Jon Hopkins's 'Immunity' Soundtracks a Series of Stunning Microscopic Images

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 i…

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

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 t…

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.

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

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 cam…

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 Willia…

Daft Punk's 'Random Access Memories' Collaborators: Nile Rodgers

We've been taking a look at the collaborators behind 'Random Access Memories,' the new album from Daft Punk. In episode three we speak with guitarist, virtuoso producer, and frontman of disco-funk ban…

Daft Punk's 'Random Access Memories' Collaborators: Todd Edwards

In a new series, with direction from Ed Lachman, we take a look at the collaborators behind 'Random Access Memories,' the new album from Daft Punk. In episode two we speak with innovative American pro…

Daft Punk's 'Random Access Memories' Collaborators: Giorgio Moroder

In this new series, The Creators Project is taking a look at the collaborators behind 'Random Access Memories,' the new album from Daft Punk. In episode one we speak with legendary Italian producer Gi…

Behind the Scenes of Leo Villareal's Monumental Light Sculpture 'The Bay Lights'

On March 5, San Francisco’s Bay Bridge lit up with 25,000 LED lights courtesy of Leo Villareal’s installation 'The Bay Lights.' The huge light sculpture will be illuminating the bridge for the next tw…

The Incredible Light Art of the Kinetica Art Fair

A 5,000-pixel, shimmering LED sphere, illuminated sculptures built from fluorescent fishing line, sound-reactive glowing fashion, and a projection-mapped "fallen star" sculpture are just a few example…

Design Your Own Clothes with Continuum Fashion

Continuum Fashion is a label that allows people to create their own designs using the hive mind of the internet as well as apps. It's one of those crowdsource-y, DIY companies that people learn about

Animal Collective's 'Applesauce' (Live from Terminal 5)

Abby Portner, who dubs herself the “visual person” for Animal Collective, has been creating images to go with their sounds since they started their sonic experiments back in 2000. For the new album co…

Purity Ring Live

Purity Ring's light cocoons react uniquely to each performance. We spoke to the electronic duo after a recent Webster Hall show about the technology and inspiration behind their setup.

Meet OKFocus

OKFocus, the creative design agency that counts artists Ryder Ripps, Jonathan Vingiano, and Jules Laplace as its members, likes to take the path less trodden when it comes to website design. This is n…

Aphex Twin's Remote Orchestra

One of electronic music's most lauded entities unveils his three-part performance piece, exploring a bold new direction in sound.

6,000 Light Bulbs React to Your Movements

The Creators Project has shown artist Muti Randolph’s 'Deep Screen' at several of their events. Here’s your chance to see what it’s like to step inside the interactive light installation.

Shapeways and the 3D Printing Revolution

Though it’s been used by industrial designers to create prototypes for decades, the process of rapid prototyping has only recently begun to benefit the masses, and Shapeways has been leading the way s…

Controlling Sound with Your Face (and Vice Versa)

Daito Manabe uses electrical impulses as an artistic medium, creating music with the reactions of people's nervous and muscular systems. Whereas most electronic musicians control sound with their hand…

Nosaj Thing - "Eclipse/Blue"

Japanese artist and producer Daito Manabe teamed up with California-based musician and producer Nosaj Thing to conceive and direct the music video for "Eclipse/Blue," a track off Nosaj Thing’s upcomin…

Meet the Digital Studio FIELD

We went to visit UK-based digital art studio FIELD to learn how they created 'Energy Flow,' one of the most mind-bending film projects we've ever seen.

Matt Pyke

As the founder and creative director of Universal Everything, Matt Pyke has a mission to create gorgeous visual spectacles on screen that reinterpret the nuances of natural human motion. His effective…

The xx - "Chained" by Young Replicant

“Chained,” the second single off 'Coexist,' has all the somber intensity that is distinctly xx. The play of lyrics between Romy Madley Croft and Oliver Sim evoke heartbreak and the rhetoric that often…

Andrew Huang

Director and visual effects lover Andrew Huang fuses his early passion for arts and crafts with his formal art education to make whimsical music videos and short films that have charmed judges at fest…

Grizzly Bear - "Yet Again" by Emily Kai Bock

For Grizzly Bear's “Yet Again,” Emily Kai Bock imagined a lonely ice skater practicing in a desolate ice rink, gliding around in the warm glow of the spotlight. Suddenly, she breaks through the ice an…

Yeasayer + Casey Reas

When Yeasayer approached us about helping them create an immersive experience for their new live show, we enlisted software art pioneer Casey Reas to do something he’s never done before: conceive stag…

"Parade" by Rone and Filip Piskorzynski

In his captivating video starring actress Natalia Dufraisse in her recurring role as the floating girl, Rone and director Filip Piskorzynski defy far more than just gravity.

