Some of the Things that Inform Other Things

This is something of a bibiliography. This is a collection. It is, much like my object collections, curated on an uncertain template. I have chosen these ideas, artists, authors, songs, texts, images, etc. for real reasons that are not always or entirely...

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The Moral Arc of N.K. Jemisin’s Universe Bends Toward Apocalypse

Fantasy has traditionally been a conservative genre. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings and C.S. Lewis’s Narnia provide the blueprint; a just, magical realm is threatened with destruction …

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We Need a New Mythic-Scale Story to Tell About Climate Change

The massive collective project we call civilization began about almost 10,000 years ago, when the last ice age ended and our planet’s climate grew warmer and wetter. In response, some of us stopped…

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What Should We Send Into Space as a New Record of Humanity?

When the Golden Records were shot into space aboard the Voyager missions in 1977, the vision they carried of planet earth was hokily upbeat. There would be no images of war in this time capsule, in…

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How Dreams Change Under Authoritarianism

When the Nazis came to power, the writer Charlotte Beradt began collecting people’s dreams. The resulting book uncovered the effects the regime had on the collective unconscious.

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The Most Holy Object in the House - Tablet Magazine

We have no butter … but I ask you, would you rather have butter or guns? Preparedness makes us powerful. Butter merely makes us fat. Goering, 1936 During her weeks in Concord Hospital with kidney disease and cardiac problems, my grandmother often complained that staff members were refusing to give her butter. It was her …

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Artist Presentation Schedule Groups Scholars/Theorist  Judith Butler  | Alan Kaprow | Clemet Greenberg | Claire Bishop | Ian Bogost | Pablo Helguera | Luis Camnitzer | Jodi Dean | Hans...

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Rukus - A Film by Brett Hanover

A queer coming-of-age movie set in the liminal spaces between furry conventions, southern punk houses, and virtual worlds. Now streaming.

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20 Great Magical Realism Movies That Are Worth Your Time

One of the main characteristics of magic realism is that it eludes definition. Sure, the Merriam-Webster dictionary offers a few definitions, including “a

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Big Ideas in Art and Culture: Pablo Helguera

Pablo Helguera spoke at the Dancetheatre David Earle in Guelph, Ontario, Canada on September 14, 2012. He talked about his socially engaged artistic projects...

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Artist Spotlight: Drake Pickel

Vancouver-based artist Drake Pickel aka Chrome Destroyer is utilizing Cinema 4D to create a new artwork every day this year. The …

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A Field of Lavender Nourished by Trump’s Tweets

A subterranean field of lavender, planted by Martin Roth in Midtown Manhattan, is nurtured by lights that are largely controlled by the President's tweets.

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Tavares Strachan: Seen/Unseen is a closed exhibition that took place in a undisclosed location in New York City between September 19th and October 28th 28th, 2011.

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Tavares Strachan: Seen/Unseen is a closed exhibition that took place in a undisclosed location in New York City between September 19th and October 28th 28th, 2011.

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‘Between Hospitality and Hostility’: An Interview with Michael Rakowitz

Marisa Mazria Katz: Why did you position the Lamassu this way? Michael Rakowitz: I decided there was no way that I was going to allow for this Lamassu to look like it is one more piece that is going to be sheltered in this Western museum. I’m very happy to say that the Lamassu stands there with its ass to the museum and it’s actually looking southeast toward Parliament, and toward the Foreign Office where the decision to enter the Iraq War was made. It’s also looking past them, toward Nineveh, toward Iraq, hoping that it will return one day.

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Krzysztof Wodiczko - Loro (Them) - Milan Photo Week 2019

The premiere of the 'Loro (Them)', Krzysztof Wodiczko's newest project was featured during the Milan Photo Week 2019. More Art in co-operation with the Adam ...