Among the Mogao Caves' nearly 500 chambers and temples, a space known as Cave 17 revealed thousands of extraordinary objects. 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.
Bruce Springstein wrote & recorded a song about Minnesota’s battle against tyranny: Streets Of Minneapolis . “Our city’s heart and soul persists / Through broken glass and bloody tears / On the streets of Minneapolis.”
In one of his final on-camera interviews, David Lynch recounts going to the very first Beatles concert in the US in 1964. I ended up going to this concert. I didn’t really have any idea that it was the first concert. I didn’t have any idea how big this event was. And it was in
Why do RSS readers look like email clients? “When we applied that same visual language to RSS (the unread counts, the bold text for new items, the sense of a backlog accumulating) we imported the anxiety without the cause.”
A collection of “well-made apps and sites” gathered by Marcin Wichary.
Sculptural carpets, woven works, and reimagined textiles by 14 contemporary artists examine housing, technology, social justice, and the environment.
For his project called Homo Mobilis, Martin Roemers travelled the globe and photographed people with their cars, bikes, scooters, etc. You can see a selection of the photos on Roemers’ website , at The Guardian , or in his forthcoming book, Homo Mobilis ( Amazon ). (via
Why Some People See Collapse Earlier Than Others : Perception, pattern-seeking, and the role of neurodivergence in a failing civilisation. “Collapse awareness is fundamentally a pattern-recognition event. Some people are wired for that.”
Kristen Radtke remembers Alex Pretti . “I didn’t realize, in the hours before his name was released to the public, that the man millions of people had seen lying facedown on the pavement from multiple angles…was my childhood best friend.”
"The Eye altering alters all."
"I have always felt that a human being could only be saved by another human being. I am aware that we do not save each other very often. But I am also aware that we save each other some of the time."
Light is fundamental to the workings and laws of our Universe – but why does it exist in the first place? - by Aeon Video Watch on Aeon
Also: Street signs against fascism, Gabrielle Goliath's lesson in resistance, and how Joan Miró fell in love with America.
"What happens when a group of men, incarcerated under bleak conditions, are left to govern themselves? In Walpole State Prison in 1973, ‘peace reigned’ for weeks—until the guards were sent back in."
There have always been two sides: Hiring people to do tasks and jobs, or hoping to be hired to do those tasks and jobs. The difference now is that it’s increasingly difficult to find a good job to get hired for, and easier than ever to be the person who hires an AI or a […]
Gladys Mae West was born in rural Virginia in 1930, grew up working on a tobacco farm, and died earlier this month a celebrated mathematician whose work made possible the GPS technology most of us use each and every day. Hers was a distinctively American life, in more ways than
Image via Wikimedia Commons In his 1935 essay, “The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproducibility,” influential German-Jewish critic Walter Benjamin introduced the term “aura” to describe an authentic experience of art. Aura relates to the physical proximity between
"As long as space and time divide you from anyone you love... love will simply have no choice but to go into battle with space and time and, furthermore, to win."
"Andersen had the courage to write stories with unhappy endings. He didn’t believe that you should try to be good because it pays ... but because evil stems from intellectual and emotional stuntedness and is the one form of poverty that should be shunned."
“ Archivio Grafica Italiana is the first online archive dedicated to the entire Italian graphic design heritage.” (via sidebar ) Tags: design
“It’s chilling that this censorship plays out especially regarding Palestine, the great exception to free speech,” Goldin told Hyperallergic.
Her exhibition "Love Language" invites viewers into the vibrant cultural legacies of Native art, and connections to land, lineage, and community.
In 'Golden Days,' Dabin Ahn reflects the grief of losing his father. 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 Dabin Ahn Lingers in Loss in a Mournful Series
The guerrilla imitations of common road signage use a distinctive brand of Philly humor to alert residents of ICE threats and looming authoritarianism.
A “sprinkler emergency” at the newly reopened Harlem institution forced staff to evacuate visitors
The cancellation of the South African artist’s Venice Biennale pavilion reveals the machinations of state censorship — and the ways we can collectively resist it.
An impressive isometric map of NYC , built with AI agents . “I’m particularly interested in scaling up the grindy repetitive tasks that make many ideas practically impossible.”
"£100m stolen across Europe . . . How did Ollie Holman do it?"
Sesame Street has uploaded a bunch of classic episodes to YouTube that are free to watch , including the very first episode from 1969, the one where Mister Rogers visits, and the episode where Mr. Snuffulupagus is finally revealed. The most recent one was uploaded just a couple
The African diaspora pictures itself, Edward Zutrau draws seismographic lines, and more to get you through a freezing week in New York.
"In the depths of the Cold War, scientists from the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. joined forces to answer a still-urgent question: Can mammals reproduce in space?"
You Need A Kitchen Slide Rule . “Kitchen work is all about proportions, and nothing beats the slide rule for proportions.”
"In this 'Skyspace,' the day has weight, the evening has temperature, and the change belongs to you," Turrell 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