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The Wackiest Conspiracy Theories from the World of Music

By Tom Hawking on

A couple of weeks back, we surveyed some fascinating conspiracy theories about literary characters. The idea has got us thinking about similar whisperings which hail from a place where truth is often stranger than fiction: the music industry! Click through and read some of the most weird and wonderful conspiracy theories the world of music has thrown up over the years, and let us know if you have any to… Read More

Pop Culture

Watch a Stirring Performance of Dr. Seuss’s ‘Oh, the Places You’ll Go!’ at Burning Man

By Emily Temple on

You might not think Dr. Seuss and the wild, artistic, once-a-year pop-up community that is Burning Man would be a natural combination — but actually, if you thought about it for a few minutes, you probably would. This video by Tedshots, based on Dr. Seuss’s famous graduation present book Oh, the Places You’ll Go! is pretty all-around wonderful — it’s a lovely look at the vast, happy weirdness of Burning Man (you might even see a few familiar sights) and a reminder that you are free to go in any direction you choose, no matter how zany. After all, out there things can happen — and frequently do, to people as brainy and footsy as you. Click through to see just exactly what. … Read More

Pop Culture

Fiery Photo of Burning Man from Space

By Alison Nastasi on

Around 50,000 people gathered for this year’s Burning Man festival, and the desert landscape was an electrifying vision from space. The radar satellite photo of Black Rock City looks completely aflame, but the reflective red and yellow areas of the image are flat surfaces like cars and other structures that capture the radar signal strongly.… Read More

Film

Video of the Day: Tilt-Shift Burning Man

By Judy Berman on

For those of us who have never experienced Burning Man firsthand, the annual happening in Black Rock City can feel mysterious. What does it mean to build a city from nothing? What do attendees do all week? What exactly is so magical about trudging around in the desert at the hottest time of year? James Cole provides a rare glimpse into the daily life of Burning Man in “Timelapse-icus Maximus,” a tilt-shift video filmed at this year’s event. In addition to gorgeous, overhead shots of Black Rock, we see participants constructing massive art projects, performing costumed rites, and riding around in crazy, homemade vehicles. The festival looks even more beautiful by neon-lit night — and, of course, the “Burn Night” footage (although some of it was apparently lost) is thrilling. Take a virtual trip to Nevada after the jump, and indulge your curiosity further by visiting our gallery of Burning Man 2011 photos. … Read More

Photography

Photo Gallery: Burning Man 2011

By Marina Galperina on

Once every summer, a city rises in the Black Rock Desert of northern Nevada. Artists, musicians, performers, DJs, and wild adventurers head out and join in the communal space. Surreal structures erupt — meditative mirrored Coliseums, fiery sculptures, and, of course, the Temple of Transition. This year, our favorites included Dalek’s robotic art car, the Steampunk Octopus, and a giant stroboscopic zoetrope by Peter Hudson. To say what happens here is “art” isn’t exactly accurate, as the spectacles, happenings, and experiences are so removed from society, it transcends labels. It has to be experienced… or spied, voyeuristically. Here are the photographic highlights from those that ventured out this year and came out Burning — a group that included Flavorpill co-founders Mark Mangan and Sascha Lewis. … Read More

Web

What’s On at Flavorpill: The Links That Made the Rounds in Our Office

By Caroline Stanley on

Today at Flavorpill, our friends at TIME schooled us on some things that we didn’t already know about Labor Day. We refused to participate in the new Batmanning trend. We fought back feelings of nostalgia while watching a reunited Temple of the Dog play “Hunger Strike,” “Say Hello 2… Read More

Art

The Best Art Projects in the History of Kickstarter

By Paul Laster on

The largest funding platform for creative projects in the world, Kickstarter is the DIY artist’s dream-come-true. With a great idea, a fabulous video presentation, and some tempting swag, almost any project — regardless of how fanciful it may seem — can get off the ground. We dug deep into the site to pick the 10 best art projects, including some that are still open to contributions. From Spencer Tunick’s round up of nudes at the Dead Sea and Molly Crabapple’s five-day confinement making wall drawings to Swoon’s musical architecture in New Orleans and Eric Schwabel’s human light suit on the playa of Burning Man, Kickstarter helps make these imaginative projects a reality. Watch the highly entertaining video presentations that funded the projects and let us know if you’ve contributed to any Kickstarter dreams. … Read More

Travel

A Global Guide to Extreme Art Vacations

By Rob Solomont on

Consider yourself brave? Outlandish? The kind of person who, in the privacy of your own home, contemplates trading it all in for a shot at competitive luge? Or do you prefer to read about the world in books, rather than experience it directly? A desk jockey with a Kayak/Qixo obsession, forever running the numbers on the ticket to Bangkok you’ll never buy?

Either way, you’ll find some serious inspiration in our list of the world’s most extreme art vacations. Use them for fuel for your next hijinks, or simply read on, and weep with relief in the knowledge that you’re safe at home. … Read More

Events

Photo Gallery: Burning Man 2010

By Natasha Blank on

Burning Man is well known for its lawless nature, psychedelic atmosphere, and avant-garde spirit, with a reputation for everything experimental and no patience for spectators. For many it’s a spiritual quest. For others, a break from reality. It’s also arguably the largest organized coalescence of artists, engineers, architects, fire spinners, college professors, DJs, bankers, designers, doctors, shamans, students, and CEOs on the planet, where everyone is intimately connected to each other by the city that they build together — a city that temporarily provides a new kind of structure free from externally and self-imposed limits, through which citizens choose to live as they want. … Read More

Performance Art

Burning Man 2009 Evolution: Faces Behind the Burn

By Yingjia Puk on

Each year, thousands flock to Nevada’s Black Rock Desert to create, participate, gawk, and gasp in marvel. A beautiful spectacle, Burning Man is like a Dali painting on one too many psychedelics. For one week, the playa is filled with bright garish neon lights, sweeping and blinking to all; oversized sculptures or structures in every material, shape and twisted design; bicycles wholly covered in plastic flowers, fur and dangling balls of light; and art cars creatively re-imagined to resemble skulls, wagons, birthday cakes, and other creepy crawlies of the… Read More