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In this book Boris Groys analyses the cultural constructs of our time, like the museum or the internet , articulating a rheology (fluidity ) of Art . He reflects upon contemporary terminologies such as activism, aestheticization, infection and transgression and their incorporation into the modern understanding of the Art world. He makes three points that… Continue reading Notes & Thoughts On Boris Groys’ ‘Liquid Times’

One of the best discoveries of the year has been Glitch Feminism by Legacy Russel. She introduces this collection of essays as a ‘manifesto’ , and it has certainly sparked something within me. She conceives the Glitch as a form of refusal : ‘Gender has been used as a weapon against its own populace. The… Continue reading A Manifesto for the Gen Z: Key Notes on Legacy Russel’s ‘Glitch Feminism’

The other day I came across this article by Eloghosa Osunde for the Paris Review, and felt like it was exactly what I needed to read. She defines Art making as one of the strongest tools to challenge what has been established. I am interested in exploring the ways in which Gen Z Latam diaspora… Continue reading Key Notes from Eloghosa Osunde’s ‘& Other Stories’

‘Unlike knowledge, wisdom does not age”[1] claims Bauman in the first page of his book Liquid Times : Living in the Age of Uncertainty . And indeed, while knowledge is subjected to matters of time and space, wisdom appears to be transcendent. Throughout this collection of essays, he attempts to draw an analysis of the… Continue reading Liquid Thoughts : Reflections after reading Zygmunt Bauman’s works