DJ Spooky: Seoul Counterpoint

The musician spins a live internet tale of two cities at NYC's La MaMa this weekend

When we last checked in with Paul D. Miller aka DJ Spooky, he was finishing up his year-long residency at NYC’s Metropolitan Museum of Art. Seems like he hasn’t taken a break since: Miller was then the 2014 artist-in-residence at Seoul Institute of the Arts, an experience which bloomed into an exploration of electronic music, DJ culture and history of other cultures. Seoul Institute of …

Be Here Nowish

A new, slightly NSFW web series in which two NYC girls swap their home city for awakening in LA

A change in location often seems to be the best way to shake off bad habits, a dead-end job or the lingering remains of a broken relationship. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn’t, but an adventure is always in store. Filmmakers Alexandra Roxo and Natalia Leite explore this in their brilliant new web series Be Here Nowish—and they do so with such intelligence, honesty and …

Climate Changed

An expansive graphic novel-style analysis of the world's environmental woes and the policy action around them

Visual learners, rejoice. French artist and journalist Philippe Squarzoni—known for his celebrated non-fiction, graphic novel-style works on politics and human rights—lends his eye and storytelling panache to an extensive work on one of the world’s most significant and controversial issues: climate change. Inspired by both the scale and complexity of the issue, Squarzoni’s latest work “Climate Changed” is an addictive and personal account of the …