A job offer from MoMA in NYC

Application deadline: June 15, 2025 The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) 11 West 53rd Street New York, NY 10019 USA Add to Calendar T +1 212 708 9400 www.moma.org The mission of the Emilio Ambasz Institute for the Joint Study of the Built and the Natural Environment at The Museum of Modern Art is to […]

JSTA Journal: Counteract: practices of artistic resistance, dissidence and furtivity

New luddites are needed!! ✊🏼 I’m co-editing the next JSTA Journal issue, titled Counteract: practices of artistic resistance, dissidence and furtivity, a Scopus-indexed publication. I hope you resonate with the call. In case the theme(s) aligns with some of your interests, please contribute with your insights, reflections, and critical perspectives. I’d be grateful if you […]

Deglobalized ethnonational tariff pliers

*A strange cousin of luxury multitools, maybe.

The science of cacio and pepe sauce

*It’s not art, but it’s Italian and how could we not blog it on ARTMAKER. https://pubs.aip.org/aip/pof/article/37/4/044122/3345324/Phase-behavior-of-Cacio-e-Pepe-sauce?ref=404media.co Pasta alla Cacio e pepe” is a traditional Italian dish made with pasta, pecorino cheese, and pepper. Despite its simple ingredient list, achieving the perfect texture and creaminess of the sauce can be challenging. In this study, we systematically […]

Sir Walter Scott and “antique fiction”

This inventor of historical fiction was an “antiquary” well before he became a novelist. In this personal narrative by Scott’s disciple Washington Irving, one can see that Scott regards antiques as historically-reversed “diegetic prototypes.” Scott intuits that these mute objects have a narrative. They were what they were, and are what they are, for historical […]

Some art history

*It’s not for everybody, but it’s the kind of art-history you’d want to read off the website here. https://liseuse.harmattan.fr/9782336465340

Laura Kampf’s Emotional Support Tool Roll

That’s quite a weird little tool bag. The most interesting thing about it is that it’s designed for Laura Kampf’s long-established personal habit of scroUunging street junk for Makertaimnent purposes. Also, she made a hundred of them and they sold out instantly at a price-point of USD $160, so it’s nice to see this German […]

Survival Sporran – Best of Historical & Modern EDC in One Pouch

*This YouTube influencer is trying to pastiche the difference between histocial costume-play and high-tech prepper survivalism. *I don’t know if it “works,” but it’s interesting video preppertainment with a remarkable and distinctive look, so to that extent it would probably work for him. https://youtu.be/fmUignz2R6o?si=Y55ACz7sVdFAnQzH