rhythm 0: in 1974 artist Marina Abramoviฤ subjected her unmoving body to a six-hour ordeal to see how an audience might objectify her
bang records: a documentary about the life and career of songwriter Bert Berns behind “Here Comes the Night,” “Brown-Eyed Girl,” “Hang on Sloopy” and many other standards
back to obamacore: with hope and the end of history, the Harris-Walz campaign gives nostalgic vibes of 2008—via Web Curios
gothamq loop: a prototype quantum network being tested beneath the streets of Queens
geography and maps division: a mystery, featureless solid silver globe at the US Library of Congress—via the Map Room
mice fancy: how a Victorian hobbyist breeding programme became a mainstay of the laboratory
diversion tunnel: Margaret Bourke-White (previously) documents building of a dam in Montana in 1936
diminished by its artsiness: studio pulls trailer for Megalopolis after realising the marketing team used AI to generate phoney tag-lines by famous film critics—via Super Punch
the birth of coolth: Sentence First explores similarly constructed neologisms, including the statistical term shorth for shortest half—via Language Hat
the confetti illusion: oranges are sold in red mesh bags to enhance their orangeness—via Marginal Revolution—see also
synchronoptica
one year ago: paper dolls and digital avatars (with synchronoptica) plus bat men on the Moon
seven years ago: more from artist Lance Wyman, assorted links to revisit, anti-migrant riots in Rostock (1992) plus a collection of government sponsored cartoons
nine years ago: the birthday of Sean Connery plus adiaphora and cafeteria Christianity
ten years ago: the sacred, prognosticating chickens of Rome
eleven years ago: creative interpretations of film
