How Google Maps Affects Geopolitics

Google Maps is one of the most universally used and accepted forms of cartography today, but for those living in—or next to—regions affected by border disputes, it’s a completely different story. Historically, Google has patched this issue by displaying differing map borders depending who’s viewing the map. But according to a new paper published in the Columbia Journal of Transnational Law, this strategy might actually …

MeLo-X feat. Little Simz: FFFS

Brooklyn-based producer MeLo-X pairs so well with rapper Little Simz (fresh UK import Simbi Ajikawo who’s been building her own formidable empire) in their track FFFS, which now gets a video treatment to match its astral, “free-fallin” vibes. Experimenting with shadowed outlines and projections, “FFFS” comes off of MeLo-X’s 2015 EP Curate, a mixed bag of dreamy synth-driven tracks that worm their way into the …

Bruce Munro’s “Field of Light” at Uluru, Australia

The artist's newest and largest iteration of his otherworldly series is set to open at the location that inspired it

British artist Bruce Munro is set to unveil the latest and largest of his otherworldly “Field of Light” installations at Australia’s Uluru—the sacred place that inspired the entire project back in 1992, when the artist visited. Much of Munro’s work is large-scale, immersive and incredibly emotive—and this site-specific “Tili Wiru Tjuta Nyakutjaku” (part of the overall “Field of Light” series) is no exception. Meaning “looking …