Chimera

Have a weird Christmas with a bird-legged ornament

For a creepy Christmas, Conceptual artist Peter Eudenbach sculpted 100 of these pieces called “Chimera,” a sort of traditional Christmas ornament-with-legs. Eudenbach formed the globe itself from turquoise glass, attaching a set of cast pewter bird feet; the decoration is the perfect accessory for a darker holiday. Released through Artware and to be available online next month, each piece sells for $150, measures about 4″ …

Understand Rap

Parse hop hop's poetry with a book of dry interpretations

While most gets what Tupac meant when he rhymed, “I ain’t guilty ’cause, even though I sell rocks/It feels good puttin’ money in your mailbox” on his hit 1999 track “Dear Mama” (a song now included in the Library of Congress’ National Recording Registry if you needed anymore proof of rap’s mainstream legitimacy), some rap lyrics are just downright baffling to anyone not pursuing a …

Alexis Hyde

Our chat with the curator of a new online concept championing young creatives

Advertorial content: Pushing insistently at what a blog is and can do, the recently-launched The Smartest Thing She’s Ever Said is an interesting take on storytelling in the digital age. Teams of visual artists and writers collaborate to create a loose serialized narrative over the course of three weeks under the sharp eye of curator Alexis Hyde. Supported by Ann Taylor, the project is essentially …