Samantha Villenave is an artist, translator, and tech blogger. She lives in southern(ish) France and sometimes Paris. She spends way too much time on the internet, including Twitter: @samvillenave .
Interview
Reuben Negron, an artist who lives and works in Connecticut and New York, is best known for his realistic watercolor depictions of intimate moments, ranging from the raw to the vulnerable. His scenes often give me the impression of looking in a mirror. Negron's series This House of Glass, “an intima
Opinion
VALENCE, France — There is a new thread in the ongoing stream of censorship by social networks and mobile applications. Vine, the iPhone and iPod Touch "Instagram for video" app, underwent controversy mere days after it's release on the App Store. Twitter-owned Vine was released last week to a notab
Opinion
VALENCE, France — The internet has its royal panties in a bustle, once again. Today's unveiling of the portrait of Kate Middleton, or rather the British Duchess of Cambridge, met with gasps of horror, followed by a cascade of sarcastic media and Twitter wit. The subject of much of the outrage and ve
Art
PARIS — I met artist Andreas Kopp in early December, after a brisk pre-conference behind-the-scenes tour at LeWeb, in Paris. On my way out the door, rushing to catch my coat and the metro, I stumbled upon a group of German hipsters (They’re much more approachable that their American counterparts). A