The Cassette Tapes of the Great Migration , a collection of oral histories recorded in Michigan in the 1970s of Black people who had previously escaped the Jim Crow South. “If we don’t get it from those individuals, then we can’t get it from anyone else.”
“ Researchers let AI models run a simulated society . Claude was the safest — and Grok committed 180 crimes and went extinct within 4 days.”
Near the end of 1995, the artist and producer Brian Eno wrote the following about new media in his diary, which entries were later collected in a book called A Year with Swollen Appendices . Whatever you now find weird, ugly, uncomfortable and nasty about a new medium will
“I’m interested in creating work that reflects the contradictions we navigate every day, where life can be both exhilarating and devastating." Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a Colossal Member today and support independent arts publishing for as little
“Four-minute miles are almost routine. Middle schoolers are beating college runners. Inside the youth track boom that’s turning kids and teens into speed machines.”
Google Is Building an A.I. Fence Around the Internet It Once Championed . “Google has often said it was ‘sending out more traffic & the web is bigger than ever. And then right next to that is a bunch of publishers whose businesses are getting destroyed.’”
"Sunscreen—one of the only products scientifically proven to reduce the risk of skin cancer—is in the middle of a PR crisis, with skeptics claiming it’s hazardous to your health. Experts dismiss the claims as misinformation, but has the damage already been done?"
Inside the lab of a biologist who is seeking to understand intelligence by focusing on problem-solving, not neurons - by Aeon Video Watch on Aeon
Artists share tributes to the beloved raccoon, plus Sabri Sundos’s odes to Palestinian diaspora and memory.
"With little fanfare, Ray Di Pietro has attracted tens of thousands of devotees. His images are artfully composed, spontaneous, honest, and, well, kind."
Compared to what? 98% of the time, the state champ loses at nationals. Every billionaire but one isn’t the richest person in the world. Only one of the 300 people who direct a feature film each year will win an Academy Award. And only one public company has the greatest share
There are many ways to celebrate a new album from a band you admire. You can have a listening party alone. You can have a listening party with friends. You can learn the title track in a couple of days and play it onstage while the band you admire sits in the audience. That
Recovering the "forgotten blaze or burst of astonishment at our own existence" alive in the back of our modernity-deadened minds.
“I am obsessed with autonomy and movement,” the Palestinian-American artist tells Hyperallergic in an interview.
“Let me not seem to have lived in vain,” the Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe whispered on his deathbed, not realizing that the astronomical tables he was leaving behind would become the portal through which Kepler arrives at the laws of planetary motion; not realizing that the
Elephants May Hear Ground Vibrations Through Their Bones, Helping Them to Communicate Over 6 Miles . “Studying elephant hearing isn’t as simple as asking an elephant to wear headphones…”
The short-spined Seattle animal with an unfettered spirit has been honored in fan art, tattoos, and murals.
The Art Practice MFA thesis exhibition rewrites what came before, pushing back against harmful systems and inventing better ways of living together.
From photographer Richard Silver, vertical panoramic photos of churches that emphasize their often incredible ceilings. (via ignant ) [This is a vintage post originally from Oct 2015.] Tags: architecture · photography · religion · Richard Silver · timeless posts
I’m a Scholar of Genocide. We’re Entering a Terrifying New Era. “It is a future in which other nations or leaders may have an incentive to pursue genocidal policies knowing they will not only get away with murder but may even benefit from it.”
I’m currently doing the thing I do after seeing a movie ( The Odyssey ) I really enjoyed or found interesting: digging into related media. Yesterday I had an hour in the car, so I listened to this episode of The Daily podcast with Madeline Miller and Emily Wilson . I think
'Geometry of Play' comprises murals across three pickleball courts, marking the first artist-designed versions in the country. 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 trailer for Behemoth! , a forthcoming film written and directed by Tony Gilroy (Michael Clayton, Andor) and starring Pedro Pascal & Olivia Wilde. Great trailer: it pulls you in without revealing anything about the plot.
A new survey publication serves as a testament to the photographer’s belief that the city’s working-class communities of color possessed a beauty and drama all their own.
The museum's union called the plan to outsource in-house custodial work to a third-party vendor a "devastating and unconscionable injustice."
The museum's union called the plan to outsource in-house custodial work to a third-party vendor a "devastating and unconscionable injustice."
On the use of AI for creative work (type design in this case). “A tool that shields us from the friction of the work is compelling, but if we don’t experience the friction, we will never change the work.”
A memorial statue of Charlie Kirk might be coming to Times Square, Trevor Winkfield’s artificial worlds, and a beer with painter Keltie Ferris.