( CNN ) -- The Creators Project , a partnership between Vice Media and Intel , took over the DUMBO neighborhood of Brooklyn , New York , on October 15 and 16 to continue its mission to bring art , music and tech together in exciting and unexpected ways . In addition to installations like David Bowie 's `` Life on Mars '' revisited by Mick Rock and Barney Clay , a cocoon of light and sound by filmmaker Jonathan Glazer and Spiritualized 's J. Spaceman , interconnected floor panels by Cantoni and Crescenti that undulate when you walk on them and the massive , responsive light cube by United Visual Artists , there were films by Spike Jonze and Arcade Fire as well as a screening of Kevin Macdonald 's user-generated film `` Life in a Day . '' As part of the weekend 's festivities , Karen O premiered her psycho-opera `` Stop the Virgens , '' a widely anticipated performance piece that has been in the works for nearly seven years . When the lights come up on the stage , Karen O , in a headdress and long red and white robe , appeared behind a screen projected with bare trees and snow falling up . `` Let 's begin at the end '' she sang before taking the audience though a journey of darkness , innocence , falls from grace , lobster claws , poisoned Eucharist and everyone 's eventual redemption . `` Since the music was written it called out to be something more ; even though I still ca n't describe exactly what it is we have created , I ca n't imagine it being anything else , nor can I see a more perfect collective of artists and friends answering that call , '' Karen O wrote in the program . The stunning performance is directed by playwright Adam Rapp and features production design by K.K . Barrett ( `` Where the Wild Things Are , '' `` Marie Antoinette '' ) , costumes by Karen O 's longtime wardrobe collaborator Christian Joy , music by her Yeah Yeah Yeahs bandmates Nick Zinner and Brian Chase and an appearance by Lili Taylor . It is playing at St. Ann 's Warehouse through October 22 . The other showstopper came from Florence + the Machine . In the Archway under the Manhattan Bridge , the band debuted songs from its upcoming album `` Ceremonials '' ( due November 1 ) . Dressed in a sheer button-down shirt and long skirt , the flame-headed Florence Welch belted out new numbers , `` Never Let Me Go , '' `` Heartlines , '' `` Spectrum '' and the previously released single `` What the Water Gave Me . '' Xavier de Rosnay and Gaspard Augé of Justice played a DJ set at the event and gave a small preview of their new album `` Audio , Video , Disco , '' ( due October 24 ) , but nothing too much . De Rosnay explained : `` When we started to make this record , we noticed that electronic music was being portrayed as music for the night and the cities . We wanted to make a record for the day and the countryside . So if you listen to this album as electronic music for DJs , it may be a little bit of a disturbing experience . '' Nevertheless , the group maintains `` Audio , Video , Disco '' came out of the same intentions and the same obsessions as their first album , the hard-driving `` † . '' `` We thought we could express the same kind of feelings but in a different way , '' de Rosnay said . `` Sometimes you do n't have to be blatantly aggressive to be powerful . '' Of the 11 tracks on the album , De Rosnay and Augé 's favorite is `` Brianvision . '' `` Most people think it 's an interlude , '' de Rosnay said . `` It 's not dancey , there 's no vocals , it 's not pop . There 's nothing , but this track was really important to us . We made it halfway through the album and when we made it , we knew we had the sound of the record . We stepped back from ( what was already recorded ) and made everything sound like this track . I think it 's the least favorite track of people , but it 's the template for the whole record . ''
Gaspard Augé O premieres her psycho-opera ` Ceremonials '' Xavier de Rosnay debut songs from their upcoming album `` ` Stop the Virgens '' Florence + the Machine and Karen of Eucharist play a DJ set .