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
The destruction of cultural heritage in the war-torn nation threatens to distort the past and present beyond recognition, fracturing Sudan’s future.
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?
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Craig Mod is software bonkers . “I’m software bonkers: I can’t stop thinking about software. And I can’t stop building software.”
"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 . “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 quality of life (hours/week worked) and wealth inequality, American exceptionalism disappears .
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
"The question is: how can we sustain the illusions essential to ordinary life, without becoming self-damaging idiots?"
A little Brooklyn exhibition space rejects optimization culture, the Pentagon bans press photographers, and guess who's headed to Perrotin?
In this edition: Lost soul, copy that, missing beats, muzzled watchdogs, and a ramblin’ man.
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
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
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
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
Once our basic physical needs for sustenance and shelter are met, most of our psychological suffering is a problem of selfing — contracting the scope of reality to the pinhole of the self and using that to explain, always painfully, the actions and motives of others, the course
"Existential loneliness and a sense that one’s life is inconsequential, both of which are hallmarks of modern civilizations, seem to me to derive in part from our abandoning a belief in the therapeutic dimensions of a relationship with place."
Potoooooooo was an 18th-century British racehorse whose name was pronounced like “Potatoes” (Pot-eight-Os).
A whole new meaning to "printing from your laptop." 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 Longevity and Obsoletion Impress Upon Alexander Endrullat’s
“Presolar grains” (microscopic crystals that are older than the Sun) harvested from meteorites may help determine how our solar system was formed .
An open letter criticizes the institution for allegedly altering displays in its Middle East galleries after complaints from a pro-Israel group.
Bradley Barber remixes Lego sets into other things , e.g. the Millennium Falcon from Back to the Future DeLorean parts, an AT-AT into the USS Enterprise, and a Pirates of the Caribbean ship from the parts of a Lego bonsai tree set. He is not alone in this pursuit; you can find
The Pentagon reportedly banned photography at briefings because the Secretary of War complained about “unflattering” photos.
This is great: Channel Surfer is “a retro TV guide that turns YouTube into live cable TV. Each channel plays videos on a deterministic schedule — like real TV, you tune in mid-show.”
coulou’s vinyl cafe (no. 4) - rainy day selections . “what’s up lovely humans, super excited to be sharing this new vinyl sessssion with you all.”
"The Mind Squad and editorial staff like theirs—people who understood and loved the music—would create a new, vibrant, and deeply informed style of cultural journalism that defined an era."
Alma Allen gets mega-gallery representation, Marina Abramović forays into balloon art, and more industry news.
This week: women’s strike in Argentina, graffiti dialogues in Brooklyn, UK museums hold human remains from former colonies, mini Tudor paintings, mapping The Met, and more.
The Void Would Very Much Like You to Stop Screaming Into It . “I think we can both admit at this point that the screaming isn’t working. The screaming isn’t making you feel any better.”
The non-commercial Greenpoint-based space Subtitled NYC models the tentative ways we make do in everyday life.
Clive Thompson wrote about coding with AI agents . “Software developers point out that coding has a unique quality: They can tether their A.I.s to reality, because they can demand the agents test the code to see if it runs correctly.”
A pair of hounds chase a hare across a snowy plain — will it get away? In Mario Kart terms, the dogs have the weight and max speed advantage while the hare is maxed out in acceleration, handling, and traction. Tags: dogs · video
“We took an ancient vice…put it on everyone’s phone, and made it as normal and frictionless as checking the weather. What could possibly go wrong? ” I *hate* the extent to which gambling has infested everything; it’s not going to end well.
“I use my entire body when painting, so I need to align it with my mind beforehand.”
Ballot Guessr : “GeoGuessr for politics. See a Google Street View image, guess how the county voted in the 2024 presidential election.” (633/1000 on my first try…but I borked one of the guesses bc I forgot there was a time limit. 🙃)