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The Dream of the Fisherman's Wife - Interpreting Hokusai's famed erotic print called "The Dream of the Fisherman's Wife," New York-based artist Jason Hackenwerth's current installation curated by Sebastien Agneesens is a riot of candy-hued balloons suggestive of the sensual sea creatures in the original. Unlike Hokusai's nearly 1,000 year-old print, the thousands of balloons that make up the show are an ephemeral medium; Hackenwerth sees the shrinking and shriveling that occurs...

 

Filliers Fruit Jenevers - Nothing says summer's arrived like a cold jenever on ice. Jenever is a liquor made from juniper berries (and often grain) that comes in many varieties. Only those made in Holland or the northern part of Belgium are able to use the name jenever. Marisa, editor of CH sister site Needled stopped by CH HQ with a few bottles that she brought with her...

 

State of the Union Visualizer - Brad Borevitz created this tool, simply named State of the Union, to visualize keywords from US presidential State of the Union addresses from 1790 to 2006. Every address is included; for each one common words are displayed with the size showing how many times they were used in the speech and the height on the graph showing the word's significance as compared to other...

 

Summertime Rules: A Guide to Outdoor Furniture - With the official start of summer a little less than a month away, we decided to look for some exciting outdoor design concepts so your lawn or garden will be ready when temperatures start rising. Topping our list of discoveries is "An Onion Thing" created by Priscilla Lui (right), a student from the National University of Singapore. The sculptural chair made of fiberglass strands...

 

Mark Denardo on CH Video - For our final 8-Bit artist profile, CH Video presents Mark Denardo, a musician that incorporates electronic sequences from both his Gameboy and PSP into deeply soulful and original folk songs. Referred to in a Wired Magazine article by Malcolm McLaren as the “...next step in the evolution of rock n’ roll.” Denardo renders cryptic lo-fi compositions that blend hypnotically with his calculated use of...

 

Mia Mala McDonald - Mia Mala McDonald is one of Melbourne’s hottest young photographers. She has a solid portfolio of live music shots but is increasingly moving towards insightful, thematic photo essays. She believes the secret to taking a good shot lies in 'patience, spontaneity and taking a hell of a lot of photos!’...

 

The Streets PSP Case Contest - Logitech offers a customizable PSP case, but if you're fresh out of your own ideas and you love The Streets, Cool Hunting's giving away a limited edition one that features The Streets logo pictured above. To win, go here, sign up for the newsletter, and tell us what Mike texts in this "When You Wasn't Famous" video. We'll draw a winner at random next...