(dis)location : Photographer Filip Dujardin’s solo exhibit blurs the line between architectural fact and fiction

(dis)location

With his wonderfully imaginative architectural “photomontages,” artist Filip Dujardin addresses questions of what might have been and what’s still to come. Pulling solely from his extensive archive of his own photographs of buildings, urban spaces and landscapes, the Belgian artist dissects and meticulously reassembles images—with the assistance of computer…

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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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Interview: How and Nosm: The twin brothers take over Jonathan Levine’s pop-up gallery

Interview: How and Nosm

by Vivianne Lapointe On 1 February, Raoul and Davide Perré AKA How & Nosm unveiled their latest body of work at Jonathan Levine Gallery’s new pop-up at 557 West 23rd Street in NYC. You’ll find the artists’ signature reds and blacks as well as their trademark themes in “Late Confessions,”…

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Reclaimed Cleveland: Reclaimed materials from Cleveland’s rundown factories saved for new furnishings

Reclaimed Cleveland

By Laila Gohar The city of Cleveland, once an industrial heartland, lost two-thirds of its population in the latter part of the 21st century. Emigration due to loss of manufacturing jobs resulted in 15,000 vacant houses, which are being demolished over the course of the next 10 years. Each year,…

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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: Artist Michael Sieben updates the children’s classic with characteristically kooky illustrations

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

Originally published to great admiration in 1900, L. Frank Baum’s “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz” has since secured itself as one of the most recognizable children’s classics of all time. While the beloved story has stood the test of time HarperCollins teamed with Austin-based artist Michael Sieben to update…

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Gifts for Your Valentine: Cheeky valentines, tree top beds, raw chocolate and other ways to woo

Gifts for Your Valentine

Finding a suitable gift for your partner is not always easy, especially on what many might argue is a manufactured holiday—but it’s still love we’re celebrating, and there’s nothing wrong with that. To get into the spirit—some of us with full abandon, others more begrudgingly—we’ve added a range of sweet,…

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Macaulay Library: The definitive online archive of wildlife recordings from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology

Macaulay Library

The din of a tropical Australian dawn chorus, the jazzy tune of an indri lemur, the cacaphony of an underwater walrus—these are among the 150,000 audio recordings recently digitized and made publicly available as part of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology’s Macaulay Library. Compiling recordings from the past 84…

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Filmme Fatales: An Australian editor launches a smart zine focused on women and film

Filmme Fatales

After moving back home to Australia last year and starting a career in social media marketing, Brodie Lancaster missed the writing and editing of her old job, as the managing editor of Portable.tv in New York. Armed with an address book of talented writers and filmmakers, Lancaster decided to…

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Social Fabric: Seven artists turn fabric into a tactile discussion of culture, commerce and war

Social Fabric

Currently showing at Craft and Folk Art Museum (CAFAM) of Los Angeles, “Social Fabric” presents the work of seven artists across installations, performances, workshops and collaborative projects made primarily from cloth. Curated by Anuradha Vikram of the Worth Ryder Gallery in Berkeley, the exhibit showcases the work of Stephanie…

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The Ride Gallery: Art inspired by surf culture finds a home online

The Ride Gallery

There seems to be no shortage of interest in surf culture recently. While not all of us are gifted with natural surfing ability, the draw to the sport’s free-spirited culture never seems to fade. For both legit surfers and casual enthusiasts looking to land a piece of art inspired…

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