• ELECTRONICS
    From splash to style: meet electronics engineer and artist Chetana Ravi

    Karntataka Chitrakala Parishath (KCP) in Bengaluru recently hosted an exhibition titled ‘Hues of Spikes,’ featuring the works of Chetana Ravi. Mythical and mystical characters mix with everyday scenes and scenarios, in her vibrant surrealistic style. “I am an electronics engineer by qualification, but an artist by passion. Art has been my passion since my childhood days,” says Chetana, […]

  • COMPUTERS
    What The Hell Even Is A Computer? Let This Artist Explain

    Computers have become an unavoidable, intrinsic, indivisible part of culture. And yet, every few years, our culture feels the need to slap itself in the face, Macaulay-Culkin-in-Home-Alone-style, and re-ask itself: Wait, what the fuck are we actually talking about when we talk about “computers,” again? Like, what does that word even mean?  Do you know? Honestly. Take a minute. I’ll wait. [Image: Taeyoon […]

  • CLOTHING
    The Artist Who Creates Portraits With a Clothing Iron

    IRONING HAS NEVER BEEN SO cool. Benjamin Shine, an artist who splits his time between London and Sydney, has become a pioneer in what he calls “painting fabric”—using irons to create portraits in cloth. As a member of a family of garment manufacturers and a one-time employee of a fashion company, Shine has long seen the […]

  • CLOTHING
    This Artist Just Gave Away Half a Million Dollars in Clothes

    SLIDE SHOW|10 Photos Bjarne Melgaard’s “The Casual Pleasure of Disappointment” Bjarne Melgaard’s “The Casual Pleasure of Disappointment” Credit© 2013 Tony Cox, Courtesy of Bjarne Melgaard Studio Bjarne Melgaard has not smoked crystal meth any time lately. The divisive Norwegian visual artist is quick to make that point, lest anyone think a short film he created […]

  • NEWS
    a person such as you HITMAKER ADELE PICKED UP 12 AWARDS, which includes THE COVETED pinnacle ARTIST PRIZE, AND DANCE ACT LMFAO WENT home WITH SIX GONGS.

    a person such as you hitmaker Adele picked up 12 awards, consisting of the coveted top Artist prize, and dance act LMFAO went domestic with six gongs. Katy Perry – who was followed to the occasion with the aid of her 91–year–vintage grandmother – said she felt “notably honoured” as she picked up the highlight […]