Told in this video is the amazing story of Vivian Maier and her unseen street photography. Born in Chicago in 1926 Maier spent 20-30 years taking beautiful photographs but not apparently showing anyone. After her death in 2009 her entire body of work was destined for obscurity until a chance purchase at a garage sale. What followed is nothing short of sensational... over 100,000 incredible negatives.... [Read more]

There's some creative engineering at play in Stockholm's Central Station where developers have constructed a way to harvest body heat and use it as an energy source. Over 250,000 people pass through the station a day giving off large amounts of body heat. This body heat is then collected by heat exchangers and converted into hot water which is piped straight to the heating system of a building across the road. Pretty amazing stuff. Keeping with the green energy theme Italian architect... [Read more]

Our good friends at Nightflight play host to the man of many names Luke Vibert tomorrow night in Dublin. A firm favorite in the Synth Eastwood office, Vibert has released 19 different studio albums for a variety of labels including Warp Records, Ninja Tune, Lo recordings, Planet Mu, Mo-Wax and Aphex Twin's Rephlex. Most labels will limit an artist to one or two album releases a year. For Vibert though this is nowhere near enough for his sheer productivity and diversity.... [Read more]

It's one of most talked about films on the festival circuit and now David OReilly's film "The External World" is online for all to see. The first glimpse I caught was at Offset 2010 when David introduced some of his favouite scenes. The film was co-written with Vernon Chatman who has worked on shows like South Park, Delocated & Wonder Showzen. ... [Read more]

Synth Eastwood's favourite renaissance man Gruff Rhys is back with a new album called "Hotel Shampoo". Not satisfied with any conventional release the Welshman is launching his album in the Blackpool Gresham hotel where for £62.50 you can receive a single room package entitling you to... [Read more]