Piramida

Sampled sounds from an Arctic ghost town comprise the unlikely music on Efterklang's new album

Perpetually in search of new possibilities in the realm of music, the trio behind the Danish band Efterklang set out on a sound-seeking mission last August to the remote island of Spitsbergen to create their fourth album, Piramida. Over the course of their nine-day expedition on the Arctic isle—one that required a year’s time to obtain permission to visit the territory and its abandoned structures—musicians …

Institute of Incoherent Cinematography

Silent films set to a background of live music bring culture for the China Tour

Located in the former Hong’en Daoist Temple in the heart of the old city, the Zajia Lab has become an epicenter of Beijing cultural life. In the past several months, it has welcomed some of Beijing’s most respected musicians and documentary filmmakers to the stage, so it was hardly surprising that the Institute of Incoherent Cinematography (IOIC) settled on the Zajia venue for its new …

myThread Pavilion

Architectural designer Jenny Sabin's biologically-inspired installation launches Nike's Flyknit Collective in NYC

Inspired by the marriage of design and engineering that birthed the groundbreaking Flyknit technology, Nike has selected a handful of global design innovators and tasked them with creating a sculpture, structure or installation piece influenced by the Flyknit shoe, to be unveiled at various locations in the US, China, Brazil, Japan, Italy and the UK. Each project by the members of the Flyknit Collective—chosen for …