across the street in Central Park.

Location:The Guggenheim Museum, 1071 5th AvenuePrice:General admission $45Time:Friday, 6:30 p.m.7 p.m.; Saturday, 1 p.m.1:30 p.m.;2:30 p.m.3 p.m.; 4 p.m.4:30 p.m.; Sunday,2:30 p.m.3 p.m.; 4 p.m.4:30 p.m.

Sarah Cascone

Fiona Banner, Self-Portrait as a Publication (2009). Courtesy of Susan Inglett Gallery.

6. By/Buy Me at Susan Inglett Gallery

In a new group show at Susan Inglett Gallery, curator David Platzker has brought together editioned artworks that have been self-published by artists. The show, which explores themes of commodification and the role of an artist in a commercial art world, includes works by Fiona Banner, Tauba Auerbach, Dan Graham, Hannah Wilke, Richard Prince, and Lynda Benglis, among others.

Location:Susan Inglett Gallery, 522 West 24th StreetPrice:FreeTime:TuesdaySaturday, 10 a.m.6 p.m.

Caroline Goldstein

Installation view of Elias Sime: Tightrope at Hamilton Colleges Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art. Photo by Janelle Rodriguez.

7. Elias Sime: Tightrope at Hamilton Colleges Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art

Repurposing electronic waste such as old computer keyboards, motherboards, and electrical wires,Ethiopian artist Elias Sime creates densely detailed, layered colorful sculptures. He imbues these unexpected materials with a sense of beauty, drawing comparisons between the workings of such manmade machinery and the pathways that spring up organically in the natural world.

Location: Hamilton College, Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art, 198 College Hill Road, Clinton, New YorkPrice:FreeTime:TuesdaySunday, 11 a.m.5 p.m.

Sarah Cascone

Michael Apteds 63 Up.

8. 63 Up at Film Forum

In 1964, Michael Apted was tapped to work as a researcher on 7 Up, a British documentary that took a peek into the lives of 14 seven-year-old children from around the country, examining the differences across social classes. Every seven years since, Apted has followed up with his subjects, directing one of cinemas most enduring documentaries. The ninth and latest edition, likely the lastApted is 78 and in failing healthdebuted on the UKs ITV in June, and you can catch it this month at Film Forum.

Location:Film Forum, 209 West Houston Street, west of 6th AvenuePrice:General admission $15Time:12:30 p.m., 3:20 p.m., 6:20 p.m.,9:15 p.m.

Sarah Cascone

Installation view of John Chamberlain & Donald Judd at Paula Cooper. Photo courtesy of Paula Cooper.

9. John Chamberlain & Donald Judd at Paula Cooper

Paula Cooper pairs the giants of John Chamberlain and Donald Judd in this two-person exhibition that highlights their friendship in the 1960s. The two influenced each others work, with Judd experimenting withmotorcycle lacquers after encountering them in Chamberlains work, and even supplying the raw materials for a series of his friends crushed metal sculptures.

Location:Paula Cooper, 524 West 26th StreetPrice:FreeTime:TuesdaySaturday, 10 a.m.6 p.m.

Nan Stewert

Installation view of Gilles Barbier: Laughing at clouds at the Chimney. Photo courtesy of the Chimney.

10. Gilles: Barbier: Laughing at clouds at the Chimney

A native of the Oceanic island republic of Vanuatu, Gilles Barbier presents his first solo show, channelling Rene Magritte with a surreal installation of floating umbrellas that transform the gallery into an otherworldly landscape. The show was inspired by a photograph of President Donald Trump abandoning his wife Melania to stand in the rain as he engaged with reporters from underneath an umbrella.

Location:The Chimney, 200 Morgan Avenue, BrooklynPrice:FreeTime: Saturday and Sunday, 2 p.m.6 p.m.

Tanner West

Tianyi Zhang, installation view of 99 Agreements (2019). Courtesy of Elijah Wheat Showroom.

11. Tianyi Zhang: 99 Agreements at Elijah Wheat Showroom

China-born, New York-based Tianyi Zhangs new gallery exhibition explores gender identity and power dynamics through media-informed role playing. In the titular multichannel video work, Zhang inhabits 99 different high-femme personas, all vocalizing the word yes in a different situation. Viewers are left to intuit each characters emotional state and broader narrative based only on minimal visual context and the tone of their respective acquiescence. Together, the 99 simultaneous vignettes nod toward the overwhelming number of women who feel pressured to comply in a whole range of personal and professional scenarios every dayand how much would change if they instead decided to bear the (sometimes significant) risks of refusing.

Location: Elijah Wheat Showroom,1196 Myrtle Avenue, BrooklynPrice: FreeTime: FridaySunday, 12 p.m.6 p.m.

Tim Schneider

Installation view of Lucien Samaha: A History of Digital Photography. Courtesy of Pioneer Works.

12. Lucien Samaha: A History of Digital Photography at Pioneer Works

Red Hook-based Pioneer Works is showing three decades worth of works by New York-based photographer Lucien Samaha, whose career coincides with the inception and rise of digital photography. In 1990, Samaha won the inaugural Kodak Professional Photography Division scholarship, which allowed him to use the companys newfangled digital camera system before anyone else. In the intervening years, Samaha has documented just about every place hes been, and the fruits of his labors are the focus of this show.

Location:Pioneer Works,159 Pioneer StreetPrice:FreeTime:Wednesday-Sunday, 12 p.m.7 p.m.

Caroline Goldstein

Vanessa German, Serena as Black Madonna #2(2015). Courtesy of the artist, Pavel Zoubok Fine Art, & Fort Gansevoort.

Vanessa Germans works are like Mickalene Thomass photo-tableaux in three dimensions, crossed with Niki de Saint Phalles colorful sculptures. In the press release accompanying the exhibition, German says: I am in love with the deep survival, elastic resilience, and ordinary creative genius of Black people.

