Maximilian Prüfer makes art in collaboration with nature and animals like ants & snails . Using paper with a very sensitive coating on it, he’s able to record the slightest moments of activity, like a raindrop or an ant’s footstep. Here’s a video of some ants leaving their
Keep spooky season at bay with books on a philosophy of birth in art, Debi Cornwall's photography, Paul Kane’s myth-making paintings, light and paper, and more.
In their own words, what volunteer health care workers saw in Gaza . “Nearly every day I was there, I saw a new young child who had been shot in the head or the chest, virtually all of whom went on to die.”
Her artistry fused traditional carving, weaving, and beading techniques that she learned from family members and ancestors.
Waffle House “has developed an advanced storm center FEMA consults with” . Their Waffle House Storm Index rates Hurricane Milton as a “Code Red”, meaning that they are closing stores in its path. 💬 Join the discussion on kottke.org →
Through his choreography and his company’s performances, Ailey seamlessly interwove narratives of Black, American, and queer identity.
Ruins of Rooms explores not just the relationship between their work but the conceptual echoes between their generations.
Jason M. Allen’s lawyer argues that he prompted Midjourney 624 times to create an award-winning artwork, a process requiring “more than the bare minimal mental effort.”
On Monday, Dave Winer’s Scripting News turned 30 years old . Dave is still one of the purest of the pure bloggers. 💬 Join the discussion on kottke.org →
Pagliuca's series draws on the ancient Greek word for alone, which also means unique or singular. 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 Vincenzo Pagliuca
"A session with a Florida medium in a time of genocide."
Stupid dipshits are starting to fill Wikipedia with “unsourced, poorly-written AI-generated content” (that is also totally false in some cases), prompting a purging effort by some WP editors: WikiProject AI Cleanup . 💬 Join the discussion on kottke.org →
The Boston school’s new MFA creates more cross-pollination across studio art disciplines while maintaining depth of expertise in chosen media concentrations.
Green Day “demastered” their 1994 album Dookie into 15 “obscure, obsolete, and inconvenient” formats , like wax cylinder, Fisher Price record, Teddy Ruxpin, and player piano roll. This is amazing. 💬 Join the discussion on kottke.org →
I attended the XOXO Festival back in August, and video of some of the talks are starting to trickle online . I’m going to highlight a couple of my favorites here on the site; the first one I’d like to share is Erin Kissane’s talk about fixing the social internet. From her
Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS should be visible with the naked eye in the night sky tonight (Oct 9) . “Astronomers are expecting the comet to be especially vivid, possibly rivaling the brightness of Jupiter in the night sky.” 💬 Join the discussion on kottke.org →
Activists stuck the image of a Palestinian mother and child to the protective glass over "Motherhood" (1901) and called for an arms embargo on Israel.
"How an army of artisans turned back centuries to restore Notre-Dame by hand, and wound up reviving something even greater than the cathedral itself."
Zoë Schlanger writes about the potentially dangerous and incredibly powerful hurricane now bearing down on Florida’s Gulf Coast and how it’s been supercharged in several ways by climate change . As Hurricane Milton exploded from a Category 1 storm into a Category 5 storm over
The passwords generated by Apple Passwords consist of two-syllable gibberish words designed to be easier to input in non-optimal situations . “The syllables help them to be memorable briefly, but still not memorizable.” 💬 Join the discussion on kottke.org →
"It’s never too late to change course."
Mainstream journalists are clamoring for Harris to do more interviews, but these interviews haven’t been substantive . “Not only are these interviews not terribly valuable for the candidate; they’re not terribly valuable as journalism.”
Sakae meticulously styles cherry blossoms, hydrangeas, and spider lilies into ornate, wearable pieces. 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 Spider
‘It’s a beautiful world … when you’re free’: two teens grapple with how to live an authentic life in this vintage short - by Aeon Video Watch at Aeon
How would you find home row in fourth-grade typing class if there were 1,700 keys in front of you? 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 Early
Kurt Vonnegut’s life was not without its ironies. Fighting in World War II, that descendant of a long line of German immigrants in the United States found himself imprisoned in Dresden just when it was devastated by Allied firebombing. To understand the relevance of this
But not all costs are the same. There are three kinds of costs that people get confused about, but understanding them, really understanding them–in your bones–unlocks opportunity. Opportunity cost: If you eat the cupcakes, you can’t also eat the brownies. Every time we choose
Born 196 years ago, Russian novelist Leo Tolstoy’s life (1828–1910) spanned a period of immense social, political, and technological change, paralleled in his own life by his radical shift from hedonistic nobleman to theologian, anarchist, and vegetarian pacifist. Though he did