Creative Duo Dora & Maja on Media, Process, & Hawking Axe to Teens
Dora Budor and Maja Cule are a pair of Croatian expats who work together in downtown New York, using a mixture of digital, video, installation and performance media to explore our rapport with modern...
View ArticleArtist Rachel de Joode on Absurdity, Authenticity and Playing with Your Food
Dutch-born, Berlin-based multimedia artist Rachel de Joode makes weird and funny things out of random stuff, which sounds a lot less climactic than it really is. De Joode pulls her ideas from a...
View ArticleArtist Afke Goldsteijn on Excess, Taboo, & Hitting Your Friends Up for Their...
Now that every dive bar in Bushwick has some, taxidermy rarely gets beyond the level of camp, let alone into a gallery. As a symbol of the nostalgia for poor taste, it’s been suspiciously...
View ArticleArmory Preview: Winston Chmielinski’s Ecstatic Paintings
Winston Chmielinski is a rare breed: a self-taught painter in an industry obsessed with new media. Like fellow autodidact Francis Bacon, he uses a traditional medium (acrylic, and lately, oil) in...
View ArticleEmerging Designer: Wanda Nylon, Maker of the World’s Raddest Raincoats
Wanda Nylon is a Paris-based brand that specializes in fashion-forward rainwear made from eco-friendly materials such as vinyl, PU and PVC. Founded by Antwerp Academy-trained designer Peter Hornstein...
View ArticleBass Drum of Death’s John Barrett on the New Album and the Beauty of A...
John Barrett of Bass Drum of Death isn’t just a frontman. He wrote and recorded every track for the outfit’s first album GB City (2011) and their self-titled second LP, which dropped yesterday. He has...
View ArticleEmerging Designer: Mandarin & General’s Fresh Take on Old-World Tailoring
In the West, the qipao (pronounced “chi-pow”) or mandarin dress mostly brings to mind stereotypes of dim sum waitresses and B-movie starlets. Peggy Tan, the designer behind Mandarin & General, is...
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