An Interview with Geologist from Animal Collective

We spoke to Animal Collective's Geologist about how the concept for the new album 'Centipede Hz' and the radio transmissions preceding it came to be. If you were wondering where the idea for those war…

The Making of 'Beasts of the Southern Wild'

We spoke with the film's director and special effects guy about what it takes to make a phenomenal film with little more than raw skill and determination. Watch our behind-the-scenes video and read a

Meet Yang Yongliang

Chinese new media artist Yang Yongliang was classically trained in Chinese painting and calligraphy from a very young age. Now he uses digital tools to capture that time-tested aesthetic. Traditional

The Making of Hot Chip's "Look at Where We Are"

In this behind-the-scenes video shot by Brantley Gutierrez, Danny Perez talks about the inspirations behind his face-excavating music video for Hot Chip’s “Look At Where We Are,” produced by The Creat…

Hot Chip - "Look at Where We Are"

The video for “Look at Where We Are,” produced by The Creators Project, is a surreal reflection on the ups and downs of being in a relationship, shot with dreamy visuals that flip between the dramatic…

Kong Lingnan

We visited Lingnan's Beijing studio where she took us through her process, which begins with searching for inspiration online before sketching and actualization. Find out more about the Taoist philoso…

The Making of Passion Pit's "Take a Walk"

For Passion Pit’s “Take a Walk” music video, the debut track off their upcoming album 'Gossamer,' we teamed the band up with UK-based director David Wilson.

Meet Tanlines

Brooklyn-based electronic duo Tanlines, aka Jesse Cohen and Eric Emm, believe that good music and art come out of friendship.

Chris Milk: The Treachery of Sanctuary

Director Chris Milk is a pioneer of interactive experiences, whether they live on the web like The Wilderness Downtown and Rome: 3 Dreams of Black, or in real life like Arcade Fire’s Coachella 2011 pe…

Squarepusher at Fort Mason

Squarepusher left the crowd at Fort Mason in a euphoric daze after his performance at The Creators Project: San Francisco.

Meet AraabMUZIK

AraabMUZIK is a Los Angeles-based hip-hop producer and DJ who creates vast textural soundscapes with rapid hi-hats and powerful kick drums.

Stop the Virgens

Karen O and KK Barrett's psycho-opera 'Stop the Virgens,' which debuted in October 2011 at St. Ann's Warehouse in Brooklyn, is an assault on the tragic joys of youth. The piece is a series of fever dr…

Meet Jamie xx

Jamie Smith, aka Jamie xx, is a British DJ and producer best known for his work with indie band The xx. He gravitates towards hip-hop because of the genre's roots in jazz and soul, and brings out thes…

The Making of Neon Indian's 'Polish Girl'

Earlier this fall, The Studio collaborated with Alan Palomo of Neon Indian on the music video for "Polish Girl." We recruited self-made director Tim Nackashi to direct the video because of his flair f…

Daniels + Battles: The Making of "My Machines"

The song "My Machines," featuring British electronic composer and singer Gary Numan, is taken off Battles' recent album Glass Drop. For the video, we paired Battles with directorial duo Daniels, who a…

Hussein Chalayan

For avant-garde British fashion designer Hussein Chalayan's S/S 2012 presentation in Paris this September, The Creators Project collaborated with the fashion mogul to literally "show a new image of th…

'Origin' by UVA and Scanner

At The Creators Project 2011 New York event, United Visual Artists and Scanner's massive LED sculpture Origin attracted spectators like insects to bright light. Set in the foreground of the Brooklyn B…

Florence + the Machine

British pop sensation Florence Welch of Florence + the Machine likes to perform every song as if were her last, placing herself "on the edge of complete oblivion." We trekked over to Abbey Road Studi…

Hussein Chalayan - Trailer

Like any true member of the avant-garde, British fashion designer Hussein Chalayan shook things up for his Spring/Summer 2012 presentation this September in Paris. In collaboration with The Creators P…

Art and Technology Festival, October 2011

For The Creators Project's biggest event to date, we hosted an unforgettable art and technology festival in DUMBO, Brooklyn, October 15-16. Saturday night saw musical performances from the likes of Em…

STOP THE VIRGENS - TRAILER

The psycho-opera 'Stop the Virgens,' debuting this October at St. Ann's Warehouse in Brooklyn, is an assault on the tragic joys of youth.

Taeyoon Choi

A South Korean performance artist and inventor whose work takes personal stories into the public realm.

"My Machines" by Battles

"My Machines" featuring British electronic composer and singer Gary Numan is taken off Battles' recent album Glass Drop.

Michael Stipe

We sat down with Stipe to discuss his contemporaries, how his photography fuels his artwork and the enduring legacy of punk rock.

