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Iran Will Not Participate in Venice Biennale, Organizers Say
The news of Iran’s exit from this year’s edition comes two months after the US and Israel first launched strikes across the country.
Designer Jenny Volvovski’s collection of...
Designer Jenny Volvovski’s collection of unsolicited book cover designs . “I really wanted to design book covers but didn’t have any book cover work. So I hired myself to redesign my personal library.”
We Spent a Week Quarantined on an Uninhabited Island with 80 Artists
This is what happens when 80 artists are confined to a historic quarantine island without phones or internet access for one week. Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a Colossal Member today and support independent arts publishing for as little as $7 per
I’m not a fan of the first part of this music...
I’m not a fan of the first part of this music video (reminds me too much of dipshits I had to endure at school), but the single-take choreography from ~4:18 is great.
According to this peer-reviewed paper, the...
According to this peer-reviewed paper, the “screeching sound of peeling tape” is caused by tiny sonic booms . The speeds at work here are in the range of Mach 0.7–1.8. Supersonic crafts!
NASA has released some 12,000 unseen photos from the...
NASA has released some 12,000 unseen photos from the recent Artemis II mission; here are some of the best shots .
First US Survey of Mexican Artist Teresa Margolles Coming This Fall
MoMA PS1 in NYC will bring together several works at the intersection of grief and violence, often with a focus on the US-Mexico border.
Gijs Van Vaerenbergh Gracefully Reimagines a 16th-Century Belgian Abbey Church in Steel
The ethereal, life-size sculpture is an ode to the historic Herkenrode Abbey. Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a Colossal Member today and support independent arts publishing for as little as $7 per month. The article Gijs Van Vaerenbergh Gracefully
Met Gala Boycott Message Projected on Bezos’s Manhattan Penthouse
"All working-class people deserve better than what we're getting,” a former Amazon worker told Hyperallergic ahead of this year’s gala, co-chaired by Jeff Bezos.
The Contiguous 41 States
Nowhere on XKCD’s map of The Contiguous 41 States does it say that you need to find the missing seven states, but that’s immediately where my mind went. And it was a little more challenging than I anticipated — all of New England is present & accounted for somehow? The answer
I’ve Got the Post-Duchamp Blues
MoMA’s Marcel Duchamp show made me long for those simpler times when "eliminating the artist's hand" provided a pathway back to the true self.
A 55-minute mix of Boards of Canada B-sides and rarities .
A 55-minute mix of Boards of Canada B-sides and rarities .
“They Would Never Use the Death Star on Us”:...
“They Would Never Use the Death Star on Us”: Alderaan Residents Reflect on Their Support for the Empire as a Large Imperial Installation Enters the System . “The Senate was ineffective, and the liberal Jedi were out of touch…”
The Visual Comedy of Wes Anderson’s Isle of Dogs
I’m gonna call it: Every Frame a Painting, my all-time favorite YouTube channel, is back. Tony Zhou and Taylor Ramos stopped producing their fantastic video essays back in 2017 and while they have popped up here and there since then, they’ve mostly stuck to their retirement.
Vibrant Victorian-Era Transparencies Illuminate a Host of Microscopic Creatures
One man's obsession with microscopic creatures is literally illuminated in marvelous transparencies. Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a Colossal Member today and support independent arts publishing for as little as $7 per month. The article Vibrant
How Sylvester Stallone Rescued the First Rambo Film With...
How Sylvester Stallone Rescued the First Rambo Film With a Radical Recut, Cutting It From 3½ Hours to 93 Minutes . “The solution that ended up saving the movie wasn’t much less drastic, producing a 93-minute cut that excised most of Rambo’s dialogue.”
Democracy by lottery
Ancient Athenians chose leaders by lottery rather than elections. Could this solve the problems facing democracy today? - by Aeon Video Watch on Aeon
Artists, Read the Fine Print
The insidiousness of artists' contacts, visitors will now judge the Venice Biennale, and Trump’s border crew damages 1,000-year-old Native etching.
Reality emerges
Particles are nature’s smallest constituents, but that doesn’t mean they’re fundamental. So what is the Universe made of? - by Felix Flicker Read on Aeon
Trained equanimity and a bias toward action
Pay attention to what’s in front of you. Don’t let fear contaminate your understanding of the situation. Act with commitment. Notice the gap between event and reaction. Embrace the resources that are available to you. Optimism is a belief about possible outcomes, but equanimity
You Can Have Your Ashes Turned Into a Playable Vinyl Record, When Your Day Comes
Even in death we are only limited by our imagination in how we want to go out. There are now ways to turn our corpse into a tree, or have our ashes shot into space, or press our ashes into diamonds–I believe Superman is involved in that last one. And now for the music lover, […]
Chuck Jones’ The Dot and the Line Celebrates Geometry & Hard Work: An Oscar-Winning Animation (1965)
The animated short above, The Dot and the Line, directed by the great Chuck Jones and narrated by English actor Robert Morley, won an Oscar in 19656 for Best Animated Short Film. Based on a book written by Norton Juster, “The Dot and the Line” tells the story of a romance