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Start Your Wet, Hot Summer at MoMA's Rain Room
Initially installed at the Barbican in London, Rain Room became the most successful piece in the museum's history, offering visitors the chance to stand in the middle of a rainstorm without getting wet. The crowd-pleasing exhibition is now on view in New York at MoMA as part of MoMA PS1's EXPO 1: New York. Full story
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Takashi Murakami on Nuclear Monsters and Buddhist Damnation
Takashi Murakami's art has always sat at the crossroads of Japanese tradition and contemporary culture. Often working in sculpture and painting, he recently ventured into the world of cinema with 'Jellyfish Eyes,' a monster movie set in a post-Fukushima world. Full story
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Turning CCTV Footage into Art
We're constantly being spied on by closed-circuit television cameras, those electronic eyes peering down at us and monitoring everything we do. But as Orwellian as it all seems, this invasion of privacy and erosion of our civil liberties can serve as a source for art. Art like Ti… Full story
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Jon Hopkins's 'Immunity' Soundtracks a Series of Stunning Microscopic Images
Small is beautiful. And nowhere is that phrase more relevant than in the work of artist Linden Gledhill. Trained as a biochemist, Gledhill is now a photographer who likes to take photos of the world in close-up. Like, real close-up. In a collaboration with art director Craig Ward… Full story
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Daft Punk's 'Random Access Memories' Collaborators: Paul Williams
We've been taking a look at the collaborators behind 'Random Access Memories,' the new album from Daft Punk. In episode eight we speak with Oscar-winning composer Paul Williams. As well as winning an Academy Award he was also nominated a number of times, most notably for his song… Full story
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Daft Punk's 'Random Access Memories' Collaborators: DJ Falcon
We've been taking a look at the collaborators behind 'Random Access Memories,' the new album from Daft Punk. DJ Falcon (a.k.a. Stéphane Quême, or Bob, as he's known to Daft Punk) is an old friend of theirs who formed a band with Thomas Bangalter called Together, releasing the son… Full story
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Daft Punk's 'Random Access Memories' Collaborators: Chilly Gonzales
For the past few weeks we've been taking a look at the collaborators behind 'Random Access Memories,' the new Daft Punk album. For episode six, we spoke with piano man extraordinaire Chilly Gonzales. Full story
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Daft Punk's 'Random Access Memories' Collaborators: Panda Bear
We're taking a look at the collaborators behind 'Random Access Memories,' the new album from Daft Punk. In episode five we speak with Noah Lennox, a.k.a. Panda Bear from Animal Collective. He recalls the first time he heard Daft Punk's music late one night on MTV when he caught t… Full story
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Creating the Post-Apocalyptic Sky World of 'Oblivion'
While CGI undeniably allows for scenes which might be impossible to film, there's another way of doing FX. And that's using in-camera special effects, which are essentially created in front of the camera rather than added in post. A recent example of this is the effects created f… Full story
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Daft Punk's 'Random Access Memories' Collaborators: Pharrell Williams
In a new series, with direction from Ed Lachman, we're taking a look at the collaborators behind 'Random Access Memories,' the new album from Daft Punk. For episode three we spoke with Pharrell Williams. Full story
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Being Gay and South Asian In America
There's No Sex in Prison Showers
We Usually Wore Our Underwear
Try Not to Destroy Your Life
The First Time I Took Molly
A Teacher and Her Student
Marilynne Robinson on Staying Out of Trouble
"Whitey" Isn't Very Popular in Boston
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