WRITING
Koolhaas’ Countryside Show Spirals at the Guggenheim in PIN-UP
“A schizophrenic attempt at rural rediscovery in atonement for Rem’s (and our own) myopic urban worldview....”
The Dreamhouse in Artforum
“THE SPECTRUM WAS ONE OF THOSE RARE PLACES in the world where you could feel totally free. It was an art space, illegal nightclub, and ephemeral proof in the possibility of building an alternative queer utopia....”
Design by Night in PIN-UP
“The spatial arrangement of a club, the materiality of its walls, and the attractiveness of its lighting should make you feel a certain way. A good club transports you. It displaces you from normal life. Form follows fantasy...”
Poland’s Women Are in the Streets in The Nation
“The daily protests deploy cohesive, Internet-friendly organizing tactics and symbols...the Telegram group in Krakow is called Solidarność nasza bronią: “Solidarity is our weapon.” And much like the Solidarity movement strikes in the 1980s, the current Women’s Strike movement is clamoring to remake a divided Poland...”
FULL CIRCLE in Artforum
“In the sixteenth centry, San Carlo al Lazzaretto was built as a field altar that permitted plague victims to eat of the body and drink of the blood in open air. Two Fridays ago, the church was hemmed in not by the sick, but by loud bargoers unaware of a different form of communion taking place inside...”
LSDXOXO: STAGING THE FULL FANTASY in 032c
“If LSDXOXO is the vaccine, I’ll take 1000 doses...A creative force on the underground queer club scene, LSDXOXO makes his major-label debut with XL Recordings.””
Berlin Votes on Whether to Expropriate Landlords in The Nation
“While seizing 200,000 of the 1.5 million rental apartments in Berlin is far from a panacea to the city’s housing woes, activists hope the vote this Sunday not only prompts immediate action to lower housing costs but also invites people here and abroad to imagine de-commodifying housing as politically possible and popular.”
REVENGE OF THE REAL in 032c
“In the sixteenth centry, San Carlo al Lazzaretto was built as a field altar that permitted plague victims to eat of the body and drink of the blood in open air. Two Fridays ago, the church was hemmed in not by the sick, but by loud bargoers unaware of a different form of communion taking place inside...”
Astrit Ismaili Transcends Their Body by Building a New One in i-D
“Yet, in our conversations, Astrit conveys a subtle vexation in the way critics interpret the link between their art and identity. Although driven by a clear desire to give voice — literally, through song—to young Kosovars struggling with similar questions of identity, Astrit approaches such categories playfully rather than earnestly. In recent years, in fact, their work has focused less on reacting to the oppression of real-life identity politics, and more on figuring out how to transcend them altogether....”
Melting Point is the NYC Rave Crew Supporting Immigrant Rights in Mixmag
“Melting Point, an upstart Brooklyn collective, serves challenging music for challenging times. In nights that can slip between leftfield techno, rowdy noise acts, and reggaeton, the party channels rave escapism with punk’s confrontational edge to raise awareness—and direct cash donations—for immigrant rights...”
Fake Fashion: CFGNY’s State-sponsored Bootleg Runway Show Questions Ideas of Identity and Race in PIN-UP
“In the eyes of Nguyen and CFGNY’s co-founder Daniel Chew, the capsule collection of “fake” garments presented at the venerable Dutch museum followed a design process very similar to the European houses that inspired the pieces: copying or appropriating old designs to create new styles. While that analogy may rub the fashion industry the wrong way, CFGNY seeks to actively question threadbare Western assumptions that link artistic and material value with race...”
Angelwave is the Euphoric Future of Moscow's Rave Scene in i-D
“‘Angelwave is the party of the future,’ Gleb Sereda assures me about the Moscow event series he curates under the name ໂ 𝓾 𝓻 𝓪 𝓼 𝓼 𝓲 𝓪. Combining experimental trance music, a student-age crowd decked head-to-toe in white, and an ideological penchant for all things “light,” the parties certainly offer a welcome contrast to the normally dark, late-night affair that is nightlife in the Russian capital...”
'Cruising Pavilion' at Venice Biennale Shows How Public Gay Sex has Shaped Architecture in i-D
“A whiff of poppers is not a typical greeting to visitors at an architecture opening. But with its plywood glory holes, dim red lights, and darkroom floor plans, the Cruising Pavilion at this year’s Venice Architecture Biennale is a provocative, sexy antidote to the official programming across the lagoon. Proclaiming that “architecture is a sexual practice,” the alternative exhibit highlights the way contemporary and historic cruising practices have shaped modern cities and the queer experiences in them...”