Open Field

Minneapolis' pioneering Walker museum commandeers their lawn for a summer-long social experiment

An interactive project, Open Field invites the community of Minneapolis to use the Walker Art Center as a medium for their own expression. Inspired by the creative potential of online social networks, WAC turned their backyard into a physical environment for the collaborative exchange of ideas to occur. The experiment gives anybody the opportunity to schedule an activity, which in the past have included everything …

One Small Seed

A multiplatform media powerhouse for contemporary South African culture

In 2005, Giuseppe Russo started One Small Seed in his adopted hometown of Cape Town, South Africa. Russo’s own story—after just a couple of months spent visiting the country, he felt the urge to create a cultural mouthpiece—embodies the concept. Since planting his own small seed in Cape Town with a single quarterly title, the publisher has grown exponentially. In the course of five years, …

Fables of the Reconstruction 25th Anniversary

R.E.M. celebrates the quarter century b-day of their third album with a bonus feature-packed reissue

Putting opinions on reunion tours (and the entire fate of rock) aside, a good reissue makes the perfect excuse to revisit an old favorite or get into it for the first time—and gives die-hard fans something new to obsess about. Fables of the Reconstruction, digitally remasters the original 1985 R.E.M. release, pairing it with 14 previously-unreleased demos (including the debut of “Throw Those Trolls Away”) …