Tag Archive for: artist

Hell is Hot / Lava Baby

Art&Culture | Interview
In this interview, the artist explores the power of digital identity in art and the avatar as a form of extended self-portraiture. Her work unfolds as a near-divine act of creation, giving life to other beings made in her own image within richly immersive virtual worlds.

On Mass Hysteria / Laia Abril

Art&Culture | Spotlight
A thick black cloth muffles the screaming as hands grasp for air in the void, standing before her voiceless desperation. The eyes, eyelids, and eyelashes are condensed into a single sombre blotch: the light that the iris should reflect gives way to emptiness, to a blind scream reverberating through the disjointed lines of her figure, shaken by a movement tinged with despair.

Making America / Levi De Jong

Art&Culture | Spotlight
In his inaugural solo exhibition at General Assembly in London, Iowa-raised artist Levi De Jong confronts the remains of the American flag, not as a symbol of pride, but as a fractured relic.

Mercury Release / Daniel Turner

Art&Culture | Spotlight
For his third exhibition at Galerie Allen in Paris, American artist Daniel Turner presents Mercury Release, an installation that trades the object for its debris, the sculpture for its sound.

High Off The Glass / Jesse Draxler x Trace Amount

Music | Spotlight
High Off The Glass” is a new industrial track from Jesse Draxler and TRACE AMOUNT, released via Federal Prisoner. Blending sound and visual art, the project continues Draxler’s audio/visual series—with the exclusive premier of the video here on Nasty.

What Is The New Shining ? / Drift Studio

Art&Culture | Interview
Studio Drift is a multidisciplinary team of artists with the drive to fuse the mechanisms of nature with those of innovation.

Midnight at Palais with Jenna Marvin

Art&Culture | Spotlight
For its Fashion-Z finale, Palais Galliera became a surreal dance floor as Jenna Marvin and Jenys debuted a motion-responsive instrument, blending fashion, sound, and performance in a one-night-only spectacle.

The Grandeur of Nothingness / Thierry De Cordier

Art&Culture | Interview
Thierry De Cordier—artist and philosopher—searches, through his seemingly monochrome paintings, for what he calls the “grandeur of nothingness.”

Orchestra in the Dark / Halle am Berghain

Music | Spotlight
Berlin’s sacred temple of techno, Berghain, is no stranger to seismic shifts in sound. But this spring, the former power plant’s brutalist walls will resonate with a different kind of electricity: a new orchestra series, launching an unprecedented dialogue between classical instrumentation and radical space. The inaugural event takes place on May 16th, conducted by Berlin-based conductor and composer Avi Caspi.

The Devil Is Real / King Dude

Music | Spotlight
TJ Cowgill of King Dude partners with Justin Pittney in a project that marks a shift toward deeper collaboration and shared creative vision. Rooted in years of mutual respect this music collaboration explores new sonic landscapes, challenging both their artistic limits and the listener’s expectations.

Who Killed Mr. Moonlight / Alexander Carey – Morgan

Art&Culture | Interview
In this interview the artist delves into the cyclical themes of decay and rebirth, where the physical and emotional challenges of performance art push him toward transcendence, seeking a greater understanding of existence itself.

Death Book: Recipes for the Apocalypse / Petr Davydtchenko

Art&Culture | Spotlight
Petr Davydtchenko is a multimedia conceptual and performance artist, a disruptor of the pre-packaged certainties of capitalist society, and a challenger of rules and norms—beginning with what ends up on your plate.