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Last time BangOn! hit Brooklyn, it brought giant fire-breathing replicas of Easter Island’s moai. This time, it’s all about short shorts. The next rave — at a secret warehouse location, as usual — aims to bring “a sea of taut buttocks wearing the shortest shorts in Brooklyn,” and to insure it, the organizers have announced that “prizes will be awarded to the man and the woman with the shortest shorts. Scissors will be available at the front door for last-minute short-shortening.”
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“Ronald & Wizard” by Wizard Skull; acrylic and Sharpie on “He-Man” animation cel (acetate) with original hand-painted background.

A couple of street artists known for appropriating pop iconography have been dipping into the world of animation recently.
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Tonight in DUMBO, a quartet of creatives (including Michael J. Cirino of a razor, a shiny knife, the pop-up dinner rapscallions known for serving rogue luncheons on the L train and such) will present some food-focused work and performances. The event, put on by Kind Aesthetic, aims to “showcase artists, thinkers and makers who use food as their medium” — much like an art exhibit that, coincidentally, is currently on view nearby at Smack Mellon gallery.
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