“The Milk of Dreams” Review and Travelogue – Day 0 In a world that looks more and more like a dystopian future many of us naively thought impossible, this collective sigh of global contemporary art at the 59th Annual International Art Exhibition in Venice retreats into the fanciful, the terrifying, the profane, and the absurd, […]
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Local Memorials Pt. I
As a digital and public historian, I really fascinated by how and where everyday people choose to mark their collective memories. Traditional halls of power like commission meetings and city halls wield certain levers that allow them to choose the monuments, fund the museums, and rename the streets. But what if you don’t sit on […]
For Humanities’ Sake, Move to Berlin
Today, the errant young artist may ask his, her, or themselves where they would want to call home. A home is as much an address, a domicile, as it is a muse. There are many concrete and intangible factors that go into anybody choosing a place to call home, but an artist is certainly more […]
Venice Biennale 2017 – Review
Venice, la Serenissima as it is often sumptuously titled, or the most serene republic, once again serves as the backdrop to the 57th Annual International Art Exposition in 2017. While to the average tourist, Venice is a must-stop on any European adventure, La Biennale offers a unique opportunity for anyone who is so inclined to sample perhaps the most comprehensive sampling of […]
Art History Must Change
Under the cobbled streets of Geneva, Switzerland lies a marvel on the bleeding edge of humanity’s technological prowess in the 21st century. In the city made famous by John Calvin during the Protestant Reformation, Le Conseil européen pour la recherche nucléaire, or CERN, a consortium of European governments and research institutes operates the Large Hadron Collider, […]
Dispatches from the Fault Lines
Observations, reviews, and travelogues from the vantage point of an often perplexed individual navigating the humanities. Feel free to leave comments. NB: Black Lives Matter, Colonization is wrong, and institutions are inherently problematic. Opinions my own.