Good morning, world! 🌞 Today, Sarah Bond and Nyasha Junior write about the "New Jim Code," we report
| Good morning, world! 🌞 Today, Sarah Bond and Nyasha Junior write about the “New Jim Code,” we report on the news that Artistic Director and Chief Curator Nancy Spector has stepped down at the Guggenheim, and we have a review of Legacy Russell’s important new book Glitch Feminism.And be sure to check out the weird 19th-century skeletal version of the renowned ancient sculpture “Laocoön and His Sons”.– Hrag Vartanian, editor-in-chief | |
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| An Artist-led Vigil for Coronavirus Victims |
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| | Dozens of mourners marched through Jackson Heights to 95th Street on Tuesday as part of an artist-led vigil for coronavirus victims. (all photos by Kisha Bari) |
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| On Tuesday evening, around 50 people clad in black gathered outside Elmhurst Hospital in Queens. In solemn precision, they marched through Jackson Heights to 95th Street, nearing the neighborhood of Corona, the former epicenter of the pandemic in NYC.Ten women took turns reading the names of those who lost their lives to the virus in the US. But amid the pain and loss, the demonstrators hoped to convey a message: “Vote.”In Other NewsNancy Spector, the Artistic Director of the Guggenheim Foundation, has stepped down from her post in the wake of mounting pressure from a group of current and former workers known as A Better Guggenheim.The Bronx Documentary Center has virtually opened its 6th Annual Photo Auction Benefit, and 50% of the proceeds will benefit Bronx-based photographers experiencing financial stress due to COVID-19.For your pleasure, we compiled the best memes of the fly incident that took place during the debate between Mike Pence and Kamala Harris. Enjoy. |
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| Investigating Racial Bias in Tech |
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| | How Racial Bias in Tech Has Developed the “New Jim Code” When machine learning and the use of computers are emphasized in artistic research, in reconstructions, or in beauty contests, viewers often take the results to be scientific, objective, and unbiased. But they are not. Sarah E. Bond, Nyasha Junior |
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| A Defiant Manifesto for "Glitch Feminism" While glitches are often cast as something to be worried about, Legacy Russell asks whether we can apply a logic of using error and mistakes as a way of opening up space. Sanjana Varghese |
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| Who Takes Care of the Caregiver? A tender portrait of working class mothers, Through the Night makes plain the need to shift public dialogue on how caregivers are regarded. Natalie Erazo |
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| An Interview with Filmmaker Kirsten Johnson |
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