Cool Hunting Summer 2009 Reading List

With the dog days of summer just around the corner, our thoughts turn to languid afternoons spent in the park, on the beach or the backyard—if we're lucky enough to have one. Few activities are better for the slow life than a quiet summer read. With that in mind, we asked Cool Hunting contributors to offer up their suggestions for this season's most enjoyable and …

Diego Stocco: Music From a Tree

Using everyday materials or whatever happens to be at hand, sound artist Diego Stocco makes his instruments out of the most unlikely of materials. More recently, the Italian-born sonic craftsman stepped outside to draw on his natural environment to create "Music from a Tree." Bowing, plucking and tapping the tree's trunk, branches and leaves, Stocco builds a a mini-orchestra of the most unlikely sort. â€It's …

Scott Alger’s Light Photography

New York artist Scott Alger creates photographs using light to make a graffiti-like images. In addition to the resulting pictures, the process and performance of making the images are works of art themselves. This past Wednesday, Scott began his new project, taking neighborhood staff from nearby bars and clubs in the Lower East Side of NY to re-create a picture out of the Rococo era …