Strother School of Radical Attention
@schoolofattention.bsky.social
A radical learning space for resisting the commodification of attention.
Join our courses, discussions, and experiments below.
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Join our courses, discussions, and experiments below.
linktr.ee/strotherschool
WE’RE HIRING!
📡 Our team is accepting applications for the position of ACADEMIC DEAN.
📚 The Dean will oversee SoRA’s academic seminar programming.
📡 Our team is accepting applications for the position of ACADEMIC DEAN.
📚 The Dean will oversee SoRA’s academic seminar programming.
August 14, 2025 at 4:25 PM
WE’RE HIRING!
📡 Our team is accepting applications for the position of ACADEMIC DEAN.
📚 The Dean will oversee SoRA’s academic seminar programming.
📡 Our team is accepting applications for the position of ACADEMIC DEAN.
📚 The Dean will oversee SoRA’s academic seminar programming.
🕊️ What does it take to make peace?
Join us for PEACEMAKING — a deep dive into the history and practice of attention in conflict resolution, led by Andrea Bartoli, President of the Sant’Egidio Foundation for Peace and Dialogue.
Join us for PEACEMAKING — a deep dive into the history and practice of attention in conflict resolution, led by Andrea Bartoli, President of the Sant’Egidio Foundation for Peace and Dialogue.
August 11, 2025 at 12:23 PM
🕊️ What does it take to make peace?
Join us for PEACEMAKING — a deep dive into the history and practice of attention in conflict resolution, led by Andrea Bartoli, President of the Sant’Egidio Foundation for Peace and Dialogue.
Join us for PEACEMAKING — a deep dive into the history and practice of attention in conflict resolution, led by Andrea Bartoli, President of the Sant’Egidio Foundation for Peace and Dialogue.
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Hey guys! Really excited to announce that I will be part of n upcoming exhibition happening at the SoRA Sanctuary! You can find more info through @schoolofattention.bsky.social !
July 14, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Hey guys! Really excited to announce that I will be part of n upcoming exhibition happening at the SoRA Sanctuary! You can find more info through @schoolofattention.bsky.social !
🎧 What does it mean to be a "FAN" in a time of streaming and algorithmic music taste? 🎧
Join us for for our seminar on POP FANDOMS, where we’re diving into music, celebrities, and the communities that form around them!
Enroll now: www.schoolofattention.org/enroll/p/fan...
Join us for for our seminar on POP FANDOMS, where we’re diving into music, celebrities, and the communities that form around them!
Enroll now: www.schoolofattention.org/enroll/p/fan...
July 10, 2025 at 7:29 PM
🎧 What does it mean to be a "FAN" in a time of streaming and algorithmic music taste? 🎧
Join us for for our seminar on POP FANDOMS, where we’re diving into music, celebrities, and the communities that form around them!
Enroll now: www.schoolofattention.org/enroll/p/fan...
Join us for for our seminar on POP FANDOMS, where we’re diving into music, celebrities, and the communities that form around them!
Enroll now: www.schoolofattention.org/enroll/p/fan...
New from The Empty Cup: we're collecting meditations on the political valence(s) of slowing down
open.substack.com/pub/schoolof...
open.substack.com/pub/schoolof...
Hurry Up and Linger
Weighing the politics of slowness
open.substack.com
July 8, 2025 at 7:05 PM
New from The Empty Cup: we're collecting meditations on the political valence(s) of slowing down
open.substack.com/pub/schoolof...
open.substack.com/pub/schoolof...
New! We're exploring ambient media over at The Empty Cup. Hope you'll join us... schoolofattention.substack.com
April 30, 2025 at 12:24 AM
New! We're exploring ambient media over at The Empty Cup. Hope you'll join us... schoolofattention.substack.com
Will the humanities survive artificial intelligence? SoRA co-founder D. Graham Burnett grapples with teaching and learning in the age of AI in @newyorker.com: www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
Will the Humanities Survive Artificial Intelligence?
Maybe not as we’ve known them. But, in the ruins of the old curriculum, something vital is stirring.
www.newyorker.com
April 28, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Will the humanities survive artificial intelligence? SoRA co-founder D. Graham Burnett grapples with teaching and learning in the age of AI in @newyorker.com: www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
📸 Slow Photography Workshop: Relearn How to See (ONLY 3 Mondays, NYC)
🔗 Sign up here:
shorturl.at/DpyHs
We take thousands of photos—but how many do we truly see?
In this hands-on workshop, we’re stripping photography back to its roots: pinhole cameras, paper negatives, and chemical processing.
🔗 Sign up here:
shorturl.at/DpyHs
We take thousands of photos—but how many do we truly see?
In this hands-on workshop, we’re stripping photography back to its roots: pinhole cameras, paper negatives, and chemical processing.
LONG-FORM CAPTURE (4/28 - 5/12)
At its inception, photography was a slow and technical effort. Making an image required attention to physical, chemical, and mechanical processes that unfolded on various timescales. This seminar will...
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April 17, 2025 at 9:59 PM
📸 Slow Photography Workshop: Relearn How to See (ONLY 3 Mondays, NYC)
🔗 Sign up here:
shorturl.at/DpyHs
We take thousands of photos—but how many do we truly see?
In this hands-on workshop, we’re stripping photography back to its roots: pinhole cameras, paper negatives, and chemical processing.
🔗 Sign up here:
shorturl.at/DpyHs
We take thousands of photos—but how many do we truly see?
In this hands-on workshop, we’re stripping photography back to its roots: pinhole cameras, paper negatives, and chemical processing.
