The Revisions That Make Us Human

[ad_1] Revising Reality: How Sequels, Remakes, Retcons, and Rejects Explain the World by Chris Gavaler and Nat Goldberg (image courtesy Bloomsbury) Joan Didion famously declared, “We tell ourselves stories in order to survive.” As euphonious as that statement is, it may not reflect either the purpose or the function of story-making. Closer to the truth […]

A Rare Cross-Section Illustration Reveals the Infamous Happenings of Kowloon Walled City — Colossal

[ad_1]  Design History Illustration Social Issues #architecture #China All images courtesy of Greg Jensen At its height in the 1990s, Kowloon Walled City in Hong Kong housed about 50,000 people. Its population is unremarkable for small cities, but what set Kowloon apart from others of its size was its density. Spanning only 2.6 hectares, […]

Laura Ellen Bacon’s Monumental Willow Works Ebb and Flow in Amorphous Masses — Colossal

[ad_1]  Art Design Nature #installation #Laura Ellen Bacon #sculpture #site-specific #weaving July 3, 2024 Jackie Andres “The Feeling Remains” (2022). Photo by Jean Michel Rousvoal. All images © Laura Ellen Bacon, shared with permission Laura Ellen Bacon transforms hundreds of pounds of willow branches into amorphous, oscillating forms. Ascending upward along the side of […]

Raising Awareness of Systemic Racism in Healthcare, a Stork Embarks on an ‘Impossible Journey’ — Colossal

[ad_1]  Animation Film Social Issues #birds #health #healthcare #short film #video The timeless tale of the stork delivering babies is, like many myths, difficult to trace to a single source, as the story unfolds in folklore throughout Europe, the Americas, North Africa, and the Middle East. In the short film “Impossible Journey” —directed by […]

Norman Kleeblatt’s Very New York Story

[ad_1] American curator Norman Kleeblatt (photo by Nikolai Devera) This article is part of Hyperallergic’s 2024 Pride Month series, featuring interviews with art-world queer and trans elders throughout June. Norman Kleeblatt has been a prominent curator in New York City’s museum scene for decades. His exhibitions at the Jewish Museum, where he started as a curatorial assistant […]