Greta Rainbow writes about art books, old MTV shows, digital ephemerality, cringe, Depop, kissing, Catholics, street sounds, translation, matchbooks, radio stations ...





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art


Meet Peter BD, The Phoneless Downtown Curator / Interview
Comic artist Johnny Damm / The Creative Independent
Martine Syms Satirizes the MFA Experience / i-D
Godpilled: Pronouncing Their Love for the Lord / Editorial Magazine
Jorge de León Archives Our Times On Canvas / Observer
The Syrian Refugees Creating Design From Displacement / The Guardian
Tattoo Project Body Spells / The Creative Independent
Joel Sternfeld’s American Prospects / The Brooklyn Rail
Photographer Pelle Cass / Atlas Obscura
Are Alex Jones and Jacob Wohl Performance Artists? / The Outline
Everyone Is Kissing Tommy Kha / Interview
Considering Gender in the Age of AICAN, the Unhuman Artist / Topical Cream
A Conversation With Hans Waege / Collecteurs
Inside Out and Upside Down: Tibor Kalman / Cooper Hewitt
Housebound: Portraits from the Winter Garden / The Belgo Report


books


The Dynamism of Translated Works / Shondaland
Cookie Mueller’s Collected Stories / W Magazine
Author Anna Dorn / Shondaland
Telling the Story of Zimbabwe’s Subversive Creatives / Lit Hub
Sarah Jaffe’s Work Won’t Love You Back / Bustle


fashion


Skin in the Game: Red Bets on the Future of Fashion / Red DAO
Clothing Designer Moriah Black / The Creative Independent
Web3 Designers Jeremy Karl and Eugene Angelo / Friends With Benefits WIP
The 2021 Fashion Year In Review / Dazed
The Best Looks From The Governors Ball / The FADER
Depop Captions Are Becoming The New Blogs To Read / Nylon

film


Dream Life: Politics of Desire in Quebec's First Woman-Directed Film / Read Me
VoiceNotesCore: On Joanna Hogg’s The Eternal Daughter / LARB
Meet the Internet’s Favorite Movie Critic / Downtime
Amalia Ulman’s El Planeta / The Face
Filmmaker Isabel Sandoval / The Face
MTV’s Downtown Is a Hyperspecific Time Capsule / Vulture
The Intimate Local History Hidden In High Maintenance / Observer


internet


Lost to the Sands of Time: Ephemerality in the Digital Age / Majuscule
Location Sharing Is A Way of Life / Buzzfeed News
Meet Leia Jospé, Curator of Cringe / W Magazine
Digital Resting Points break the feed / Dirt
The Co-Founders of @press_sf Are Reading Between The Times / SSENSE
Hey Internet DJ / The Brooklyn Rail


life


Journalist Emma Madden / The Creative Independent
The Rights to Public Sound Space / Hii Magazine
Finding Meaning in Freelancing Outside Validation / Study Hall
The Tattoo Artists Healing Our Invisible Wounds / i-D
Breakups That Broke Us: Michelle Williams and Phil Elverum / InStyle
‘Social Media Manager’ Is A Lot Harder Than It Sounds / Money
A Weekend at CHOP, Seattle’s Police-Free Zone / Bustle


fiction


Toothbrush Horror Story / Hobart Pulp