Pocket forests . “The Miyawaki method of reforestation inserts small, densely packed wild acreage into urban environs. It’s proving wildly successful.” The key is densely planting diverse & native species…this isn’t just planting some trees.
Could This Fish Be a Notebook? “David Byrne learns how fisheries from Iceland to the Great Lakes are using 100% of their catch — and shares his tips for making fish head soup.”
The Toronto-based artist chronicles a midsummer trip to Kyoto, Tokyo, and Seoul. 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 Wander through Adrienna Matzeg’s
"At a very young age, I learned a lot about how life can go wrong. It put things into perspective, even if that perspective was a little warped."
Huh. A24 is coming out with an Anthony Bourdain biopic that focuses on the time period around the chef/writer’s college years, when he first started working in kitchens. Directed by Matt Johnson, who co-created Nirvana the Band the Show and directed BlackBerry. Could be good.
Star Wars: The Phantom Menace in black & white with the Japanese audio track “becomes the best ‘Space Kurosawa’ movie ever made” .
Microshifting . “From a creativity standpoint, it’s good to take breaks. When you stop thinking about a task is when your best ideas come to you.” This is how I’ve worked for the past decade+…bursts of work throughout the day & week.
The shapes of Maxwell Mustardo’s ceramic works evoke ancient forms, although their surfaces feel distinctly organic. 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
" Family ‘It’s super weird, super odd, super rare’: meet the twins who have different dads When DNA test results shattered everything Lavinia and Michelle thought they knew about their family history, they also revealed something never before documented in the UK."
Artists protest the Met Gala, Iran exits the Venice Biennale, and MoMA’s Duchamp survey leaves us feeling blue.
"When we read, we make believe. We aren’t duped or ensorcelled. Deep down we decide. We make ourselves believe."
Brilliance and kindness shine brightest when far from the comfortable centre. Even nature is more generative there too - by Charles Foster Read on Aeon
Here’s an interesting thought experiment. Imagine that you would be reincarnated into the soul and body of someone on Earth, 25 years old, at random. You won’t know what you know now, you’ll simply live their life. What year would you choose? Since it’s random, it’s not about
The global bee population comes up in the news every now and again. Sometimes we’re assured that the number is stable or rising; more often, we’re warned about collapsing colonies and the large-scale ecological disaster that could result. As with most high-stakes issues, it can
A difficult childhood and adolescence, saturated with the feeling of being an outsider, may or may not contribute to becoming a great artist. Experiencing the social and cultural ferment of Berlin and Paris in the nineteen-twenties probably wouldn’t hurt one’s chances. Nor,
The small but joyful action drew dozens of concerned, costumed citizens in a show of defiance against the Amazon billionaire.
The Booksellers is a 2019 feature-length documentary film about antiquarian and rare book dealers; you can watch the whole movie for free on YouTube .
The 59th iteration captures some of the excitement of earlier exhibitions, providing vital commentary on issues of authoritarianism and militarism.
The artist Banksy has installed (without a permit, one assumes) a new statue in London that depicts a man in a suit marching off off a ledge, blinded by a flag. The artwork has been dubbed Blind Patriotism, although Banksy, enigmatic as always, doesn’t explain the meaning of
Christopher Payne’s photographs at Cooper Hewitt sidestep questions of economic uncertainty and geopolitical strife to spotlight the craftsmanship of factory workers.
New tomes on Hans Holbein’s portraits, photographer Jan Staller’s studies of Manhattan construction sites, and more.
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 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.”
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 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 “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 recent Artemis II mission; here are some of the best shots .
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.
