Toronto Biennial of Art Promises Joy Amid Precarity
The third edition of the free citywide event features artists including Cecilia Vicuña and Pamila Matharu.
The third edition of the free citywide event features artists including Cecilia Vicuña and Pamila Matharu.
The event to kick off the museum’s PST Art: Art & Science Collide initiative struck guests with falling debris.
This 8-minute video of a drone’s eye tour of the coast of Antarctica is just flat-out gorgeous. [This is a vintage post originally from Apr 2015.] Tags: Antarctica · timeless posts · video
The inaugural fair, spanning books, zines, posters, and academic publications, is organized by the university’s Latinx Project.
Director Lou Ye follows a film crew in Wuhan who decides to revive a project abandoned 10 years prior, only to be placed under lockdown during shooting.
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In the late 1980s and '90s, a wave of independent directors turned cameras on themselves, utilizing documentary as a mode of confession and self-reflection.
This week, yoga and nationalism, opulent Tibetan mandalas, the environmental costs of ChatGPT, Earth’s temporary “mini-moon,” and much more.
The artist would develop a distinctly Protestant imagery that replaced sacredness with utility, functioning essentially as propaganda minister for Martin Luther.
Visualizing Ship Movements with AIS Data . “Explore the beautiful, intricate paths of ships over a year — tracked from America’s busiest ports to the open ocean via AIS marine tracking data.” 💬 Join the discussion on kottke.org →
The floor-to-ceiling restoration is set to be completed by early 2027.
"Look at the clever things we have made out of a few building blocks — O fabulous continuum."
“The experience of beginning with literally a white cube was actually very cathartic.”
A famous lecture given in 1982 by computer science pioneer Grace Hopper, “Future Possibilities: Data, Hardware, Software, and People”, has long been publicly unavailable but is now on YouTube . 💬 Join the discussion on kottke.org →
Horndog , a rotating hot dog robot that scrolls photos of bread on “Instagrain”. It’s art! 💬 Join the discussion on kottke.org →
With over 90 events and more than 70 artists, come discover why the Pacific Northwest is the leading regional hub for glass art in the United States.
I love these covers designed by Rodrigo Corral for Nathaniel Mackey’s poetry collection Double Trio . You will likely recognize some of the other covers designed by Corral over the years. Tags: book covers · books · design · Double Trio · Nathaniel Mackey · poetry · Rodrigo
Monopoly, But COMMUNIST? No Rolls Barred, a YouTube Channel about board games, has a series of videos featuring Monopoly but with different rules . 💬 Join the discussion on kottke.org →
The Barcelona-based artist constructs cascading steel villages that reflect the architecture of our lives. 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 David
Ian Bogost on the death of the “perfect vehicle”, the minivan . “It is useful because it offers benefits for families, and it is uncool because family life is thought to be imprisoning.” Conversely, SUVs & trucks offer a sense of freedom. 💬 Join the discussion on kottke.org →
Oh hey, a new book from Oliver Burkeman coming out soon: Meditations for Mortals: Four Weeks to Embrace Your Limitations and Make Time for What Counts . 💬 Join the discussion on kottke.org →
Pull up the Wikipedia page for Mariya Takeuchi’s “Plastic Love,” the 1984 single now known for re-popularizing the genre of Japanese “city pop.” Then click the first of its links (not related to the language of the article itself), which leads to Takeuchi’s own page. If you
From earlier this summer, The Kidnapping I Can’t Escape is a great piece by Taffy Brodesser-Akner about the real-life kidnapping that inspired her recent novel, Long Island Compromise . Jack was home safe. He had survived his kidnapping. But the actual kidnapping is not what
"I often take inspiration from dreams, nightmares, hallucinations, and long walks in nature," the artist says. 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
"My family knew that my father had been tapping the phone lines. Only later would I discover the secrets the recordings contained."
"After Donald Trump repeated rumors that immigrants here are eating cats and dogs, I came to town for the weekend. Proud Boys greeted me."
"Petting bison, cooking food in geysers. Ride along with our writer on a wild trip to our nation’s most iconic national park at the height of tourist season to see all the bad behavior."
Follow the ‘dumpster archeologist’ Lew Blink as he pieces together people’s stories from the objects they’ve left behind - by Aeon Video Watch at Aeon
When Nietzsche used the tools of philology to explore the nature of morality, he became a ‘philosopher of the future’ - by Alexander Prescott-Couch Read at Aeon
Drowning is devastating, a tragic and painful way to go. So much so that feeling like we’re drowning is a trigger, an overwhelming emotion that causes us to grasp, struggle and leave our best self behind. It’s easy to experience this even when we’re out of the water. When the