Art Takes Center Stage at Growing Student Protests for Palestine
Visual arts faculty, alumni, and staff are standing in solidarity with students as “art corners” and other creative initiatives dominate the encampments.
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See Photos From the Historic March for Public Education in Argentina
Filled with protest art, demonstrations across the country advocated for university funding amid right-wing President Javier Milei’s steep budget cuts.
Staffers Demand SFMOMA Break Silence on Palestine
They join similar calls by workers at institutions including the Museum of Modern Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts.
Nigeria’s Youth Fight for a Better Future
Alain Kassanda’s Coconut Head Generation is a testament to how young people find themselves through each other no matter the place, times, or means.
Marie Watt Creates Care Through Collage
At the core, all of Watt’s work shows a devotion to care and closeness, a desire to make tangible the layers of relations that bind and make us.
What does it mean to “be a serious person”? I don’t know...
What does it mean to “ be a serious person ”? I don’t know if I am one. 💬 Join the discussion on kottke.org →
Pratt’s MFA Photographers Indict the “Perfect Body”
Chloe Scout Nix and Lena Smart challenge the distorted body images that prevail in mainstream media.
You Can’t Corgi-Wash Queen Elizabeth’s Colonial Legacy
The peoples crushed under British imperialism might not find Hywel Pratley's tribute to the late monarch and her dogs so endearing.
Getty Museum Returns Ancient Roman Bronze to Turkey
The institution acquired the bust from a Swiss art dealer who has been linked with the looted antiquities trade at other US museums.
Just Add Water: Grow Your Own Furniture with These Pop-Up Sponge Designs
A team of industrial designers prototyped a furniture collection that dramatically transforms from flat sheets into fully functional objects, no tools required. Taking Gaetano Pesce’s spectacular “ Up 5 ” chair as a starting point, Under Pressure Solutions (UPS) is an
Can I Lick It? (Yes, You Can?!)
Is the periodic table yummy? Well, it depends on the element. But if you’ve ever wondered if a little taste of xenon or iridium would do you any harm, this periodic table is for you . See also What If You Swallowed All Elements of the Periodic Table? . (via @anewplacetohide )
“What would you consider as the most recognizable bitmap fonts in tech...
“What would you consider as the most recognizable bitmap fonts in tech history?” Atari font, Chicago, Commodore 64 font, Minecraft font, London Underground digital marquee font, etc. 💬 Join the discussion on kottke.org →
RISD’s Advanced Program Online Now Enrolling for Summer 2024
Explore Rhode Island School of Design’s online intensives for high school students interested in pursuing art and design in college.
The novelist R.O. Kwon: The Parents Who Regret Having Children. “It’s possible...
The novelist R.O. Kwon: The Parents Who Regret Having Children . “It’s possible to have strong, lasting regrets about a life choice while ferociously loving — and caring for — the fruit of that decision.” 💬 Join the discussion on kottke.org →
How to Tell Love from Desire: José Ortega y Gasset on the Chronic Confusions of Our Longing
"Loving is perennial vivification... a centrifugal act of the soul in constant flux that goes toward the object and envelops it in warm corroboration, uniting us with it and positively affirming its being."
Bizarre Traveling Flame Discovery
Steve Mould’s videos are always entertaining and informative but this one is also a little bit mind-blowing. If you build a circular trough with just the right dimensions and fill it with lighter fluid, a flame will travel around it. And other shapes will do other things — the
A Day in Tokyo: A 1968 Film Captures a City Reborn 23...
A Day in Tokyo: A 1968 Film Captures a City Reborn 23 Years After Its Destruction . “Bullet trains, high-speed expressways, and color television broadcasts were spreading throughout the land.” 💬 Join the discussion on kottke.org →
Variations on the Theme of Silence
"Without stretches of silence, you cannot hear yourself or anyone else."
Vintage Japanese Train Tickets
Oh, these old Japanese train tickets, sourced from this collector , are wonderful. So much design inspiration. You can find more at Present and Correct . See also Vintage Weekly Bus Passes . Tags: design · Japan · trains 💬 Join the discussion on kottke.org →
Tune into Your Own Brain Waves with Steve Parker’s Suspended Constellations of Salvaged Brass
Many therapists advise patients to reconnect with their inner voice, a part of treatment that, as anyone who’s tried it can attest, is easier said than done. But what if you could tune into to your internal ups and downs in the same way you listen to a song? In his Sonic
Two men swapped at birth – one Indigenous, one white – finally...
Two men swapped at birth – one Indigenous, one white – finally get apology . “To have the core understanding of who you are — and who your parents were and who your siblings were — taken away from you, is a shattering experience.” 💬 Join the discussion on kottke.org →
Cracking chirality: the mystery of mirror molecules
There’s a mystery of mirror molecules at the origin of life on Earth – and these scientists may have solved it - by Aeon Video Watch at Aeon
Steven Spielberg Calls Stanley Kubrick’s A Clockwork Orange “the First Punk Rock Movie Ever Made”
Steven Spielberg and Stanley Kubrick are two of the first directors whose names young cinephiles get to know. They’re also names between which quite a few of those young cinephiles draw a battle line: you may have enjoyed films by both of these auteurs, but ultimately, you’re
“What’s the catch?”
It’s an important question. Lots of opportunities come with one, and going in with your eyes open helps avoid problems later. Two challenges: Sometimes, a really good opportunity doesn’t actually have a catch. And spending a lot of time looking for one keeps us from the work we
Hear Flannery O’Connor Read “A Good Man is Hard to Find” (1959)
Flannery O’Connor was a Southern writer who, as Joyce Carol Oates once said, had less in common with Faulkner than with Kafka and Kierkegaard. Isolated by poor health and consumed by her fervent Catholic faith, O’Connor created works of moral fiction that, according to Oates,
Is Merivale the Death of Culture or a Symptom? I Went To Their New ‘Record Bar’ To Find Out.
Merivale’s latest culture costume comes in the form of JAM Record Bar – inspired by the listening bars of Tokyo, but “with a twist”.