Flood Tide

Swoon's art flotilla takes the big screen in a new fact-bending documentary

Using a real event to tell a fictional story, “Flood Tide” chronicles the open water adventure of four musicians who build a raft and set sail on the Hudson. The 50-minute film—directed by artist Todd Chandler—uses footage of street artist Swoon’s seven-boat-strong performance project “The Swimming Cities of the Switchback Sea,” to realistically interpret their fantastic voyage. As the motley cast of characters—a troupe of …

The Creators Project NYC Launch

Art, music and technology collide when Vice and Intel launch their new partnership

Kicking off their new mega-initiative celebrating creativity called The Creators Project, Vice and Intel drew out the masses for a day-long series of performances, installations and events at Milk Studios in NYC this past Saturday. As to be expected from such an ambitious project, the line-up had its lows and highs, with the packed NYC debut of Die Antwoord topping the list. While the musical …

Cool Hunting Video Presents: Astrophyton Darwinium

The making of Cecilia Ömalm Krajcikova's sea creature-inspired sculpture in our latest video

by Cecilia Ömalm Krajcikova in her Stockholm studio to get a peek at the inspiration that went into her recent piece “Astrophyton Darwinium.” After checking it out in-progress at the plaster workshop that made it, we get to see the permanent site-specific installation in its natural habitat at the restaurant Riche.