• INTERVIEW: Christian Joy, Costume Designer
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    Christian Joy on deconstructing old punk looks for Karen O and the influence of John Waters' bizarre characters.

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  • INTERVIEW: Jerry Schatzberg, Filmmaker & Photographer

    Legendary filmmaker and photographer Jerry Schatzberg talks about running the 60's nightlife scene and working with Jimi Hendrix, Bob Dylan and Al Pacino.

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  • VIDEO: PETER MCGOUGH, Artist

    Peter McGough of the art duo McDermott & McGough on dandyism and the late 70's East Village Underground film scene.

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  • INTERVIEW: John Beckmann, Architect & Designer

    Architectural hacker, John Beckmann breaks down the city's lagging avant garde architecture scene.

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  • INTERVIEW: Michael Halsband, Photographer

    Photographer Michael Halsband recalls the late 70's East Village scene and his days on tour photographing bands like The Rolling Stones, AC/DC and The Clash.

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  • INTERVIEW: Ray Tintori, Filmmaker

    Filmmaker Ray Tintori tells us how he got started working with Jan Svankmajer, MGMT and Spike Jonze.

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  • INTERVIEW: Vito Acconci, Architect

    Architecture's enfant terrilbe, Vito Acconci discusses the influence of Blade Runner and explains why New York City might need more parasitic architecture.

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  • Video: Veronica Vasicka, Minimal Wave

    Minimal Wave founder Veronica Vasicka breaks down the retro inspired genre she helped define.
     

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Interviews

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Videos

  • Jacques Magazine

    Jonathan Leder & Danielle Luft

    "Pornography has a very dirty and cheap connotation but I dont see anything about our magazine being dirty or cheap."

  • Veronica Vasicka

    Minimal Wave

    "I think this music is the soundtrack to city living. To me it sounds really organic even though it's made with machines."

  • Jim Walrod & Hester Diamond

    Interior Designers

    "I should thank the Diamonds for giving me a career and Mike D for calling me 'The Furniture Pimp'. I'll never live that one down."

  • Peter McGough

    Artist

    "The art scene has changed. I don’t think it’s very exciting. I think it’s very corporate and a little boring."

  • Ari Up

    Punk Legend

    "My sound is authentic and honest. You can hear Brooklyn coming through it."

  • Susan Blond

    Warhol Star & Publicist

    "Bad was an Andy Warhol movie I was in. I had an important role, which was throwing a baby out a window."

  • Noémie Lafrance

    Site-Specific Choreographer

    "Some of the places I've created shows are abandoned and not what people usually see as beautiful. It's nice to reinvent it's meaning."

  • Pigeon Lady

    Pigeon Fancier

    "Racing pigeons is a big money game. It's generally a 'made man's' sport."

  • Ann Liv Young

    Performer

    "I have my own issues with exploitative sex and porn and when I make sexually explicit work I'm really exploring my own questions."

  • Fred Cray

    Photographer

    "Setting myself on fire was a trial and error process. There was some pain..."

  • Josh Hadar

    Bike Builder

    "This has become an obsession, a sickness. I have about 30 different ideas for bikes in my head at any given time."

  • Molly Crabapple

    Artist

    "I am an illustrator, which in the art world, is very much equivalent to whore."
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