Spliced to Perfection

As well as boasting a spectacular view over the city from its 18th floor bar, New York's Standard Hotel is home to one of the most awe-inspiring elevator rides of any nightspot, thanks to Civilisation, a wall of scrolling visuals created by artist Marco Brambilla. Born in Milan but now based in New York, Brambilla is a master of film collage, combining strands of sound and image to create eerie, epic masterpieces. His latest project, shown here, is a film inspired by the second series of the Six Scents perfume line, which features fragrances from up-and-coming designers including Richard Nicoll and Phillip Lim.