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The High Stakes of Lowrider and Chicano Culture in Three Documentaries
A slate of three short films at UnionDocs examines Chicano culture in the Bronx and Japan.
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The First Known Depiction of the Cosmos Adorns a 3,600-Year-Old Disk
Discovered in 1999 in Germany, the 3,600-year-old Nebra Sky Disk is recognized as the oldest known depiction of cosmic phenomena.
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Everybody Likes "Like Art"
"Like Art," a type of bright, attention-grabbing work that aims for easy acceptance by servicing screen-tap culture, is everywhere.
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Abstracting the Data of the Natural World with Colorful Geometries
Julie Wolfe tries to make sense of the natural world by gathering and categorizing all kinds of sights and objects that offer no scientific information but inspire search for meaning, like puzzles.
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A Death Labyrinth, a Steampunk Space Club, and More in the New Museum's First VR Exhibition
From a watery remix of Call of Duty to an elegiac star system commemorating victims of police brutality, the online-only exhibition's six VR works showcase a range of possible worlds.
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A Video Game Immerses You in an Opera Composed by Dogs
In David Kanaga's latest game, Oiκοςpiel, an immortal Donkey Koch (of the Koch brothers) commissions a group of dogs to produce a digital opera for an arts festival scheduled for 2100.
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Fred Wilson Strips Culture Down to Black and White
The exhibition Black to the Powers of Ten at Oberlin's Allen Memorial Art Museum showcases the artist's extensive examination of black identity and labor.
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Get Involved with the Visual Resistance
Happening on March 1 at Aperture, the Visual Resistance Community Action Forum is open to anyone looking to fight oppression in creative ways.
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Researchers Bury Their Noses in Books to Sniff Out the Morgan Library's Original Smell
Researchers at the Morgan Library & Museum in New York are capturing the smell of its old books to reconstruct the building's 1906 aroma.
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The Spectral Sounds of Endangered and Extinct Languages
Susan Hiller's latest video, on view at Pérez Art Museum Miami, features 23 endangered or extinct languages spoken by the people who know them best.
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Hypnotizing Punk Loops and Binary Art in Pittsburgh
It seems like every month Pittsburgh gets name-checked on one hot list or another.
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The Broken Promises of American Indian Treaties, Sewn onto Quilts
Gina Adams sews text from the American Indian Treaties onto quilts, articulating the deception and violence used to marginalize Native Americans in the formation of the United States.