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Artist Monica Bonvicini on sex, aggression, and climate change
Berlin Art

Artist Monica Bonvicini on sex, aggression, and climate change

“There are some guys who are totally afraid of me even though I am a very nice person,” says Monica...
The Black Keys don’t care about being rock stars, they just want to play good music
Nashville Music

The Black Keys don’t care about being rock stars, they just want to play good music

Nashville’s Broadway is a country music Disneyland for grown-ups. Bars named Honky Tonk Central and Tequila Cowboy invite you in...
Perera Elsewhere appropriates technology and makes room for creative freedom
Berlin Music

Perera Elsewhere appropriates technology and makes room for creative freedom

Cables and cigarette butts lie all over the floor, a drum set off to one side, while speakers blare out...
Mark Krayenhoff van der Leur: Garments as sculptural forms
Berlin Art

Mark Krayenhoff van der Leur: Garments as sculptural forms

In the back room of his bright fourth floor apartment—aptly located close to Kurfürstendamm, one of the biggest shopping streets...
The Art of Listening with Berlin-based DJ Alexandra Dröner
Berlin Home Stories

The Art of Listening with Berlin-based DJ Alexandra Dröner

Rays of sunshine pour in, framing her sharp, innate movements with a cross of light. Her raw, unadulterated motions contrast...
Don Aretino explores his queer Muslim identity through his avant-garde fashion collections
Berlin Fashion

Don Aretino explores his queer Muslim identity through his avant-garde fashion collections

“My designs aren’t typically commercial, most of them are very avant-garde,” says fashion designer Don Aretino as he begins to...
Die Epilog magazine breaks literary traditions to create uplifting commentary on current society
Berlin

Die Epilog magazine breaks literary traditions to create uplifting commentary on current society

With the first issue published in 2013 in Weimar, Germany, Die Epilog intended to make cultural theory and practice accessible....
Sculptor Simon Denny on the material imprint of our data-driven economy
Berlin Art

Sculptor Simon Denny on the material imprint of our data-driven economy

The first thing that Simon Denny does when we meet in his studio is to apologize for scheduling our interview...
Ana Saraiva's surreal aesthetic
Munich Art

Ana Saraiva's surreal aesthetic

The Brazilian-born artist describes her work as “a dance on the fountain of admiration,” but like many of the painters...
Born out of the Spanish recession, the architectural studio Mesura carries moderation and respect as its core values
Barcelona Architecture

Born out of the Spanish recession, the architectural studio Mesura carries moderation and respect as its core values

It was during the preceding decades, a time associated with the Spanish housing boom, that Benjamin Iborra Wicksteed and Carlos...
Nabihah Iqbal shakes off expectations of what it means to be an Asian-British musician
London Music

Nabihah Iqbal shakes off expectations of what it means to be an Asian-British musician

One hand resting on the handle of her indestructible-looking record case, the local characters that make Gillett Square one of...
Toiletpaper's Pierpaolo Ferrari
Milan Art

Toiletpaper's Pierpaolo Ferrari

“It’s the surprise, you know? Part of the joy of working with us is the unexpected. You don’t know what...
Sculpture and design intersect with Canadian Furniture Designer Zoë Mowat
Eugene Art

Sculpture and design intersect with Canadian Furniture Designer Zoë Mowat

Based in Montreal and born to a sculptor mother and a psychiatrist father, Zoë grew up with a balance of...
Inside Pioneer Works, New York's collaborative wonderland for the arts and sciences
New York City Art

Inside Pioneer Works, New York's collaborative wonderland for the arts and sciences

It is, without sounding hyperbolic, an organization multifaceted with creativity and underpinned by iconoclastic entrepreneurship, with curiosities that beckon around...
Evan Clabots seeks out the unexpected details, imbuing personality into 3D-printed design
New York City

Evan Clabots seeks out the unexpected details, imbuing personality into 3D-printed design

There was a girl involved, it’s true, but spend the day with Evan and one gets the sense that even...
Dazed and Composed: The East Berlin atelier of electronic musician and painter Markus Manowski
Berlin Art

Dazed and Composed: The East Berlin atelier of electronic musician and painter Markus Manowski

Amidst the towering Soviet apartment complexes and only a block away from the notorious Hohenschönhausen prison, the industrial face of...
In Good Company: Claesson, Koivisto and Rune on architecture, design and productive partnership
Stockholm

In Good Company: Claesson, Koivisto and Rune on architecture, design and productive partnership

Despite their strikingly different personalities, the three soon became close friends. Two years later, while still in college, they launched...
Color theory: How a Parisian architect and a Texan sculptor created an artist community in Antwerp
Antwerp

Color theory: How a Parisian architect and a Texan sculptor created an artist community in Antwerp

They fell in love with the small yet culturally vibrant Belgian city after just three days, and within three months,...
Behind the scenes with Berlin’s electronic dream team Moderat: the making of Album “III”
Berlin

Behind the scenes with Berlin’s electronic dream team Moderat: the making of Album “III”

The trio talk us through their shared history of techno, the mechanics of collaborative work, and the concept behind the futuristic...
Art, anarchy, and pornography: Creativity in Soviet Latvia
Riga

Art, anarchy, and pornography: Creativity in Soviet Latvia

“Is it safe up here?” I call across the rooftop, whose tiles creak and groan under each footstep. “A little...
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