Einstein on Free Will and the Power of the Imagination
"Human being, vegetables or cosmic dust, we all dance to an invisible tune, intoned in the distance by a mysterious player."
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For the first time in awhile, copies of two lost...
For the first time in awhile, copies of two lost episodes of classic Doctor Who have been discovered . Both are from the William Hartnell era and feature the Daleks.
When Things Fall Apart: Tibetan Buddhist Nun and Teacher Pema Chödrön on Transformation Through Difficult Times
"Only to the extent that we expose ourselves over and over to annihilation can that which is indestructible be found in us."
A Visual Journey Through 150 Years of the Legal Aid Society
A new display at the NY Historical traces the impact of the largest legal organization for low-income individuals in the United States.
Beverly Buchanan’s Architecture of Care
Her practice was one of embodied noticing — exploring, feeling out, or reaching longingly for a Southern architectural vernacular.
On Curating Carnage
By draping the tattered banner of feminism and anti-racism over state machinery, a Berlin publication parrots liberal talking points that demonize the Palestinian cause.
The Great Friendship Flattening . “I amass bits of...
The Great Friendship Flattening . “I amass bits of knowledge about my loved ones — my sister’s boyfriend published a poem; my friend left her job — as a spectator, in the same way that I might learn about an influencer’s favorite books…”
Art Problems: How Do I Get Gallery Representation?
Dreaming of showing at your favorite gallery? Paddy Johnson has the masterplan.
Why Movies Just Don’t Feel “Real”...
Why Movies Just Don’t Feel “Real” Anymore . “A deep dive into the first principles of movie immersion: on perceptual realism, indexicality, haptic visuality, and cinematic qualia.”
How Much Did It Cost to Paint a Pompeii Room Egyptian Blue?
The price of covering a room in the prized pigment was equal to between 50% and 90% of a Roman legionary's annual salary, a new study estimates.
You’ll Need a Magnifying Glass to Read Some of the World’s Smallest Books at the V&A
The V&A's National Art Library is home to more than a million publications related to art, design, and performance—even really, really tiny ones. Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a Colossal Member today and support independent arts publishing for as
10 Hours of Ambient Freezer Drone
Some genius has taken an audio sample of the hum of a grocery store freezer, cleaned it up, and extended it into a 10-hour video . The freezer’s hum, variously compared to Brian Eno’s music and “an electrical gong bath”, went viral enough to warrant an article in the Guardian
Recommendations of 25 medieval manuscripts to explore...
Recommendations of 25 medieval manuscripts to explore online . “Almost every institution with a significant collection of medieval manuscripts digitizes many of their most significant works and makes them freely accessible online.”
The Z9GT model EV from China’s BYD “can be...
The Z9GT model EV from China’s BYD “can be 70 percent charged in five minutes and be almost full in 12 minutes, even in temperatures as low as -30° C” and “has a range of up to 800 km” (~500 miles). The US is sooooo far behind here.
Haroutiun Galentz: The Form of Colour
A new English-language monograph repositions the Armenian–Lebanese painter as a cosmopolitan modernist whose work demands to be read beyond national canons.
In ‘Life Forms,’ Janny Baek Imagines a Speculative Landscape
How do we conceive of change? With fear, excitement, or uncertainty? 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 ‘Life Forms,’ Janny Baek Imagines a
60% of Sudan’s National Museum Looted, Report Says
The destruction of cultural heritage in the war-torn nation threatens to distort the past and present beyond recognition, fracturing Sudan’s future.
It’s an Open Thread
Since the comments are back open and folks here can now share a little about themselves with each other , I thought I’d open this post up for whatever you guys want to chat about. What are you particularly interested in these days? Working on any fun projects? Got a new hobby?
Deepen Your Creative Practice at Vermont Studio Center
Sessions include resident presentations, open studios, and the acclaimed Visiting Artist & Writer program. Applications are open for early 2027.
Craig Mod is software bonkers . “I’m...
Craig Mod is software bonkers . “I’m software bonkers: I can’t stop thinking about software. And I can’t stop building software.”
The Weather-Changing Conspiracy Theory That Will Never End
"Why are some people convinced that nefarious experiments are happening in the distant Alaskan wilderness?"
Balcony solar finally seems to be taking off in the US ....
Balcony solar finally seems to be taking off in the US . “As of Wednesday, Democratic and Republican lawmakers in 28 states and Washington, D.C., have announced their own legislation to make these systems permissible.”
Yet another graph showing that when you control for...
Yet another graph showing that when you control for quality of life (hours/week worked) and wealth inequality, American exceptionalism disappears .
A Visit to Tomás Saraceno’s Berlin Studio Delves into a Deeply Empathetic Practice
A new segment from Art21 explores Tomás Saraceno's inherently collaborative practice. 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 Visit to Tomás Saraceno’s
User-Friendly Self-Deception: Philosopher Amélie Rorty on the Value of Our Delusions and the Antidote to the Self-Defeating Ones
"The question is: how can we sustain the illusions essential to ordinary life, without becoming self-damaging idiots?"
Embracing Friction in the Art World
A little Brooklyn exhibition space rejects optimization culture, the Pentagon bans press photographers, and guess who's headed to Perrotin?
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
In this edition: Lost soul, copy that, missing beats, muzzled watchdogs, and a ramblin’ man.
A duty to oneself
African philosophical values of harmony and vitality have much to offer our thinking about what we owe to ourselves - by Thaddeus Metz Read on Aeon
Hear Seven Hours of Women Making Electronic Music (1938–2014)
Image via Wikimedia Commons A number of years ago, in a post on the pioneering composer of the original Doctor Who theme, we wrote that “the early era of experimental electronic music belonged to Delia Derbyshire.” Derbyshire—who almost gave Paul McCartney a version of
“It’s faster to just do it myself”
Here’s a simple rubric for outsourcing: If you’re never going to need to do this again, and it’s easier to do it than to instruct someone else to do it, by all means, do it yourself. If doing it yourself will give you joy or satisfaction that is greater than the productivity
The Monty Python Philosophy Soccer Match: The Ancient Greeks Versus the Germans
Today, we’re revisiting a classic Monty Python skit. The scene is the 1972 Munich Olympics. The event is a football/soccer match, pitting German philosophers against Greek philosophers. On the one side, the Germans — Hegel, Nietzsche, Kant, Marx and, um, Franz Beckenbauer. On