Miranda July and Mike Mills’ work could be considered avant garde, though it occasionally ventures into the “weirdo art project” category. Case in point: their collaboration for Blonde Redhead’s video “Top Ranking”. Over 300, one-second frames of July looking cute, if somewhat angsty, in her hipster get up, could bore you after a minute but her interesting poses and occasional soul-searching eye contact compel us to keep watching.

By Veronica Christina

Sprawled out like Jesus on the neatly manicured lawn of someone’s suburban dream home he lay, pushed from a moving car, abandoned and left for dead. He’d been high for three days smoking meth in a dirty motel room in an even dirtier part of San Diego. First the pipe, then the needle. After that anything goes. More crank? Sure, if ya got it. Wanna try heroin? Fuck it, why not? “I died [ Read More...]

By Veronica Christina

Brought to you by people who have more money that Scrooge McDuck comes Singapore’s latest $8 billion dollar tourist attraction, The Marina Bay Sands hotel. Three towers standing 55 stories tall and connected at the top by a huge cruise-ship shaped “Sky Park”, the new hotel aims to put Las Vegas excess to shame. Designed by architect Moshe Safdie, the hotel has 2,560 rooms starting at $500 a night, an infinity pool three [ Read More...]

By Veronica Christina

The dynamic husband and wife duo of Inez Van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin photograph actress Chloe Sevigny in a beautiful collaboration, the elegant and striking nude series, Chloë nue. With only the free-flowing locks of her trademark blonde hair, beaded headband and the occasional kick-you-in-the-ass boot, Sevigny exudes style, innocence and grace without depending on her usual quirky, indie-fashion. Bravo.

At TEDGlobal 2010, author Matt Ridley shows how, throughout history, the engine of human progress has been the meeting and mating of ideas to make new ideas. It’s not important how clever individuals are, he says; what really matters is how smart the collective brain is. (via TED)

By Veronica Christina

I spied this jewelry on the web awhile ago and have been chomping at the bit to have a piece of my very own. A clever take on American pill-popping excess, Canadian designers Stern Lab can’t seem to keep these little devils in stock. Hmmm….

Vicodin Ring Directions:

1. Stick finger in mouth.
2. Suck.
3. Ahhhhhh.

Finally, instructions we can all get on board with.

By Veronica Christina

Traveling is awesome. Traveling to the world’s destination cities is even better. Traveling to awesome cities and having to dip into your child’s college fund for a hotel room you only sleep in, not so much. In an effort to save our cash and provide us with the oh-so-photographic novelty of touching all four sides of our hotel room at once, The Arch Group has designed Sleep Box. A mobile cube (2m (l) [ Read More...]

By Veronica Christina

Their colors warm your heart and the art they create soothes your soul. However, the landfill ridden mess they leave behind leaves you a tad concerned? Yup, I’m calling out spray paint, the medium most street artist have adopted and then were sadly forced to leave behind during their somewhat (ahem) quick exits.

This duality of feeling was the foundation behind the art collective CANlove and their attempt to collect and reuse the discarded [ Read More...]

By Veronica Christina

I’ve known and been a fan of artist Tracey Emin for quite some time as, in my opinion, she’s one of the most prolific and brave artists working within the modern-day, societal constraints of sexuality. Her prolific work Everyone I Have Ever Slept With goes beyond just the physical by lovingly displaying hand-stitched names of those Emin felt had nurtured and loved her. Among the 102 sweetly, patch-worked names are former lovers, her [ Read More...]

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