DJ Spooky: Seoul Counterpoint: The musician spins a live Internet tale of two cities at NYC’s La MaMa this weekend

DJ Spooky: Seoul Counterpoint


When we last checked in with Paul D. Miller aka DJ Spooky, he was finishing up his year-long residency at NYC’s Metropolitan Museum of Art. Seems like he hasn’t taken a break since: Miller was…

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Cool Hunting Video: Flex: Remarkable skills, creativity and self-expression combine to define Flex dancing

Cool Hunting Video: Flex


Not long ago, we were honored to meet some of Brooklyn, NY’s premiere competitive dancers and experts in the Flex style. We spent a few hours with the crew—learning about the style and watching some fantastic moves—and their remarkable talents were mesmerizing….

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Cool Hunting Video: Christopher O’Riley: Transforming pop music hits into classical piano masterpieces

Cool Hunting Video: Christopher O'Riley


In a private residence on NYC’s Upper West Side, we recently had the pleasure of attending a thrilling performance organized by Culture Shock featuring pianist Christopher O’Riley. Renowned…

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Speakeasy Dollhouse: The Bloody Beginning: An immersive theater experience transports the audience back to the Prohibition era, interpreting a murder mystery from a new angle each week

Speakeasy Dollhouse: The Bloody Beginning


On 14 March 1935 in the Bronx, New York, a man named Frank Spano was shot to death in front of his 12-year-old son Dominick. John Guerrieri, the man who held the gun, was their neighbor and father to Dominick’s friend—and would later…

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Behind the Scenes at Strip Strip Hooray: Mechanical bulls, confetti cannons and fog machines jazz up Dita Von Teese’s traveling burlesque show

Behind the Scenes at Strip Strip Hooray


“They come dressed to the nines,” says Justin Moyer, production manager for Strip Strip Hooray. He’s referring to the pantheon of fans that flock to the performance, one of the preeminent shows in the neo-burlesque scene….

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Veal: Opera, dance and industrial design in Harrison Atelier’s latest show at The Invisible Dog

Veal

Opening tonight, 7 February 2013, at The Invisible Dog in Brooklyn, “Veal” is a multidisciplinary performance that marries unlikely traditions from opera to industrial design. Thematically, the show plays off of the notion of the “industrial animal,” looking at the process from artificial insemination to life in confinement and…

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Reach Ruin: Recycled glass shards and plaster casts recreate a post-apocalyptic landscape in Daniel Arsham’s solo show

Reach Ruin

Working with crushed glass, recycled ceramics, molded sand and the resin for which he is most known, multidisciplinary artist Daniel Arsham expanded upon his preferred material to create “Reach Ruin,” a beautifully resonating solo exhibition currently showing at Philadelphia’s Fabric Workshop and Museum. His ghost-like resin and fiberglass figures…

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The Humping Pact: Greco-Roman orgies meet 21st century urban exploration to expose overlooked creative spaces

The Humping Pact

Artistic works addressing the relationship between the human body and its environment are not a new concept. The Berlin-based duo behind “The Humping Pact” fit into this tradition while establishing new methods to distinguish itself from past attempts. Combining contemporary trends with Greco-Roman aesthetics, “The Humping Pact” stands somewhere…

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