Location:Fort Gansevoort, 5 9th AvenuePrice:FreeTime:Opening reception, 6 p.m.8 p.m.; TuesdaySaturday, 10 a.m.6 p.m.

Caroline Goldstein

Travis Boyer, Boyersock. Courtesy of the artist and False Flag.

14. Travis Boyer: Amongus at False Flag

Though Travis Boyers work is grounded in performance, the range of his practice is diverse, and includes painting, sculpture, cyanotype, videos, and textiles. Inspired by familiar scenes, such as drinking games and group fitness classes, his performative works meld the private with the public. As the artist himself explains:it is about the activity being really legible in such a way that you, as a participant, can take it or leave it, project onto it or ignore it.

Location:False Flag, 1122 44th Road, Long Island City, QueensPrice:FreeTime:Opening reception, 6 p.m.8 p.m.; TuesdaySunday, 12 p.m.6 p.m.

Eileen Kinsella

Jamal Penjweny, from the series Saddam is Here (2010). Courtesy of the artist.

15. Theater of Operations: The Gulf Wars 19912011 at MoMA PS1

This ambitious exhibitionwhich examines the impact on visual culture and art of American-led wars in Iraq over the past 30 yearsis not really the kind you can spin through on your lunch hour. Instead, come back two or three times, taking in a floor or two during each visit. The show features more than 30 works by more than 80 artists based in Iraq and its diasporas, as well as artists considering the warthe first to be televised during the rise of 24-hour cable newsfrom the West. Its a slow burn that will stay with you for a long time.

Location:MoMA PS1, 2225 Jackson Avenue, Long Island City, QueensPrice:$25 general admissionTime:MondayThursday, 10 a.m.5:30 p.m.; Friday, 10 a.m.9 p.m.; Saturday & Sunday, 10 a.m.5:30 p.m.

Julia Halperin

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(December 2, 2019 / Israel21c) Who would have thought an exhibit about wheat could be so emotional?

An Israeli installation titled Goren won first prizethe Big Emotions Awardas part of the Jerusalem Design Week delegation at Design Art Tokyo 2019 in October.

Visitors to the show at Japans Spiral Arts Center, held in cooperation with the Israeli Embassy of Japan, were mesmerized by the cloud of chaffdesigned from actual wheat and 2,500 meters of brass wireappearing to float up from the threshing floor (goren in Hebrew).

The ethereal chandelier of wheat was the brainchild of New York-based Israeli architect Nati Tunkelrot and Israeli designer Guy Mishaly, graduates of the Bezalel Academy of Art and Design in Jerusalem.

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The Middle East, for the last 12,000 years, has been home to thousands of genetically diverse varieties of wheat, explained Tunkelrot. Sadly, over the last hundred years this important building block of humanitys history has been driven to the brink of extinctionbeing replaced by a handful of high-yielding and uniform strains. We wanted to give voice to this topic and spark a dialogue.

Telling the story of the scientistsGoren originally was created for Jerusalem Design Week in 2018, which explored the role of design in conservation.

All wheat started in the Middle East region, between Egypt and Turkey, said Mishaly.

The wheat genome is six times more complicated than the human genome. But all this biodiversity doesnt exist anymore. In the 1950s, a new wheat was developed by a U.S. scientist, that was easier to grow with higher yield, and the other species went extinct.

Visitors to Design Art Tokyo examining specimens of wheat. Photo courtesy of Hansen House Jerusalem.

Through their research, the two artists discovered that the Weizmann Institute of Science and the Volcani Center-Agricultural Research Organization are working to gather, examine and conserve wheat strains indigenous to the Israeli region.

The Weizmann Institute and the Israel Plant Gene Bank [at the Volcani Center] have collected seeds of 890 species out of about 4,000 that once existed. They are growing them to find new and better types of wheat, researching and analyzing the valuable genome they hold inside, Tunkelrot told ISRAEL21c.

We were amazed by the tremendous scientific research that has been done for so many years, and decided to create a visual outcome to that story and reveal it to the public.

Cereal crops including wheat contain edible grain kernels covered by an inedible hull (chaff). When the chaff is separated from the grain on the threshing floor, the chaff rises.

An illustrative image of wheat being separated from chaff. Credit: Courtesy.

Our vision was to let the visitor walk inside that experience, said Tunkelrot. We wanted to capture the wheat chaff floating in the air, uniting ancient wheat varieties with new types so you can see the differences.

The installation changes its form to fit the architectural space. In the courtyard of Jerusalems Hansen House Center of Design, Media and Technology, the wheat chandelier nearly touched the ground.

People were standing in it, walking through it, and sitting in it, said Mishaly. When the wind picked up, the whole exhibit shifted form, and even the birds came to visit throughout the day.

In Tokyo, the installation was indoors in a round gallery. Tunkelrot noted that its form seemed to change as you went up the ramp inside the Spiral Arts Center, saying the whole piece sparkled like a talisman of golden jewelry.

Some viewers chose to lie down on a podium at the base of the spiral to get a different perspective of the installation.

Guests asked a lot of questions about wheat, an issue that had never crossed their mind. They were intrigued by the investment Israeli scientists are making in trying to preserve the most important agricultural crop for the Western world, and they were genuinely curious about what they could do to assist these efforts, said Tunkelrot.

Even before leaving Tokyo, Mishaly and Tunkelrot had a few offers for their next exhibition location.

It is precisely due to these interactions with visitors to Goren that provide us with great motivation to continue presenting Goren in many diverse metropolises around the world, so that we might spread the story of wheat and the loss of biodiversity, they said.

This article was first published by Israel21c.

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