Mixed Mediums
Ways to Pass Time in the Desert
Jack Kerouac said that the 'road is life,' but the railroad is really living. A giant, moving platform of bathrooms, dining cars, music studios, gallery space and a Levis® car with sofas and tables and deep-leather chairs that drop you right down to...
Downtime Pilgrimages
When the Station to Station: a public art project made possible by Levi's® train's not rolling we generally find ourselves out exploring the local landscape. In Arizona this means giant craters, grand canyons and a million and one references to Route...
Under a Full Moon in Santa Fe
So this is what a Levis® Station to Station happening is. A concert and alongside that a bunch of little tents of activity where locals flock like moths to gas lamps. In cowboy hats, fleece jackets, hippie dresses sandals and bicycle clips.
Wobbling On A Corner In Winslow Arizona
Levis® didn't build the railroads, the Irish and the Chinese did. But Levis® did outfit those laborers. The 501 jean was introduced just before completion of the Atlantic-Pacific route, the same route incidentally that our merry band has been rolling...
Mixed Mediums: Minneapolis
UK-based sculpture artist and illustrator travels to Minneapolis to team up with local print and design artist Arran Gregory. Together the two create a piece of work showcasing their talents through printed media and design.
The Station to Station Train Makes an Unscheduled Stop in Missouri
There was a long gap between the Station to Station event in St. Paul, Minnesota and the Happening planned for Santa Fe, New Mexico, and the rumors started circulating around the train. No one I talked to knew anything concrete, but word was that Doug...
Mixed Mediums: New York City
In this episode, Berlin-based fashion blogger and founder of Dandy Diary, David Kurt Karl Roth teams up with TECLA, a New York born and Brooklyn based musician. Together they collaborate on a stop-motion video that explores all five boroughs of New...
Patti Smith Shows Up at Station to Station's St. Paul Event in Union Depot
Josh and Justin, the on-board engineers from the recording car, slink onstage with Patti Smith. We’re halfway through Patti Smith’s set at the St. Paul Union Depot. Justin plops down behind the drums and Josh picks up a bass. Josh, Justin, and a few...
Thurston Moore, Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti, and White Mystery Play Station to Station's Chicago Event
We left Pittsburgh this morning and are halfway through our ten-hour trek to Chicago. At the moment, the train is passing through Cleveland, Ohio. I watch the abandoned factories pass by and then fall asleep. All of a sudden, it’s 5:01 again and the...
The Station to Station Train Throws a Party in Pittsburgh and Sets Off Towards Chicago
I got up Sunday morning a few minutes before six and was on a plane to Pittsburgh by 8:30am. I was inside the train at noon. Since I am a well-respected journalist from VICE, someone put me to work right away, folding and organizing piles of clothes...
The Station to Station Train Is On Its Way to St. Paul, Minnesota
The train is pulling out of Union Station in Chicago and heading towards Minnesota. Once we get there on September 12th, St. Paul’s Union Depot will be transformed into the fourth multimedia event from Station to Station: a public art project made...
I Saved a Girl in the Disco Yurt at Station to Station's New York Debut
I have a laminated pass with my named Sharpie’d on it. For some reason, people thinks this makes me important. Really, I’m just wandering around Riverfront Studios in Brooklyn, checking out the New York debut of Station to Station: a public art...