Category: Art

Four Netflix originals are coming to the Criterion Collection

[ad_1] The supernatural romantic drama Atlantics — a horror film that’s also a social commentary — will be added to the collection, as well. It was one of the films Netflix purchased at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival, where it won the Grand Prix. Finally, the Criterion Collection is also adding the documentary film American […]

A breath-sensing AR project helps visualize your impact on the world

[ad_1] To experience Breathe, you’ll need to strap on a Magic Leap AR headset, which is hooked up to a breath-detecting sensor. This is the first time such a biometric sensor has been connected to the Magic Leap, according to Breathe director Diego Galafassi. He told Engadget at a recent demo that the idea for […]

Craig Kaths’ intricate synth sculptures look real enough to play

[ad_1] In 2015, while managing projects at an art gallery in New York (i.e., mainly working at a computer all day), he started itching to do something with his hands again. That was right around the time famed artist Roxy Paine premiered Carcass, his fast-food restaurant made entirely of birch wood, including all the fryers, […]

Teenage Engineering’s IKEA collection lands in stores next month

[ad_1] The core of the FREKVENS collection (FREKVENS translates to “frequency”) is a portable, modular music system. For $70, you can get the Bluetooth-enabled, 8-inch-tall speaker, which claims to have a 10-hour battery life and comes in black and red or black and yellow. If you need more bass, there’s a $150 speaker with a […]

Bjork and an AI collaborated on an eerie soundtrack for a hotel lobby

[ad_1] It’s a surprisingly unassuming setting for Kórsafn, the “generative audio experience” the Icelandic musician created in partnership with Microsoft and Sister City. There are no displays, no laser beams or smoke machines. If you didn’t know about the installation, you might miss it. At the right time of day, this lobby could be a […]

Spotify tests Stories for influencer playlists

[ad_1] Apparently, Spotify is not sharing the new feature with artists, who received their own version of Spotify Stories last year. Instead, this will be available to select influencers like YouTube makeup and fashion vlogger Summer Mckeen, who has just over two million subscribers on both YouTube and Instagram and 126,455 Spotify followers. It’s unclear […]

What we’re listening to: Big|Brave and Beloved

[ad_1] Big|Brave Terrence O’BrienManaging Editor Big|Brave traffic in a particular type of metal. A type of metal that is often divisive. It’s not a specific subgenre so much as a style of songwriting and playing. They play loud, texturally maximalist metal. But with slow, minimalist arrangements. They’re similar to labelmates Sleep and Sunn O))) in […]

Everything Engadget played to wrap up 2019

[ad_1] Before long, you’ll have some flower friends, a waddling nose and a tiny acorn that can sprout into a giant tree provided everyone else holds hands and dances around in a circle. To progress further, you’ll need to frequently switch characters and use their unique abilities to make other people happy. The aforementioned tree, […]

2016 indie hit ‘Hyper Light Drifter’ is free in the Epic Games Store

[ad_1] The Epic Holiday Sale is still going, and today’s daily free game is Hyper Light Drifter. The top-down action RPG was crowdfunded a few years ago before it was eventually released in 2016, and now you can try it out yourself for zero dollars. Hyper Light Drifter’s 88 Metacritic score and list of awards […]