Chromatics: Shadow

While most who tuned into the Twin Peaks’ season premiere last night were perhaps elated by the new Angelo Badalamenti scoring, a musical performance that closed out the spectacle delivered a very different sort of Lynchian experience. Portland’s Chromatics played their 2015 track “Shadow” for those at the Bang Bang Club. They followed this up with an official video for “Shadow,” where they perform in …

Chameleons of the Art World: The Humans of Frieze New York

Frieze New York 2017 has ended but the visual treats keep coming. In a hilarious, sweet mockumentary by W magazine, the island-based art fair and its curious attendees are explored in a wildlife documentary style. Called “Chameleons of the Art World: The Humans of Frieze New York,” the short film was written by Mike Albo and narrated perfectly by James Gillies. For many of us, …

Jonah Samson’s “Yes Yes We’re Magicians” Found Photography Book

A collection of tragicomic imagery weaving a narrative on the human condition

Artist and Cool Hunting contributor Jonah Samson collects vintage imagery—black and white relics that he refers to as his “new old photos.” Scouring eBay and beyond, Samson does more than horde these little time capsules. He frequently modifies and presents them in galleries. Or, in the case of his latest book “Yes Yes We’re Magicians,” he assembles them into a narrative. A moody, meticulous complication, …