Kate Rohde + Romance Was Born: Express Yourself

The whimsical visual artist teams up once again with the psychedelic couture house for an exhibit in Melbourne

Ever since Kate Rohde partnered with psychedelic fashion house Romance Was Born (RWB) for their 2010 “Renaissance Dinosaur” collection, it’s as though a portal to a hallucinatory parallel universe has opened. Most recently this occurred at RWB’s exhibit, “Express Yourself: Romance Was Born for Kids,” currently on view at the National Gallery of Victoria in Melbourne. For the show, RWB designers Luke Sales and Anna …

JR + Takao Shiraishi in Fukushima

A site-specific collaboration keeps the world emotionally connected to the post-disaster area

by Marie Salom Peyronnel In addition to winning the 2011 TED Prize, JR‘s acclaim has grown after showings at Galerie Perrotin, the Tate Modern and the Venice Biennale. Outside of traditional bounds of the art world, the artist has made an equivocal impact in the favelas of Rio, in Ellis Island’s abandoned hospital and on the Separation Wall in Israel. Four years after a 9.0 …

Kero Kero Bonito: Picture This

London-based based trio Kero Kero Bonito know how to get listeners dancing regardless of what country they’re from, with vocalist Sarah half-rapping in English and Japanese over colorful beats peppered with video game-like samples. Her catchy lyrics are blunt, sometimes bizarre and often hilarious. For instance the Kero Kero Bonito frontwoman gives her account as a girl gamer in “Sick Beat.” “It’s often said I …