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Form and Resonance

·Apr 4

Jordan Peterson’s Credulity is a Teaching Moment

In an arena where propaganda often drowns out truth, Peterson is a model of how not to approach information. April Fools’ Day is widely regarded as an especially dangerous day for internet misinformation. “Beware of pranks!” we are warned, as social media marketers use the holiday as an excuse to…

Jordan Peterson

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Jordan Peterson’s Credulity is a Teaching Moment
Jordan Peterson’s Credulity is a Teaching Moment
Jordan Peterson

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Mar 16, 2022

The Tactical Utopianism of Sondra Perry

Connecting the artist’s simultaneous exhibitions in Seattle and Portland Author’s Note: This review was originally published on April 10, 2018 in Art Practical. It has since disappeared from the Internet, so I have reposted it. An archived version can also be viewed via the Wayback Machine here. Many years ago…

Sondra Perry

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The Tactical Utopianism of Sondra Perry
The Tactical Utopianism of Sondra Perry
Sondra Perry

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Form and Resonance

·Oct 31, 2021

Diego Rivera’s Pan American Unity Mural and Judy Chicago’s The Fall

The striking similarities—and key differences—between two works currently on view in San Francisco In 1940, Diego Rivera painted a massive 74-foot mural for the Golden Gate International Exposition in San Francisco. …

Judy Chicago

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Diego Rivera’s Pan American Unity Mural and Judy Chicago’s The Fall
Diego Rivera’s Pan American Unity Mural and Judy Chicago’s The Fall
Judy Chicago

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Form and Resonance

·Oct 31, 2021

Experiencing ‘Communitas-Through-Culture’ at the Scala Sancta

A pilgrimage in Rome reveals the relationship between objects and sacred experiences In April of 2019, a friend, knowing that I happened to be in Rome, sent me an article about the Scala Sancta (Holy Steps)—the marble stairs to the Pope’s private chapel that are said to have been walked…

Pilgrimage

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Experiencing ‘Communitas-Through-Culture’ at the Scala Sancta
Experiencing ‘Communitas-Through-Culture’ at the Scala Sancta
Pilgrimage

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Form and Resonance

·Oct 29, 2021

Rodrigo Valenzuela’s Posthuman Ruins

My first encounter with Rodrigo Valenzuela’s work was through his video works like Diamond Box (2012–2013), in which the artist paid undocumented migrant workers an hourly rate to tell their stories for the camera. …

Art

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Rodrigo Valenzuela’s  Posthuman Ruins
Rodrigo Valenzuela’s  Posthuman Ruins
Art

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Form and Resonance

·Oct 21, 2021

Gasping Downwind from Judy Chicago’s “Forever de Young”

Last Saturday afternoon, my partner and I happened to have some time to kill in San Francisco and decided to see Judy Chicago’s performance “Forever de Young” at the de Young Museum, where the artist’s retrospective is currently on view. We arrived just after the museum closed and joined the…

Judy Chicago

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Gasping Downwind from Judy Chicago’s “Forever de Young”
Gasping Downwind from Judy Chicago’s “Forever de Young”
Judy Chicago

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Form and Resonance

·Oct 1, 2021

The (Re)colonization of Psychedelic Medicine

Capitalists want to own the psychedelic movement. We can’t let them. In the May 13, 1957 issue of Life Magazine, nestled between a pastel ad for the Ford Fairlight and a feature about the actor who played the Cowardly Lion in The Wizard of Oz, lies an infamous piece of…

Psychedelics

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The (Re)colonization of Psychedelic Medicine
The (Re)colonization of Psychedelic Medicine
Psychedelics

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Form and Resonance

·Oct 1, 2021

How Nam June Paik Anticipated the Internet

An artist dreamed of a hyperconnected future. Now we live in it. On New Year’s Day, 1984, the artist Nam June Paik broadcast his first international satellite “installation” to an audience of some 25 million people in four countries. An hour-long montage of avant-garde music videos, dance performances, and animated…

Nam June Paik

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How Nam June Paik Anticipated the Internet
How Nam June Paik Anticipated the Internet
Nam June Paik

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Form and Resonance

·Sep 30, 2021

The Fiery Visions of Agnes Pelton

Two exhibitions highlight the landscapes and abstractions of an underrated modernist In 2012, very few people had heard of the Swedish mystic and painter Hilma af Klint. Then, in 2013, her solo retrospective at Stockholm’s Moderna Museet became the most heavily attended exhibition by a Swedish artist in the museum’s…

Agnes Pelton

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The Fiery Visions of Agnes Pelton
The Fiery Visions of Agnes Pelton
Agnes Pelton

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Form and Resonance

·Sep 29, 2021

The Right-Wing Takeover of the American University

Anti-“woke” hysteria both conceals and abets the actual suppression of left-wing voices on college campuses From the volume and frequency of high-profile media meltdowns over “woke” social justice activism on campuses, it would be easy to conclude that colleges and universities are sites of leftist indoctrination. …

College

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The Right-Wing Takeover of the American University
The Right-Wing Takeover of the American University
College

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Artist and historian. PhD student researching religion, material culture, media, and politics. emilypothast.com

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