Alive

British singer Tallulah Rendall collaborates with artists for each track of her playful new album

The whimsical British singer songwriter Tallulah Rendall‘s upcoming album celebrates creativity in all its dimensions. Alive follows her debut album Libellus, which was notable for Tallulah’s soaring voice and her clever idea of creating “viral vinyl” that worked both digitally and as a physical work of art. Tallulah’s enterprising approach to music making is evident once again on Alive, which was independently funded through Pledge …

Ziska Zun

Mysticism and skeletons collide in a Reykjavik designer and illustrator's work

For a slightly more sinister take on tribalism, Icelandic renaissance woman Harpa Einarsdottir (better known by her valiant design pseudonym Ziska Zun) is a wildly imaginative illustrator, stylist, fashion designer, multimedia artist and farmer. While her mediums vary, her cosmic style fascinatingly blends the Day of the Dead icon, La Calavera Catrina, and elements of a warrior princess. Ziska describes her recent solo exhibition “Skulls …

Russian Criminal Tattoos

Some of the Soviet's toughest prison tattoos in a new London exhibit

A rare glimpse into the dark world of post-Soviet prison life, the London show “Russian Criminal Tattoos” features a series of photographs of prisoners and their artistic tattoos. From the cells of Russian prison settlements in far-off places with names like Nizhny Tagil, Perm and Chelyabinsk, many of the tattoos were forcibly (and disgustingly) removed by other inmates who disagreed with it or by authorities, …