I tasted—careless—then—
I did not know the Wine
Came once a World—Did you?
Category: language
AG2021_2030188a1 or not in conditions of our choosing
Style also indexes constraint: we make art ((or history)(KM)), but not in conditions of our choosing. Kornbluh
This morning there ain’t nothing I can’t do.
This is my territory, I know all of it—
Aubade: East, Rita Dove. Playlist for the Apocalypse: Poems.
old habit
Imagination, too, is old habit, assiduously maintained despite consequences.
Grand Tour: Poems, Elisa Gonzalez
AG2023_2080754a or a construct of the real
When the present seems to have abandoned the future, we need to observe the here and now more closely. These artists’ works are clear and detached, analytically precise and calm to present the state of affairs right now in all its complexity. In doing so, they undermine and refuse to comply with an omnipresent immediacy that manifests itself in the form of accelerated availability, speed, consumability, and instant legibility. Defying powerlessness and paralysis, the works address contemporary wars and their economic and political implications, dealing with climate change and socioeconomic power structures in various societies. Yet they invariably retain an awareness not only of our planetary present being permanently and repeatedly reconfigured from assorted constructions of the Real but also of the extent to which we are part of it all.
UNDERMINING THE IMMEDIACY curated by Susanne Pfeffer and Julia Eichler. MMK Frankfurt.
AG2016e-12aff or intuit space
AG2023_2090218a or perhaps what we’re all looking for, …
Perhaps what we’re all looking for, …
though beautiful, was untenable in the long term.
the more beautiful the setting, the purer the horror.
Mohamed Mbougar Sarr, translated from the french by Lara Vergnaud
AG2019_1530529 or exhilaration with a purpose
What makes “Good Girl” so powerful as a novel of development or bildungsroman is that it respects self-destruction as an effective tool of self-discovery.
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In her wild behavior, her pursuit of chaotic situations and turbulent relationships, there is exhilaration with a purpose. She is cutting ties with safety to fling herself into life.
Nersessian reviews “Good Girl,” by the German-born writer Aria Aber.
An act of living a way of life
Tratado de geometría, Tana Oshima, menoslobos taller editorial, S.L., 2025.
An excerpt/(earlier version) was in LL Journal, 2021.
Satellogic announced an open satellite feed programme and named their dataset “Satellogic EarthView”. marksblogg