Outerlands: Season One: The documentary series from AREA 5 aims to debunk sterotypes and explore non-traditional gaming coverage

Outerlands: Season One


Every now and then a project comes along that can make even the most jaded curmudgeon crack a smile—Outerlands is one of those projects. Video games are a diverse form of entertainment, and one that…

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Sensing Spaces: Architecture Reimagined: We speak with curator Kate Goodwin on transforming London’s Royal Academy of Arts into a sensorial spatial experience

Sensing Spaces: Architecture Reimagined


Over this past month, London’s distinguished Royal Academy of Arts (RA) witnessed large-scale preparations for one of their most highly anticipated shows, “Sensing Spaces: Architecture Reimagined.” The RA’s traditional,…

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Ferran Adrià: Notes on Creativity: A look inside the complex mind of the world’s most innovative chef

Ferran Adrià: Notes on Creativity


If you read Ferran Adrià’s explanation of his origins at elBulli, the renowned chef humbly explains that it was simply chance which determined his career. While destiny may have been the impetus for his place in…

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Snowpiercer: The Escape: The French sci-fi graphic novel, whose film adaption will soon release in the US, finally gets its English translation 30 years later

Snowpiercer: The Escape


The 1982 French sci-fi comic “Le Transperceneige” would have remained in obscurity had film director Bong Joon-Ho not walked into a comic book shop in Seoul and devoured all three volumes in the store. Nobody could blame him. Within the black-and-white illustrations, a…

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Sundance 2014: Kathryn Bostic: The composer of festival favorite “Dear White People” discusses her work and the film

Sundance 2014: Kathryn Bostic


A good score can unite a film, subtly enhancing key moments with flourishes to emotional beats or linking transitions elsewhere. There’s a refined balance between making the music powerful enough to be felt and resonant, while providing something in service to one of…

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Chineasy : A delightfully illustrated guide to learning Chinese characters

Chineasy


Beginning with key Chinese characters—which the book refers to as building blocks—author ShaoLan Hsueh and artist Noma Bar have made a memorable guide, as helpful as it is pretty,…

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Interview: Matthew Brandt: The experimental photographer makes images combining acid burnouts, velvet and cocaine

Interview: Matthew Brandt


While his images—made from bubblegum, honeybees and toothpaste—quickly grabbed the attention of collectors and curators worldwide, LA-based artist Matthew Brandt continued to explore the potential of other curious media in order…

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Sundance 2014: Slamdance’s ROVER: An odd, engaging feature film about a comedic cult attempting to make a movie

Sundance 2014: Slamdance's ROVER


One of just a handful of films in Slamdance’s narrative feature competition, ROVER—full name being ROVER (or Beyond Human: The Venusian Future and the Return of the Next…

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Sundance 2014: Drunktown’s Finest: A bleak but hopeful feature film portrays life around a New Mexico Navajo reservation

Sundance 2014: Drunktown's Finest


While “Drunktown’s Finest” was developed over six years of writing and a year of production and post, the creative expansion and the hurdles it leaped over en route to the 2014 ); return…

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The Best of McSweeney’s Internet Tendency: The website’s daily dose of sharp-witted short stories takes to the printed page in an entertaining new book

The Best of McSweeney’s Internet Tendency


A lot has changed online since the literary world’s beloved Dave Eggers began McSweeney’s Internet Tendency 15 years ago. With the current digital climate plagued by frivolous cat videos and impulsive Twitter comments, finding intellectually entertaining…

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