by Matthew Nielson
The Odd Future hydra grows another head this weekend when the hip-hop pranksters’ new show Loiter Squad debuts on the Adult Swim block of Cartoon Network. Loiter Squad is the latest in a line of TV shows that have taken the tropes of kids’ television as a kind of Trojan horse, used to deliver adult plots and punchlines. This provides a unique kind of ironic satisfaction.
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by Angela McCormack
French hotel Au Vieux Panier in Marseille trades off the novelty room concept, but swaps tacky for glamour in their six amazing suites decorated and conceptualised by different French artists. Tilt‘s spray painted shrine was presented in immediate and abrupt contrast to an ordinary, bright white. See how gradually a build up of tags and drawings fills exactly half of the room’s space.
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by Angela McCormack
Directing team SKINNY made this clip that hits the nail on the head, with tons of nudity, drugs, guns and tattoos on every inch of flesh. They have created a narrative that transforms Hamburg DJ duo Moonbootica‘s sound into something driving and powerful, into a brief five minutes.
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by Brodie Lancaster
Among the dramas and effects-heavy shorts featured in SXSW's Midnight Shorts program was atale introducing us to a woman in the world’s oldest occupation finding very 21st century ways to keep business afloat. “We were one of the few comedic ones, so we did stand out,” Charity L. Miller, the writer and producer of Cherry on Top, told me after Cherry‘s SXSW debut.
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by Genevieve Day
Maiyet is named after the Egyptian goddess of truth and harmony—which couldn’t be more appropriate, given that co-creator Paul van Zyl was a South African human rights lawyer before his recent fashionable collaboration with Kristy Caylor, industry veteran. The pair strive to harness local skills, promote self-sufficiency and raise the profile of numerous local artisans through all of their work.
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