Eyebeam Atelier

Words: David Alm

This non-profit for the education, production and exhibition of new media art has recently commissioned the construction of a 90,000 square-foot museum and production space in the city's artistic nexus, Chelsea.

The Truth About Honest

Words: Sue Apfelbaum
Photo: Jan Hilmer

So while design may not always be deception-free, Honest's work is refreshingly without ego and genuinely marked with integrity.

Nostalgia Rockets

Words: David Alm

Oftentimes, the oddities of one culture are best illuminated by those of another. And what could be a better example of this than Karaoke? Korean artist Lee Bul has focused on this kitschy pastime for her most recent solo show, "Live Forever."

Lodown

Words: Luke Magnuson

If we are to believe the mainstream press, graffiti culture is back in vogue. In Berlin, Thomas "Marok" Marecki's Lodown Productions crew leads the Euro pack.

What's The Idea?

Words: Holly Willis
Photo: Jan Hilmer

TKNY hopes to achieve a ecstatic synergy by offering customers a combined restaurant, design gallery, party space and store, where after a yummy drink and delectable meal you can explore the latest advances in technology and design.

Britain's New Angry Young Men

Words: Lina D. Russell

Neither Nick Relph nor Oliver Payne made it through art school. Relph was thrown out. Payne failed. But it didn't take long for this British filmmaking duo to be catapulted into the international art world with a series of gritty punk-rock shorts that rip open the underbelly of today's Britain.

Bloodlust and Ballet

Words: Anthony Kaufman

Commissioned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Maddin's Dracula is also (get this) a dance film, adapted from the Royal Winnipeg Ballet's production of the Bram Stoker classic.

Psychedelics Plus Politics = Beletic

Words: Sandy Hunter

A child of the '80s, music video director Brian Beletic's style clashes analog roots with Chomsky inspired misgivings.

In My Eyes, Sinema

Words: Ryan Chaffee

So powerful that the brain almost supplies the appropriate Nino Rota or Ennio Morricone soundtrack.

Baby's Got a Temper, Prodigy

Words: Ryan Chaffee

Traktor's latest casts the long-absent rave-punk trio as undercover masterminds behind a highly addictive lacteal narcotic.

Nike Presto DVD

Words: Jonathan Wells

To launch its latest line of Presto footwear, Nike enlisted artists to create work inspired by a new sport being practiced by kids around the world -- "Think skateboarding without a skateboard."

10 Music Video Visions of the Future

Words: Ryan Chaffee

Underworld - "A Hundred Days Off"

Words: Luke Magnuson

Underworld proves that the departure of Darren Emerson hasn't diminished the pair's ability to deliver dangerous dance floor rhythms.

The Sound of Mutek

Words: Philip Sherburne

Mutek, Montreal's annual electronic music festival that began May 29, incorporated dance music, experimental sound, digital video and genre-bending graphic design in such a way that thrilled the eye and the organs as much as the ear.

Matt Keating - "Tiltawhirl"

Words: Jesse Ashlock

Matt Keating's accomplished fourth album mines similar territory to Richard Buckner and other disciples of Leonard Cohen's downcast lyricism, occasionally detouring into jangly Big Star terrain.

Nightmares on Wax - "Mind Elevation"

Words: Ryan Chaffee

George Evelyn sounds cashed on NoW's latest, mood music for a lazy smoking circle and their joint-rolling robot.

DJ Vadim - "USSR: The Art of Listening"

Words: Sue Apfelbaum

Headz are gonna roll when they hear the latest from UK via USSR's Vadim.

Akufen - "My Way"

Words: Jakob Trollbäck

Montreal-based Marc Leclair arranges tiny fractions of sounds captured mostly from radio into structures that are incredibly complex but still so groovy that you just have to dance.

Playgroup - "DJ-Kicks"

Words: Luke Magnuson

Trevor Jackson has always lived life on the cutting edge of dance music. But it wasn't until he took on the Playgroup handle that the wily-haired Jackson really came alive.

Radio Zumbido - "Los Últimos Días del AM"

Words: Sue Apfelbaum

Radio Zumbido mixes the traditional sounds of the band's native Guatemala with just about everything else - jazz, jungle, dub, salsa, exotica - you name it.

Various Artists - "Blisscent I"

Words: Jesse Ashlock

Blisscent has become a record label, and its inaugural release is a fantastic collection of 14 catchy, ethereal tunes by the next wave of this heavenly style.

Restart Records

Words: Luke Magnuson & Jesse Ashlock

In keeping with the theme of this issue, RES has catalogued 10 albums that "re-started" music, albums that are progressive in spirit and futuristic in feel.

Got Guidance?

In an era of fragments and misinformation, there's something downright thrilling about an old-fashioned guide, with everything you need to know all in one place.

Blurring the Boundaries

Theory and fiction cheerfully coexist, with witty, provocative sci-fi stories about the melding of (wo)man and machine rubbing against mind-bending theoretical jaunts into cyberspace.

Touch It, Feel It

It's hard not to judge a book by its cover when the cover itself is a mutating design element, as found on the "Photo Graphics Issue" of IdN magazine and Soon: Brands of Tomorrow.

Police and Thieves

Words: Tom Samiljan

Similar to last year's immensely successful Grand Theft Auto III, The Getaway is part 3-D action-shooter, part RPG set in a cinematic urban underworld.

Eatmail

Words: Jonathan Wells

This fast-growing viral distribution portal is dedicated to spreading great entertainment content via e-mail to its 5,000 subscribers every Friday.

Warcraft III

Words: Sandy Hunter

Warcraft III ups the multi-tasking ante established by gamemaker Blizzard (Diablo II, StarCraft).

Neverwinter Nights

Words: Sandy Hunter

Neverwinter Nights, Bioware's latest Dungeons & Dragons game, is the best software interpretation of the venerable RPG yet.

A Taste of Tokyo In Paris

Words: Lina D. Russell

Palais De Tokyo might just be the first art center to be truly responding to the changing artistic conditions of the networked space and the complexities of today's media production.

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