SCENE REPORT: BAY AREA

Mike D aka Doomsday1973 delivers this week’s Bay Area Scene Report featurinf Demos, Salute, Berg, Meck, Avert, Aneml, BTH crew, Nope, Lolc Crew, Snarl, Spree, Orfn and more. See more photos from Doomsday1973 on Instagram.
THE MUSEUM INTERFACE

by Sarah Hromack, Rob Giampietro It’s no longer a question of whether art institutions should have a virtual presence. Rather, the onus is being placed on designers to facilitate meaningful interactions with art that might occur in the gallery, via Web-based applications or in new hybrid spaces that merge the real and the virtual. Any […]
ADOBE’S 2016-17 CREATIVE RESIDENCY

Adobe is accepting applications for their 2016-2017 creative residency! The residency offers you a year to work on your creative passion project without distractions. As a Resident, you’ll receive a full salary and health benefits along with access to tools and mentorship to guide you along the way. From Adobe site We’re looking for artists and […]
Angela Sairaf Contemporary Photographer

Angela Sairaf is a Spain based photographer born in Porto Alegre, South Brazil. She is PhD in Techniques and Processes in Imaging (Madrid´s Complutense University) and Master of Contemporary Photography (EFTI). Received three training scholarships at the International University Menéndez Pelayo where she studied visual poetry, creative processes of a reporter and the nature of photography. Deeply […]
BLANK ON BLANK: DAVID BOWIE ON STARDUST

BLANK ON BLANK: DAVID BOWIE ON STARDUST Our website might just be a celebration of everything is David Bowie as we mourn his passing this week. “I never really felt like a rock singer or a rock star. I always felt a little bit out of my element,” he said in this episode of the […]
Julia Vogl wins the Catlin Art Prize 2012

Huge congratulations to Julia Vogl who has been selected as this year’s winner of the Catlin Art Prize.Let’s Hang Out invites visitors to create a communal area by selecting coloured carpet titles that correspond with Julia’s pastime suggestions. A colour is designated to each activity (“Call Mum”, “Tweet” and so on). The work evolves throughout […]
Interview with Multimedia Artist, Annina Roescheisen

Annina Roescheisen is a multimedia artist working across video, photography, installation and sculpture. Reflections on character, awareness, conscience and spiritual growth are key themes in her artwork. The question of identity as an embodiment of the self is underlined subtly. Roescheisen’s video piece What Are You Fishing For? was longlisted in the Aesthetica Art Prize, […]
Urban Terrain

Drawn to bold structures, shapes and lines, self-taught photographer Jürgen Schrepfer (b. 1962) explores cityscapes with a camera, uncovering moments of artistic beauty in the modern metropolis. Schrepfer is a mechanical engineer, which explains the attraction to the constructed corners of urban landscapes. Developing an interest in photography in 2005, he has heightened the architectural […]
Roland Spieth of Bulthaup, Designers of Bespoke Kitchens

bulthaup creates unique kitchens and living spaces in which traditional craftsmanship melds with state-of-the-art manufacturing. They consider all key aspects of ergonomics, aesthetics and production in each custom-designed and custom-made kitchen. We interview Roland Spieth, Director of Export Sales at Bulthaup GmbH & Co. about the bulthaup philosophy. A: Could you describe bulthaup’s design philosophy? RS: At bulthaup, we […]
Symbiotic Landscape

For architect Tom Kundig, design practice is an encounter with context, materials and nature, where structures become a part of their environment.
SCENE REPORT: DETROIT

Each week we feature updates on current graffiti scenes in a number of major U.S. cities with the help of a few select photographers. Scene Report. See more photos from German Friday and his Instagram
ANDREA WAN WILL BLOW YOUR MIND
AN ABANDONED CHURCH IS TRANSFORMED INTO A COLORFUL SKATEPARK

An abandoned church in Llanera, Asturias was recently converted into a skate park and canvased by artist Okuda San Miguel. With the help of an online fundraising push and support from Red Bull, a collective lead by the “Church Brigade’ salvaged and transformed the space into one of the coolest spots to skate we’ve seen.
THE PAPER PAINTERS

Ella & Pitr are from the the French town of Saint-Étienne. When this duo met, Pitr, serious and of dour demeanor, unrepentant tagger and graffiti artist, had been clandestinely hitting the city walls for close to a decade, and wondering where to take things next. One dark and stormy autumnal night, this solitary individual would […]
DREW NIKONOWICZ @ APERTURE GALLERY

Until February 8, a collection of images from the series This World and Others Like It by photographer Drew Nikonowicz will be on display at the Aperture Gallery in NYC. Nikonowicz was recently the winner of the 2015 Aperture Portfolio Prize as well as the first place winner of the 2015 Lenscratch Student Prize. The […]