The first leg of The Creators Project, a globe-trotting arts and music initiative from Vice magazine and Intel, debuted on a sweltering Saturday. Over 3,500 New Yorkers packed in at Milk Studios to view shows from Interpol, Gang Gang Dance and The Rapture and art from Radical Friend and MOS Architects.

Vice co-founder Shane Smith doesn't see the magazine as a new hybrid of arts patron-cum-publishing company, but said that the effort came out of wanting to foster collaborations across artistic disciplines. "All we really care about is the creativity," he said. "We get so excited about all the different creators that we see all around the world, and a lot of people don't know about them. We don't look at ourselves as patrons of the arts. We look at ourselves as members of the community."

The party will next hop to London, Sao Paolo, Seoul and ends in three-day fest in Beijing. Vice is already promising a new series for 2011. Until next year, here's sights and sounds from the weekend's festivities, courtesy Mira Calix, Muti Randolph, Sleigh Bells, Mark Ronson and reporter-terrorizing M.I.A.