Tim Kreider Feature

I would like to take this opportunity to write about an article under the guise of writing about said article’s author. The author, Tim Kreider, is a cartoonist and essayist for The New York Times; as clever as he seems to be miserable, Kreider has a unique approach to both the written word and the…

“Comedian” – Maurizio Cattelan

This singular story contains two headlines: first, that an artist taped a banana to a wall, entitled it “Comedian,” then sold the piece for $120,000; second, that someone subsequently ate the banana. Talk about a-peel-ing! In all seriousness, I admire these feats of artistry which challenge the very idea of art, and this serves as…

125 Years (2003) – Jenny Holzer

I came across this familiar piece while browsing https://www.associationforpublicart.org/, a catalogue of public art in Philadelphia, for inspiration for project 4. You may recognize this piece from the walkway outside of New College House, but, like me, may not have taken the time to read what’s written on the granite borders and benches. I was…

Daniel Rozin – PomPom Mirror (2015)

While doing the Processing Hour of Code, I was intrigued by the projects Dan mentioned that used computer programming as a key component. I was under the impression at first that art made with code was limited to the computer screen, so it was eye opening to see the pieces Dan showed, which were sculptural,…

Cow Tools – Gary Larson

Without necessarily any context, I would like to share one notoriously unfunny cartoon and its ironically hilarious explanation. Allow me to let the cartoon speak for itself: This is easily my favorite single-panel comic (if it may even be called that) of all time precisely due to the ambiguity of this concept of “cow tools”…

Soundtrack to Chaos: Untitled Goose Game

I was very excited to have found a relevant article involving a new game that has been on my wishlist since its release (and may come off that wishlist during a moment of weakness during midterms). The article explores the role of music, particularly Debussy’s Preludes, as it underscores the mischievous and downright dastardly shenanigans…

Site/Sound: Revealing the Rail Park

I had heard about the rail park as a freshman; they were introduced to me by my adventurous new friends as abandoned rail yards which were ripe for exploration. So explore we did, and after a few flashy, overexposed photos were taken amongst the grasses and rusty graffiti (for the gram, of course), I was…

#Blkgrlswurld Punk Fest and Zine Fair at ICA

This past weekend, the publishing and promotion collective #Blkgrlswurld hosted the Punkfest and Zine Fair at ICA, here in University City, to celebrate the contributions of women of color in hardcore music genres, as is the mission of the collective. The two-day fest featured a panel of punk rockers of color, who “explore[d] the cultural…

99% Invisible / “Norman” Doors / The Design of Everyday Things

Looking forward to this next project, I started to think about product design and recalled a podcast my brother had told me about called “99% Invisible”. It centers on the design of things we barely notice day-to-day, like highway medians and grocery store plastic bags. This article by “99pi” features frustratingly backwards door design, the…

Crispin Finn – Typography

Anna Fidalgo & Roger Kelly are the design duo under the pseudonym “Crispin Finn” based in London. While their pieces may require more reading than most, the words of their messages are seamlessly incorporated into the illustration itself. Typography, as exemplified by Crispin Finn, integrates language into visual art, playing with the idea of communicating…