NYC
Is New York still a city of dreams?
No more rags to riches — Writer Alan Kaufman and artist Clayton Patterson discuss how their personal journeys of social advancement and creative expression no longer seem possible in today’s NYC.
Written by: Alex King
A battle is raging for the soul of New York City
We need to #SaveNYC — Gentrification is taking its toll on the city’s cultural fabric. Artist and photographer Clayton Patterson throws his weight behind the #SaveNYC campaign.
Written by: Alex King
Former DNA drummer Ikue Mori on life after No Wave
Beyond noise — As Kim Gordon released her memoir Girl in a Band, we unearth this piece from her’s and Bill Nace’s curated section in Huck 42 - The Improv Issue. Tokyo-transplant Ikue Mori surfed the rise of No Wave on New York’s Lower East Side in the late 1970s and continues to push at the boundaries of improvised music to this day.
Written by: Michael Fordham
Haroshi's incredible skateboard sculptures go on show in NYC
Still Pushing Despite the Odds — Japanese sculptor Haroshi builds insane structures from discarded skateboard decks. Check out his new show at Jonathan Levine Gallery, NYC.
Written by: Alex Taylor
Five controversial contributors from nine decades of The New Yorker
NYC’s culture bible turns 90 — To celebrate The New Yorker’s 90th birthday, we look back on five of its most controversial and high-profile contributors.
Written by: Megan White
Spike Jonze's unseen photos transformed into NY Fashion Week show
Opening Ceremony x Spike Jonze — So-Cal fashion brand Opening Ceremony breaks open Spike Jonze's photography archive to create a New York Fashion Week show and exhibition.
Written by: Megan White
Celebrating 45 years of music soulvation at The Loft, NYC
Love Saves The Day — A selection of tracks drawn straight from the floorboards of modern dance culture’s Mecca.
Written by: Gabriela Helfet
The Lower East Side playlist
NYC's counterculture petri dish — Artist, photographer and popular historian Clayton Patterson is our guide to the best of the Lower East Side's alternative culture.
Written by: Alex Taylor
New York City is killing its grassroots culture
Taylor Swift crowned as face of corporate NYC — Rebel photographer and artist Clayton Patterson is leading the charge to fight cultural cleansing and revitalise the Big Apple's underground art scene.
Written by: Alex King
Iconic music critic Byron Coley looks for traces of NYC's No Wave in contemporary culture
Jim Jarmusch, The Julie Ruin, Magik Markers and more — Is the spirit of the Lower East Side's anti-capitalist underground still alive?
Written by: Byron Coley
