Lara Fresko Madra
@larafresko.bsky.social
contemporary art and historiography, Turkey, SWANA
Assistant Professor at Center for Curatorial Studies @BardCollege // ed. board CAAReviews // Ph.D. Art History @Cornell
In overdetermination we trust!
Istanbullu in Harlem and Mahicantuck River Valley
Assistant Professor at Center for Curatorial Studies @BardCollege // ed. board CAAReviews // Ph.D. Art History @Cornell
In overdetermination we trust!
Istanbullu in Harlem and Mahicantuck River Valley
Pinned
culture has regressed tragically, right off a cliff, like road runner.
October 17, 2025 at 8:05 PM
culture has regressed tragically, right off a cliff, like road runner.
is it better to not respond to being gaslit?
October 17, 2025 at 5:42 PM
is it better to not respond to being gaslit?
art can doesn't mean art always does.
October 17, 2025 at 3:04 PM
art can doesn't mean art always does.
top 5 fall hath arrived albums:
5. Charlie Haden and Keith Jarret, Jasmine
4. Bob Dylan and the Band, Before the Flood
3. Norah Jones, Come away with me
2. Fleetwood Mac, Rumours
1. Tom Waits, Closing Time
5. Charlie Haden and Keith Jarret, Jasmine
4. Bob Dylan and the Band, Before the Flood
3. Norah Jones, Come away with me
2. Fleetwood Mac, Rumours
1. Tom Waits, Closing Time
October 13, 2025 at 10:24 PM
top 5 fall hath arrived albums:
5. Charlie Haden and Keith Jarret, Jasmine
4. Bob Dylan and the Band, Before the Flood
3. Norah Jones, Come away with me
2. Fleetwood Mac, Rumours
1. Tom Waits, Closing Time
5. Charlie Haden and Keith Jarret, Jasmine
4. Bob Dylan and the Band, Before the Flood
3. Norah Jones, Come away with me
2. Fleetwood Mac, Rumours
1. Tom Waits, Closing Time
"'My people,' Kafka said 'provided that I have one'" (Sofia Samatar, Opacities, 19)
October 3, 2025 at 5:20 PM
"'My people,' Kafka said 'provided that I have one'" (Sofia Samatar, Opacities, 19)
a generation for whom the coming of age never ended.
September 13, 2025 at 2:22 PM
a generation for whom the coming of age never ended.
declaring one's love of protesting centrists while writing for artforum... eyeroll.
September 7, 2025 at 6:39 PM
declaring one's love of protesting centrists while writing for artforum... eyeroll.
gotta appreciate good writing... some people just do it better.
July 9, 2025 at 6:34 PM
gotta appreciate good writing... some people just do it better.
if there is a hell...
July 7, 2025 at 1:20 PM
if there is a hell...
does anyone know what day The Studio Museum will reopen? I can't set a syllabus calendar to Fall 2025.
July 6, 2025 at 8:27 PM
does anyone know what day The Studio Museum will reopen? I can't set a syllabus calendar to Fall 2025.
gotta say, life without #academictwitter sucks.
July 6, 2025 at 8:26 PM
gotta say, life without #academictwitter sucks.
Seven months into a stale hell.
July 1, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Seven months into a stale hell.
is there a reason why I'm looking at exhibition histories of the late 1930s?
June 30, 2025 at 9:32 PM
is there a reason why I'm looking at exhibition histories of the late 1930s?
Good writing makes bad writing all the more unbearable
June 30, 2025 at 5:51 AM
Good writing makes bad writing all the more unbearable
Reading the news is like listening to a tantrum 24/7.
June 27, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Reading the news is like listening to a tantrum 24/7.
worse than pravda is the nyt. just absolute ruthlessly evil spirited propaganda.
June 27, 2025 at 4:23 PM
worse than pravda is the nyt. just absolute ruthlessly evil spirited propaganda.
make note of those who describe this profound victory as an upset.
June 25, 2025 at 5:13 PM
make note of those who describe this profound victory as an upset.
if academictwitter is out there, I have a question, on that note: who writes about losing oneself in another/an other? or, more legibly, about the critique of the liberal humanist subject?
June 19, 2025 at 1:57 PM
if academictwitter is out there, I have a question, on that note: who writes about losing oneself in another/an other? or, more legibly, about the critique of the liberal humanist subject?
ok, I have to say something good: I started writing the day after I finished grading and it felt like the floodgates have opened... I had been brewing, wanting to get to this article for so long. Let's see how long it takes to wrap up but for now, just overwhelm and excitement and keeping at it.
June 19, 2025 at 1:55 PM
ok, I have to say something good: I started writing the day after I finished grading and it felt like the floodgates have opened... I had been brewing, wanting to get to this article for so long. Let's see how long it takes to wrap up but for now, just overwhelm and excitement and keeping at it.
do students understand that writing two times the number of pages that is asked for in a final is, like, not good?
June 17, 2025 at 7:52 PM
do students understand that writing two times the number of pages that is asked for in a final is, like, not good?
lately I haven't been reading my horoscope and it's a disaster. Things get stuck in the muck and frustrate me to the point of coming to a screeching halt and then by mid-month I check the horoscope and it's like, don't pitch anything till the new moon on the 25th, it'll get stuck in the muck.
June 14, 2025 at 3:50 AM
lately I haven't been reading my horoscope and it's a disaster. Things get stuck in the muck and frustrate me to the point of coming to a screeching halt and then by mid-month I check the horoscope and it's like, don't pitch anything till the new moon on the 25th, it'll get stuck in the muck.
Stanchions are the nuveau-fascist architecture.
June 10, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Stanchions are the nuveau-fascist architecture.
Is every psychotic breakdown poetry?
June 9, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Is every psychotic breakdown poetry?
Why are almost all art institutions part asshole?
June 6, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Why are almost all art institutions part asshole?
where is the counterculture?
June 2, 2025 at 10:44 PM
where is the counterculture?