Burning Memories

Vibrating panties, Nendo's chopsticks, ancient brewers and more in our look at the web this week

Experimental cultural festival Burning Man is a week-long event that encourages creative freedom, self-expression, self-reliance and community building in radical ways—but to achieve this, one must often find peace within oneself. This poignant video short from Already Alive captures the essence of the Temple, one of the community structures that is built (and burned) annually, and is sure to change the minds of those who …

Mandela’s Lithographs

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“That window, you know, was actually a window to the world, because I could see quite a lot. I could see my mental horizons expand.” So explained Nelson Mandela to two British curators, who met with the utterly prolific world leader after he completed a series of colorful lithographs depicting his time spent imprisoned on Robben Island. Mandela’s surprising series of sketches, which include unseen …

T Burnett’s Analog Aspirations

Vibrating panties, Nendo's chopsticks, ancient brewers and more in our look at the web this week

With 50 years of professional experience and 13 Grammy awards (among countless others) on his shelf, T Burnett knows a thing or two about producing music. His recent collaboration, composing the soundtrack for the Coen brothers’ film “Inside Llewyn Davis,” has once again put him in the limelight and in an interview with Variety, the creative force speaks about the “sonic realities of the day” …