Yu Yamauchi spent five months a year, for four years living in a hut near the summit of Mt. Fuji. Everyday for those five months he would get up at the crack of dawn to photograph the sunrise from the same location. The result is a stunning series of photographs, aptly titled Dawn, of the Earth waking up. What is most incredible about the series is how different one photo looks from the next. "This space, 'above the clouds,' exists far from the ground where we live our daily lives. It is also a space between the earth and the universe." We may have to watch the sunrise this weekend...

South Korean-born artist Kimsooja has had a long, intense career full of installations, performances, photography, videos and site-specific project. This particular installation from 2006 is at the Palace de Cristal in Madrid. Exploiting the structure of the building while also leaving it intact, Kimsooja installed a mirror on the floor to multiply and unify the original architectural space. A translucent diffraction grating film also covers the glazed dome and wall of the crystal palace. Awesome.

We love music videos that are nicely crafted, nicely shot, short stories. Thee Oh Sees' video for their song "Toe Cutter-Thumb Buster" directed by John Strong is exactly that. 

The Purple Book is a collection of illustrations and literary excerpts exploring symbolism and sensuality in contemporary art and features some wonderful artists. Today we though we would share with you the illustrations of Dutch artist Martine Johanna who is featured in the book. Her work consists of fine line drawings and bizarre dream-like paintings. 

The SFMOMA is temporarily closing its doors in a couple of days for the construction of their new expansion. We took a last walk through yesterday evening as they count down the days and while doing so happened upon a painting by Fred Tomaselli, something we seemed to have missed the last time we were there. So, inspired, this morning we thought we would bring you a collection of the Brooklyn-based artist's work.

Update: "The Sound of Never" has been extended through June 16th! Juxtapoz contributing editor, Joey Garfield, who recently edited our Beastie Boys issue, will be opening a solo show, The Sound of Never, at SILO Art Space in Chcago tomorrow night, May 18. Curated by Erik Debat, the works in the show are both sculptural, photography-based, and collage. If you are in Chicago, go see our man on the scene!!!

Swiss artist Zimoun creates fantastic sound installations. His most recent project is also his first permanent work. Located inside an abandoned toluene tank in Dottikon Switzerland, the installation surrounds the inner walls with his trademark dc-motors and cotton balls (329 of them). The thumping, whirring and rhythmic result is incredible and something we would love to see! View videos of this and his other installations after the jump...

This weekend, Norton Factory Studios in Oakland is having an Open Studios Even in conjunction with the opening for the Historical restoration of their space. The once empty warehouse is now home to 18 studios! The new artists will be opening their studios on June 1st for the big party. The artists include: Tom Cooke, Eric Einwiller, Rachel Garber, Mary Going, Janet Bartlett Goodman, Lara Hoke, Howie Katz, Jennifer Linderman, Joe MacCarthy, Anthony May, Lisa Pfeiffer, Frank R. Ramsay, Eric Rewitzer, Sonia Sinton, Philip Tice, Jennifer Wolpert, Linda Yao, and Dana Zed.

We have a great team of contributors at Juxtapoz, most who work in the world of art and photography with their own projects in the works at all times. Our photography director and contributing editor Austin McManus just launched his new website, as well as released his "Partner In Crime" series. To coincide with the release of the series, McManus released a zine of the photos, offset printed on 100# silk coated paper, hand-numbered and signed in an edition of 250. Pick up a copy at www.theflopbox.com.

Filmmaker, artist, and Beautiful Loser Mike Mills has the distinguished title of being the final album cover designer for the Beastie Boys and their 2011 LP, Hot Sauce Committtee Part Two. As Mills told us in the June 2013 issue, there were many ideas and outtakes from the Hot Sauce sessions, but the final became the abstract, Vexillology-inspired color pattern you see today. Here, in Mike's own words, how this came about.