July 21, 2021 • View in browser
Good morning. ☁️ Today, a mysterious-looking giant head floats above Tokyo, seven leading directors reflect on the Pandemic year, and New Red Order pokes fun at settler colonial culture.
— Hrag Vartanian, editor-in-chief
Joke’s On You: New Red Order Parodies Society’s Deepest Settler Desires
A carnival of funhouse mirrors, Feel at Home Here stretches and distorts perceptions of reality to reflect on the paradoxical settler desire for indigeneity. | Isabel Ling
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WHAT'S HAPPENING
“Masayume” by 目[Mé] (2019-2021) (photo by KANEDA Kozo; courtesy of 目[Mé])
Created by the artist collective 目 ("Mé”), a giant balloon face floats over Tokyo ahead of the Olympics.
A new NSFW lamp design brings a new meaning to being turned on
Jeff Bezos’ phallic rocket ship spawns an entire galaxy of internet memes.
Artists remain detained in Cuba as anti-government protests continue, withLuis Manuel Otero Alcántara set to be transferred to the Guanajay maximum security prison.
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ART & FILM
How Those Who Lived Through the Holocaust Have Testified in Film
While narratives depicting the Holocaust present fixed versions of events, testimonial films tend to be more open-ended, and pose more profound questions. | Justine Smith
Jafar Panahi, Laura Poitras, and Other Filmmakers Reflect on the Pandemic Year
The seven shorts of the anthology The Year of the Everlasting Storm are impressively varied, given the constraints under which they were made. | Sophie Monks Kaufman
How Talking About Art Kept my Family Together During COVID
No matter how monotonous or frustrating our quarantine lives became, the art talks provided a sustaining ritual, something to calm, amuse, and bond our family. | Kate Lemery
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Craft Ways: Tending to Craft Explores How Collaborative Research Nurtures the Field
Tickets are currently available for this virtual symposium co-organized by the Center for Craft and Warren Wilson College. Learn more.
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