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Kristin McWharter
@kristinmcw.bsky.social
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Artist.

Pulling at your competitive spirit’s heart strings.

Teaching at School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Art & Technology / Sound Practices
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kristinmcw.bsky.social
June 14, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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kelani.bsky.social
Graphic that reads: Economic Boycott, Don’t buy stuff, Friday Feb 28. We have power. No Amazon, Walmart, Target, Fast Food, gas. Ok small business. Cash. High contrast, with a red bunny on cyan background.
February 28, 2025 at 9:02 AM
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brian-goldstone.bsky.social
Love this letter from David Velasco (the former Artforum editor fired for publishing an open letter against the carnage in Gaza) responding to that Harper’s piece lamenting the contamination of contemporary art by politics.
"Sorry, I could barely get through Kissick’s orgy of grievances. I lived through the years he elegizes, saw some great art and even more middling art. Anyone reading his piece with a gimlet eye will notice that it was speculation, not ‘politics,’ that sucked the air out of the room. I do agree with him on one point: the art world is boring right now. But you’re not going to save it by being boring yourself. And you’re definitely not going to get art that ‘tears open [your] consciousness’ through nostalgia for Hans Ulrich Obrist. Go outside, look around. Stop being sad because markets and institutions aren’t pandering to you. Go where the energy is. Go make some real friends. Break a magazine. Go to a protest. Free Palestine. David Velasco New York City”
January 30, 2025 at 2:14 AM
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cthompto.bsky.social
I have been thinking a lot about what this next administration will bring and about how universities can be proactive in protecting and supporting trans faculty, staff and students. I wrote about here:

#academicsky #academia #transrights #transgender #lgbtq

www.insidehighered.com/opinion/care...
How to be a trans ally in academia today (opinion)
What it means to be an ally has changed, Chelsea Thompto writes.
www.insidehighered.com
January 17, 2025 at 2:43 PM
kristinmcw.bsky.social
Sound, new media, game artists: don’t miss this rad workshop with Patrick Glennon hosted by VGA gallery and CCAM
ccam.world/programs/25-...
January 21, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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artbutmakeitsports.bsky.social
Blue Smash, by Adolph Gottlieb, 1960
January 19, 2025 at 10:33 PM