CHECK THIS OUT // NYC Hurricane Prep As "Slacker Art"

Many New Yorkers headed to hardware stores and supermarkets this weekend, scrambling to prepare for Hurricane Irene, but the folks at TriBeCa design and art gallery Mondo Cane were up to something--as it turns out from the Hurricane-That-Wasn't--way more useful.

After snapping photos of various storm preparations around the city, they posted them on their blog as a highly entertaining series of "slacker art" pieces, complete with commentary.

Our favorites are the 25,000 trash cans that the city turned upside down (inadvertent, Duchamp-ian public art?) and of course, the Apple Store's silver grey sand bags (their design aesthetic has no limit.)