Earth’s got a new moon! (Sort of.) “This asteroid is part of...
Earth’s got a new moon! (Sort of.) “This asteroid is part of an elite cosmic club which acts like moons but aren’t.” If asteroid, why moon acting? 💬 Join the discussion on kottke.org →
Earth’s got a new moon! (Sort of.) “This asteroid is part of an elite cosmic club which acts like moons but aren’t.” If asteroid, why moon acting? 💬 Join the discussion on kottke.org →
'Faith Ringgold' opens this month at Jack Shainman Gallery in New York City. 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 A Retrospective of Trailblazing Artist
After completing another long solo walk, Craig Mod wrote about fullness : This is why I always say: Aim for fullness if you want happiness. If the creator itself came down from the sky at the end of a big walking and photographing and writing day and asked: Did ya do all ya
Lego is considering making this fan-created Daft Punk set into an official set. YES PLEASE. 💬 Join the discussion on kottke.org →
Australia has so much solar that it’s offering everyone free electricity . “The program would require electricity retailers to provide free electricity to everyone for at least three hours a day…” 💬 Join the discussion on kottke.org →
Bogonovich’s vibrant sculptures explore the boundary between nature and the artificial. 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 In Surreal Ceramics, Megan
Citizens of Myanmar describe what daily life is like in their isolated, war-torn nation - by Aeon Video Watch on Aeon
As a scientific concept the Anthropocene is dead. But it’s such a helpful idea to think with, should we use it anyway? - by Ville Lähde Read on Aeon
Each task brings three options. But first, let’s be clear what we mean by “delegate.” If I can hire someone to do a task so well that my customer can’t tell, I can choose to delegate this work. The Uber driver is probably capable of changing the oil in the car, but if the
To imagine ourselves into the time of Leonardo da Vinci, we must first imagine a world without such things as helicopters, parachutes, tanks, diving suits, robots. Yet those all existed for Leonardo himself — or rather, they existed in his imagination. What he didn’t build in
Rings with a discreet dual purpose have been in use since before the common era, when Hannibal, facing extradition, allegedly ingested the poison he kept secreted behind a gemstone on his finger. (More recently, poison rings gave rise to a popular Game of Thrones fan theory…)
Apple Macbook Air M4s are on sale again, somehow even cheaper than over the summer. The 13-inch base model is $749 (25% off) while this 15-inch one is $1,149.00 (-18% off) . There are other configurations (more/less RAM/HD) too if you click through. Here’s what I wrote a few
“We don’t have enough examples of winning, so it’s really important to taste the sweetness when we do,” the artist and activist told Hyperallergic .
After an emergency board meeting at the Philadelphia Art Museum (PhAM), Director and CEO Sasha Suda was dismissed from her post yesterday, November 4. Initially reported in Philadelphia Magazine, Suda was ousted via email shortly after completing three years of her five-year
Hot mayor representation, Shakira law, and unemployed Andrew Cuomo — all you could want, and more.
Researchers created a roof paint (a “nano-engineered polymer coating”) “that not only reflects up to 97% of the sun’s rays, but also passively collects water”. And kept the interior of the building 6°C (~11°F) cooler. 💬 Join the discussion on kottke.org →
The sentiments that drove his inspiring campaign should be familiar to any artistic soul.
This week, we honor a sculptor who lived and died on her own terms, a Fluxus pioneer, a color field painter, and more.
Pistachio Wars argues that billionaires Lynda and Stewart Resnick are harming California’s environment as they artwash their damage.
Lego will be releasing a fan-created bowl of ramen as an official set . 💬 Join the discussion on kottke.org →
In Ninon Hivert’s multimedia work, an object’s afterlife is an unfolding story. 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 Ninon Hivert Captures the Poetics
Her vision is simultaneously utopian and anarchic, erotic and dissipating, blooming with life and haunted.
Once a custodian of critical culture, Berlin’s Haus der Kulturen der Welt has become a model of capitulation to state control.
New book just out: The Cory Arcangel Hack . “This book explores three dominant arrangements in Arcangel’s work — the flow-break hack, the flow-remix hack, and the flow-parody hack…” 💬 Join the discussion on kottke.org →
“Words are events, they do things, change things. They transform both speaker and hearer… feed understanding or emotion back and forth and amplify it,” Ursula K. Le Guin wrote. Words are the invisible hands with which we touch each other, feel the shape of the world, hold our
"Why did the Russian state go after an experimental theatre director?"
There are some internet projects for which no one is clamoring, but when completed produce a masterpiece of creativity. This Rollercoaster Tycoon video tying the tracks to Defying Gravity (from Wicked) is one such masterpiece. 💬 Join the discussion on kottke.org →
Where technology, time, the cosmos, and perception meet, you'll find the work of Japanese artist Mariko Mori. 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 From