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Interview with Kim Stanley Robinson
Since his Mars trilogy became the most highly Hugo-decorated book series of the 1990s, reviews of Kim Stanley Robinson’s work...
The Last Frontier Left to Conquer:
Brief Reflections on Silent Running (1972)
Lowell, in his arguments with fellow crew members, explains that, on Earth, “there are no more frontiers left to conquer,” disclosing the colonialist mindsets of governance on Earth and their extension into space. With human action no longer confined to a finite Earth, expansionist ambitions find an outlet through the technical ingenuity of the Valley Forge’s sealed domes, stewarded by Lowell and his spiritual ethic.
Kelly Taylor Mitchell: Masking Practice
Kelly Taylor Mitchell is a performance artist, but you’ll never see her perform. Instead, the experience of her work is...
The Story of Art Without Men By Katy Hessel
Katy Hessel is seizing the moment. She is in the right time and place to elevate the power and presence...
Stubborn Materialism: Stoppages, Blocks, and Piles
Art in urban public space contends with human patterns of attention and distraction, just as monuments, buildings, and advertisements do....
Mae Ling Lokko: On Coconuts and Earthships
Mae-ling Lokko—an architectural scientist from Ghana and the Philippines, and an assistant professor at Yale University’s School of Architecture—is best...
Eamon Ore-Giron: Competing with Lightning / Rivalizando con el relámpago
Halves are made whole in Eamon Ore-Giron’s syncretic paintings, which combine elements from the Americas and Europe at different points...
Marking Time: Willie Birch’s The Roofers
Willie Birch, The Roofers, 2022, triptych, 84 x 60 inches [© Willie Birch; courtesy of the artist] The figures in...
Judie Bamber
For the uninitiated, approaching Judie Bamber’s work in the Richard Telles Gallery this summer might innocently begin as a contemplation...
Art and the Thinking Machine: Coded: Art Enters the Computer Age, 1952-1982
One of the first appearances of digital computers before a mass US audience (and a global one) in the early...