The colorful back streets of Vienna

Nicolina Tyler — The colorful back streets of Vienna

Vienna and the hunt for magical doors continues… Perola and I wander down another hundred streets in search of portal locations for our next interactive public art installation which will take place here in Vienna next fall. We weave through the 1st district, through grand courtyards, down mysterious corridors, into back alleyways… And still there […]

Vienna: Achtung, Fertig, Los! (Ready Set Go!)

Nicolina Tyler — Vienna:                                       Achtung, Fertig, Los!                           (Ready Set Go!)

I wake up in the “City of Dreams.” Vienna. It is very early and still dark. It’s my first day here and a buzzing anticipation ignites me. I get dressed for the cold and head out into the blue shadows of the dawn. It’s drizzling lightly and the cobblestoned streets are empty and slick with […]

Farewell NYC, Hello Vienna!

Nicolina Tyler — Farewell NYC, Hello Vienna!

NYC/Vienna (photos courtesy of inhabitat and Sunboe.com) I am off on another journey~ I will be gone five weeks; spending one week in Austria scouting locations with Pérola Bonfanti for our next interactive public art installation which will take place in the center of Vienna next fall. Then we will travel to Italy together to […]

Profile in EV Grieve

Nicolina Tyler — Profile in EV Grieve

Out and About in the East Village In this weekly feature, East Village-based photographer James Maher provides us with a quick snapshot of someone who lives and/or works in the East Village. By James Maher Name: Nicolina JohnsonOccupation: Street ArtistLocation: Portal Zero (Outside the Bean), 3rd Street and 2nd AvenueTime: 6 p.m. on Monday, April 15 I grew up in Seattle. […]