Spring Gardening Gear: Our favorites across rare seeds and hydroponics to smart tools and watering cans

Spring Gardening Gear


Everyone can be a gardener with a little effort, proper scheduling and a dedicated plot of land. Whether or not you’re interested in toying with orach or purple tree collards, or having your plants tweet, maybe this is the year you dig…

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James Victore: Burning Questions : The graphic designer’s web series serves up a dose of sage wisdom for the creative set

James Victore: Burning Questions


The lives of designers, freelancers and creatives are fraught with ups and downs. Projects come, contracts go, clients run the gamut from perfect to impossible, and sometimes the creative juices just don’t flow when they’re most needed. No one knows this better than beacon…

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The Silent Shout: Miniature sound installations concealed in mailed packages invade and travel through the public space

The Silent Shout


With thought-provoking art projects like “Geometric Porn” (an exercise in which simple shapes can imply something much more powerful—and, in this case, erotic) and “Enlighten the Unpredictable” (a hypothetical…

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Gambles: You Won’t Remind It: A music video capturing life through the eyes of a homeless man

Gambles: You Won't Remind It


Since their inception—and later rampant explosion as both an artistic endeavor and a promotional tool—music videos have become an important medium for channeling new messages and additional layers to the tracks they accompany. With “You Won’t Remind It,” NYC-based band ,…

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Craig Dorety: Division : Light animation sculptures inspired by ocular migraines that examine our visual limits

Craig Dorety: Division


Opening on Saturday, 19 April 2014 at Oakland’s Johansson Projects is an exhibition of hypnotic sculpture animations that will have your eyes watering—after you realize you haven’t blinked in a…

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The Country of Summer Insects: A nostalgic animated film by Chinese artist Tang Bohua, on the capital city of fireworks

The Country of Summer Insects


Tang Bohua (TBH) was born in Liuyang, Hunan Province—the Chinese capital of fireworks—a city scattered with Buddhist temples where the locals would ask for protection from the hazards of their risky craft. During his childhood, temples were TBH’s playground. He was immersed in…

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Darkness & Light: Contemporary Nordic Photography: An exhibition featuring the wide range of depth and style from artists across the northern European region

Darkness & Light: Contemporary Nordic Photography


by Laura Feinstein Nordic countries aren’t known for their mild climates. Whether it’s the near-mythic winter darkness of the Scandinavian “polar night,” or the periods of 24-hour light that characterize the Midnight Sun, this is a region of stark contrasts. “Darkness & Light:…

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Interview: Jonathan Caouette: A 10th anniversary screening of his acclaimed film “Tarnation” and a new queer exhibition

Interview: Jonathan Caouette


On 8 October 2004, “Tarnation”—a film with a $218.32 budget—was released to American audiences. The documentary was unlike anything anyone had seen before. It was 88 minutes of emotional, kinetic storytelling culled from 20 years worth of…

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Interview: Aaron De La Cruz: The San Francisco-based artist on his new Ace Hotel mural and embracing imperfections

Interview: Aaron De La Cruz


by Eva Glettner Prolific artist Aaron De La Cruz was initially inspired to paint because he idolized his older brother. His now-signature style—which bounces from design, graffiti to illustration—is highly stylized and technical, blending influences from Mayan…

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Him: The Website: Bjorn Johansson’s new interactive project, inspired by Spike Jonze’s “Her”

Him: The Website


We were first introduced to digital creative Bjorn Johansson’s work a few years back when we profiled one of his projects, Big-Ass Message, which allowed users the ability to create full-screen,…

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