Macaulay Library

The definitive online archive of wildlife recordings from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology

The din of a tropical Australian dawn chorus, the jazzy tune of an indri lemur, the cacaphony of an underwater walrus—these are among the 150,000 audio recordings recently digitized and made publicly available as part of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology‘s Macaulay Library. Compiling recordings from the past 84 years, archivists have spent over a decade digitizing 7,513 hours of animal sounds with an emphasis …

Filmme Fatales

An Australian editor launches a smart zine focused on women and film

After moving back home to Australia last year and starting a career in social media marketing, Brodie Lancaster missed the writing and editing of her old job, as the managing editor of Portable.tv in New York. Armed with an address book of talented writers and filmmakers, Lancaster decided to take on a new project that would focus on her interest in women in film, so …

Social Fabric

Seven artists turn fabric into a tactile discussion of culture, commerce and war

Currently showing at Craft and Folk Art Museum (CAFAM) of Los Angeles, “Social Fabric” presents the work of seven artists across installations, performances, workshops and collaborative projects made primarily from cloth. Curated by Anuradha Vikram of the Worth Ryder Gallery in Berkeley, the exhibit showcases the work of Stephanie Syjuco, Drew Cameron, Allison Smith, Bean Gilsdorf, Rachel Bernstein, Donna Huanca and Carole Frances Lung (AKA …