Performance artist, writer, actress, all-round creative pioneer Miranda July has done it again. Her new iPhone app, Somebody, connects experimental art to ... More

Somebody

App by Miranda July

Somebody

App by Miranda July

Performance artist, writer, actress, all-round creative pioneer Miranda July has done it again. Her new iPhone app, Somebody, connects experimental art to social networking, confessional culture, and technology and aims to bring people together.

Sponsored by Miu Miu and co-presented by the New Museum, the messaging app will allow the user to have a personal message delivered to someone they know, but by a stranger, in person. The stranger physically nearest the intended recipient will receive the message and let them know what you want them to know IRL. The stranger will have to follow directions, be that hugging the person, proposing to the person, or otherwise.

It’s kind of a natural extension of all of July’s previous work and yet, at the same time, utterly surprising and fresh. She hopes at least some of these deliveries will get recorded and shared. LACMA will be a Somebody “hotspot” where you will be guaranteed to see members pass along messages, although any social gathering can be a hotspot. September 11th will see a launch event at LACMA with July making a video presentation.

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No one from Russia has done as much as designer, photographer and filmmaker Gosha Rubchinskiy to define the aesthetic of post-Soviet youth ... More

Crimea/Kids

Book by Gosha Rubchinskiy

Crimea/Kids

No one from Russia has done as much as designer, photographer and filmmaker Gosha Rubchinskiy to define the aesthetic of post-Soviet youth and bring it into global conversation. “Crimea/Kids” documents Rubchinskiy’s lense into the world of Crimea’s boys and girls skating, loitering, smoking in their natural habitat of Soviet relics.

Published by IDEA Books

“May in the Summer” is an international drama comedy, directed by and starring Cherien Dabis. Dabis is May Brennan, a successful writer ... More

May in the Summer

Film by Cherien Dabis

May in the Summer

Film by Cherien Dabis

“May in the Summer” is an international drama comedy, directed by and starring Cherien Dabis. Dabis is May Brennan, a successful writer who returns to her family in Amman in preperation for her wedding. Prior to the arrival of May’s fiance, a Muslim professor at Columbia University, May clashes with various family members including her mother, a Christian who chooses to boycott the wedding.

In select U.S. theaters August 29.

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The Congress (“Le Congres”) is a live-action and animation drama, directed by Ari Folman. Robin Wright plays a version of herself as ... More

The Congress

Film by Ari Folman

The Congress

Film by Ari Folman

The Congress (“Le Congres”) is a live-action and animation drama, directed by Ari Folman. Robin Wright plays a version of herself as an aging actress who sells her digital likeness to her studio to use in films without restriction. When this contract nears expiration, Wright is invited to make a comeback into the world of future fantasy, a decision with far-reaching consequences.

In select U.S. theaters August 29.

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jj has upgraded to JJ, and with it have released their fourth album “V”. While the Swedish duo, comprised of Elin Kastlander ... More

JJ

Album "V"

JJ

Album "V"

"At last we meet again
and I'm like baby, what you doing here?
You stay on my mind.
We been up all winters for someone like you and we know that you been up all winters for someone like us.
We don't even know your name or where you came from
and someday this war will be over so we and our friends will stay together until the end.
Making our way through this motherfucking life.

Come on, we have to do it.

jj"

V as in jj n°5 - August 2014

jj has upgraded to JJ, and with it have released their fourth album “V”. While the Swedish duo, comprised of Elin Kastlander and Joakim Benon, retain their iconic languid sound, the sounds of “V” carry what many are calling a heightened intentionality. About their former anonymity, vocalist Kastlander has remarked, “We didn’t mean to be anonymous, to begin with. We just knew we needed to put our music out.” The music which first caught listeners ears in 2009 continues to be a marker for cross-genre indie-pop and indie-hip-hop.

V is out via Secretly Canadian and Sincerely Yours, August 19th.

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New Orleans based singer-songwriter Benjamin Booker has released his self-titled debut album. Influenced by The Gun Club, Blind Willie Johnson, and T. ... More

Benjamin Booker

Self-titled Album

Benjamin Booker

Self-titled Album

New Orleans based singer-songwriter Benjamin Booker has released his self-titled debut album. Influenced by The Gun Club, Blind Willie Johnson, and T. Rex, the album is already receiving rave reviews for its ferocious brand of southern rock.

Benjamin Booker is out via ATO Records, August 20.

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Operators is a three person analog/electronic/dance project including Dan Boeckner (Wolf Parade, Handsome Furs, Divine Fits) as well as Divine Fits drummer ... More

Operators

EP "EP1"

Operators

EP "EP1"

Operators is a three person analog/electronic/dance project including Dan Boeckner (Wolf Parade, Handsome Furs, Divine Fits) as well as Divine Fits drummer Sam Brown and Devojka. They will release their first EP EP1 this Tuesday.

EP1 is out via Grandstand.

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Joe Bradley, known for his bright abstract paintings and cavemanish drawings, has released his first book of collected work. “Joe Bradley: Drawings” ... More

Drawings

Book by Joe Bradley

Joe Bradley: Drawings

Book by Joe Bradley

Joe Bradley, known for his bright abstract paintings and cavemanish drawings, has released his first book of collected work. “Joe Bradley: Drawings” spans the past five years of Bradley’s sketches in linear seeming sequence, beginning with his humorous interpretation of minimalism and on into cartoonish characters and angular sketching.

published by PictureBox

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“Alex Prager: Face in the Crowd” (text by Kaitlin Booher and Elizabeth Banks) features the glossy, “cinematic” photography for which Prager is ... More

Face in the Crowd

Book by Alex Prager

Face in the Crowd

Book by Alex Prager

“Alex Prager: Face in the Crowd” (text by Kaitlin Booher and Elizabeth Banks) features the glossy, “cinematic” photography for which Prager is so well known. The book showcases Prager’s work staging and photographing crowds to create portraits that mirror Hollywood film stills.

published by Lehmann Maupin in conjunction with M+B Gallery.

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