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Identity Crisis
I don’t often cite Freud, but his concept, paraphrased by Margaret Talbot in a profile of Carrie Brownstein in the New Yorker (January 2, 2012), seems to explain the minutia and self-absorption of the...
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words on social practice and creativity
Christoph Büchel’s Piccadilly Community Centre: an exciting example of social practice. J.J. Charlesworth’s “Hidden Intentions,” (Art Review, December 2011) introduced me to this brilliant intervention...
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Frippery
Who knows, we may look back on [Wes] Anderson’s works as we do on the boxes of Joseph Cornell—formal troves of frippery, studded with nostalgic private jokes, that lodge inexplicably in the heart....
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On the Fungibility of Language: Forensic Linguistics, plus Performance Art
As an artist who works with text, I’m always fascinated with the fungibility of language. Jack Hitt parses the gap between spoken word and constructed meaning in his article about forensic linguistics...
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notes on meta-practice from Bryan Cranston
Actor Bryan Cranston, who worked for years doing guest appearances and commercials, felt “stuck in junior varsity,” but persisted in his self-promotion efforts nonetheless: The whole idea is to put...
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get excited: cool things everywhere
Being an artist involves so many activities, I’ve fallen behind on seeing art. But there’s lots out there to be excited about! — Cool artists getting a cool residency in Portland, OR ERNEST...
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Points of Reference: Embodied Memory
Recent notes on memory, navigation, and embodiment. I love thinking about embodied cognition (how our mental life is shaped by the physical roots of experience). Recently, a spate of articles has me...
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Interdependence and politics
Over the past year as I’ve been working on Ways and Means, I’ve been thinking about interdependence, stewardship, and agency. I’ve been mulling how becoming accountable to a shared space and ethos is...
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