Refik Anadol is in the future—not from the future or thinking about it, but working within a space that many have yet to approach. The Turkey-born, LA-based artist creates immersive works that use light to explore architecture. He employs developing technologies and complex algorithms to create what he feels are an interactive evolution of film. Take “WDCH Dreams,” a 2018 work that uses the exterior …
After a day driving around the largest city in Texas with photographer and director Philip Edsel, we find that in a dynamic driving environment like Houston the sophisticated, all-new 2020 Range Rover Evoque from Land Rover is more than pragmatic. “Refinement, to me, is about a strong message. Something that isn’t ambiguous,” Edsel tells us about a commonality between the compact luxury SUV and Houston …
Bright Pink Seesaw Unites People at US-Mexico Border A set of neon pink seesaws along the US-Mexico border (in Sunland Park and Ciudad Juárez, respectively) have been installed by Ronald Rael and Virginia San Fratello—who work together as Rael San Fratello. The installation—called “Teetertotter Wall”—is playful and powerfully defiant. Rael calls it the “literal fulcrum for the US-Mexico relations” where it’s blindingly clear that “the …