Amon Tobin

To bring his acclaimed electronic album ISAM to life, Brazilian breakbeat producer Amon Tobin commissioned artist Tessa Farmer to create intricate sculptures crafted from insects and animal bones insp…

Casey Reas

For Casey Reas, software is the most natural medium to work with.

The Creators Project: Hellicar & Lewis

41 Strings

To celebrate the 41st anniversary of Earth Day, Nick Zinner partnered with Loomstate and rounded up some friends to create an orchestral ensemble of 41 Strings.

Meet Ludovic Houplain H5

Ludovic Houplain co-founded the design collective H5 just as multimedia artists found at-home accessibility to groundbreaking technology.

Meet Queen Sea Big Shark

Chinese rock group Queen Sea Big Shark operates as a DIY operation, and they pride themselves on being able to practice and record their music anywhere.

Meet Quayola

UK-based visual artist and filmmaker Davide Quagliola (aka Quayola) likes to deconstruct architecture and historic artworks.

The Creators Project at Coachella 2011 - Trailer

A series of mini-documentaries revealing the creative processes behind the artworks, installations and performances of our three-day infiltration of Coachella.

Summer into Dust: Arcade Fire & Chris Milk

Arcade Fire will once again collaborate with legendary director Chris Milk to visually portray the collective emotional experience of the band’s performance.

The Creators Studio: J. Spaceman and Jonathan Glazer

British director Jonathan Glazer and J. Spaceman deconstruct Spiritualized’s graceful classic “Ladies and Gentlemen, We Are Floating In Space.”

Meet Drunken Tiger

South Korean hip-hop king Tiger JK talks about growing up on a steady diet of Ice Cube and NWA in a time when Koren pop music was the only option for ear-food.

FriendsWithYou

We spent a day with Arturo and Sam of FriendsWithYou as they set up and took us on a tour of their vibrant installation Rainbow City.

Interpol on 'Interpol'

In a rare intimate video interview with Interpol members Paul Banks and Daniel Kessler, we discuss the band’s creative process.

Meet Gang Gang Dance

Though busy recording their new record (their fifth), Gang Gang Dance agreed to sit down and let us pick their brains.

Mark Ronson and The Black Lips

When The Black Lips set off to record their latest studio album, they decided to try something new—working with a professional producer for a change.

Meet Warren Fischer

Take a look at the established creative force that is Warren Fischer, of Fischerspooner fame.

Meet Animal Collective and Danny Perez - Oddsac

Danny Perez’s Oddsac is a peek into Animal Collective’s entire world. And it is, in a word, trippy.

Meet Sagmeister

Meet Stefan Sagmeister. Master of typography and the imagination behind some of the most iconic works of graphic design.

Meet Sebastian Denz

Meet Sebastian Denz. Three dimensional documentarian.

Meet Emicida

Self-made Brazilian mixtape-master and rapper.

I'm Here Means a Lot to Me NYC VBS

We asked audience members to share their reactions to Spike Jonze’s short film about a touching-yet-troubled romance between two robots.

Meet Alexandre Herchcovitch

Changing the way the world thinks about Brazilian fashion, Herchcovitch is fast becoming a big and serious name in the fashion world.

Meet Paul B. Davis

The hows and whats of the artist’s career as a videogame hacker and video-manipulating mastermind.

Meet Neon Indian

Sonic revisionist.

Meet Mira Calix

The visual-aural arts mastermind makes a few minutes for us!

Meet Joshua Third

It’s the science-nerd guitar-player from the Horrors!

Meet Peaches

Meet Julius Von Bismarck

Julius Von Bismarck keeps the past present.

Meet Tinchy Stryder

Grimes small wonder.

Meet Nick Zinner

Contemporary renaissance man.

Meet Takeshi Murata

Digital art mastermind.

Meet Spike Jonze

Director, producer, and overall creative Midas.

Meet Danny Perez

At the helm of the video vanguard.

Meet EE

Meet EE. The dynamic digital dance duo and very first total art performance team ever to come out in Korea.

Meet Zhang Shou Wang (Carsick Cars)

Chinese indie-rock pioneers.

Meet Ladj Ly

Ladj Ly is a rising film director and member of popular film collective Kourtrajme and has shown a different side of France with his films.

Meet Brainfarm

Meet Curt Morgan. A pioneer in the digital art of action-sports film making.

Meet Radical Friend

Meet Radical Friend. Julia Grigorian and Kirby McClure are two young and talented filmmakers from Los Angeles. They are known best known for their unique and highly acid-induced, visualistic, vide

Meet Diplo

We met up with the MIA collaborator, baile pioneer, and boss of Mad Decent Records, to find out what he’s doing at Tuff Gong studios.

Meet Phoenix

Phoenix is a group of four sharp dressed, smooth-tongued Frenchmen who have come to resurrect modern pop-rock from the throes of boredom.