Slow blogging day today; I spent some time on the KDO undercarriage and a new little members-only feature for the Rolodex: a simple list of links to the latest posts from Rolodex sites . (Click on “Latest Posts”; like I said, it’s a wee feed reader .)
After spring's marquee auctions, we are led to believe that everything in our important art universe is doing just fine. It isn't.
Pope Releases Encyclical On Perils Of Disney’s ‘Star Wars’ Strategy . “I fear for what horrors the fan base might soon endure, but I would be negligent not to give Andor its flowers.”
Her depictions of individuals in settings that seem both out of time and of this moment represent one of many engaging paradoxes.
“This is how corporations bully individuals who cannot match their resources,” said the artist and activist.
Ruby Onyinyechi Amanze’s mosaic “May Your Road Be Light and Fun” at Borough Hall excerpts drawings from over 10 years of the artist’s practice.
Radiohead’s OK Computer reimagined as Nintendo 64 songs , featuring reworked sounds from Mario Kart, Super Mario 64, Ocarina of Time, Goldeneye 007, and more.
Her photographs showcase an intensely physical side of the city: breaking down boxes to dance upon, spray-painting subway cars.
Andor loves a good monologue. Among the best of them is Nemik’s Manifesto : Remember this, Freedom is a pure idea. It occurs spontaneously and without instruction. Random acts of insurrection are occurring constantly throughout the galaxy. And Kino Loy’s speech to his fellow
Supporting media artists with production grants, global exhibitions, and an expanded online residency with Ars Electronica.
Infinite Jeffs is an actual physical book you can buy in which “every one of the ~550,000 words in Infinite Jest [is replaced] with ‘Jeff’ while preserving punctuation, line breaks, etc.”
How Should a Book Sound? And What About Footnotes? Footnotes present “kind of a nasty problem for an audiobook: where do the footnotes go? There is no bottom of the page in an audiobook, obviously.”
Out now: new Boards of Canada album. Get it wherever you buy or stream music .
How Douglas Latchford got away with it; plus, Frank Stella’s Navajo weavings.
Mozart’s genius lay in writing music of such power that he could draw his audience into morally wrenching predicaments - by Dorian Bandy Read on Aeon
If we choose you based on price, please don’t be surprised if we leave the moment someone else uses the same tactic on you. Low price is a temporary refuge for a marketer who has run out of useful ways to improve the experience and deliver more value.
"In a world whose absurdity appears to be so impenetrable, we simply must reach a greater degree of understanding among men, a greater sincerity."