🐎 VoA 007 👁️🗨️
Pazyryk Horse Tattoos
Credit: The State Hermitage Museum, via Archaeology Magazine @state_hermitage_museum @archaeologymagazine
#attentionspan #horsetattoos #altaimountains #attentionactivism
Pazyryk Horse Tattoos
Credit: The State Hermitage Museum, via Archaeology Magazine @state_hermitage_museum @archaeologymagazine
#attentionspan #horsetattoos #altaimountains #attentionactivism
April 14, 2025 at 8:11 AM
🐎 VoA 007 👁️🗨️
Pazyryk Horse Tattoos
Credit: The State Hermitage Museum, via Archaeology Magazine @state_hermitage_museum @archaeologymagazine
#attentionspan #horsetattoos #altaimountains #attentionactivism
Pazyryk Horse Tattoos
Credit: The State Hermitage Museum, via Archaeology Magazine @state_hermitage_museum @archaeologymagazine
#attentionspan #horsetattoos #altaimountains #attentionactivism
VoA 006 ⚜️ SILENCE=DEATH, 1987
The SILENCE=DEATH project was founded in 1985 by Avram Finkelstein, Brian Howard, Oliver Johnston, Charles Kreloff, Chris Lione, and Jorge Socarrás.
The SILENCE=DEATH project was founded in 1985 by Avram Finkelstein, Brian Howard, Oliver Johnston, Charles Kreloff, Chris Lione, and Jorge Socarrás.
April 3, 2025 at 2:38 AM
VoA 006 ⚜️ SILENCE=DEATH, 1987
The SILENCE=DEATH project was founded in 1985 by Avram Finkelstein, Brian Howard, Oliver Johnston, Charles Kreloff, Chris Lione, and Jorge Socarrás.
The SILENCE=DEATH project was founded in 1985 by Avram Finkelstein, Brian Howard, Oliver Johnston, Charles Kreloff, Chris Lione, and Jorge Socarrás.
www.schoolofattention.org/enroll/p/sou...
ℹ️
Take SoRA’s SOUNDSCAPING Class
On Monday the 31st, for 3 weeks,
You will start in the beautiful studio space , then make way to the streets of NYC
A curated mix of electronic music, everyday sounds, headphone tours, and contour drawings …
ℹ️
Take SoRA’s SOUNDSCAPING Class
On Monday the 31st, for 3 weeks,
You will start in the beautiful studio space , then make way to the streets of NYC
A curated mix of electronic music, everyday sounds, headphone tours, and contour drawings …
How to actively listen? — The Strother School of Radical Attention
Drawing inspiration from artists such as Francisco López, and Christina Kubisch, we will expand auditory awareness through durational exercises that incorporate drawing, movement, sounding, and learni...
www.schoolofattention.org
March 27, 2025 at 9:42 AM
www.schoolofattention.org/enroll/p/sou...
ℹ️
Take SoRA’s SOUNDSCAPING Class
On Monday the 31st, for 3 weeks,
You will start in the beautiful studio space , then make way to the streets of NYC
A curated mix of electronic music, everyday sounds, headphone tours, and contour drawings …
ℹ️
Take SoRA’s SOUNDSCAPING Class
On Monday the 31st, for 3 weeks,
You will start in the beautiful studio space , then make way to the streets of NYC
A curated mix of electronic music, everyday sounds, headphone tours, and contour drawings …
VoA 005 📒
The Village School by Jan Steen c. 1670
Jan Steen’s 17th-century painting The Village School has intrigued historians and psychologists alike as perhaps the earliest portrayal of modern day Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.
The Village School by Jan Steen c. 1670
Jan Steen’s 17th-century painting The Village School has intrigued historians and psychologists alike as perhaps the earliest portrayal of modern day Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.
March 26, 2025 at 10:52 PM
VoA 005 📒
The Village School by Jan Steen c. 1670
Jan Steen’s 17th-century painting The Village School has intrigued historians and psychologists alike as perhaps the earliest portrayal of modern day Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.
The Village School by Jan Steen c. 1670
Jan Steen’s 17th-century painting The Village School has intrigued historians and psychologists alike as perhaps the earliest portrayal of modern day Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.
🔔 Hear that? That’s the sound of PEER REVIEW!
A new paper from D. Graham Burnett and Eve Mitchell, published today by the Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences (@nyasciences)
nyaspubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
A new paper from D. Graham Burnett and Eve Mitchell, published today by the Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences (@nyasciences)
nyaspubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
March 20, 2025 at 7:15 PM
🔔 Hear that? That’s the sound of PEER REVIEW!
A new paper from D. Graham Burnett and Eve Mitchell, published today by the Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences (@nyasciences)
nyaspubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
A new paper from D. Graham Burnett and Eve Mitchell, published today by the Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences (@nyasciences)
nyaspubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
⚡️An artist, an astronomer, and an art historian walk into a room… That spirit of dynamic dialogue filled the Sanctuary Gallery at the opening of Artifacts, our current exhibition on view through May 8.
www.schoolofattention.org/sanctuary-ga...
www.schoolofattention.org/sanctuary-ga...
March 18, 2025 at 1:33 PM
⚡️An artist, an astronomer, and an art historian walk into a room… That spirit of dynamic dialogue filled the Sanctuary Gallery at the opening of Artifacts, our current exhibition on view through May 8.
www.schoolofattention.org/sanctuary-ga...
www.schoolofattention.org/sanctuary-ga...
VoA 004 🍇
Zeuxis and Parrhasius, 4th Century B.C.
Zeuxis painting the portrait of Juno from the features of five different women; (below) Parrhasius deceives onlookers with a painting of a veil over a painting, and birds with a painting of grapes.
Zeuxis and Parrhasius, 4th Century B.C.
Zeuxis painting the portrait of Juno from the features of five different women; (below) Parrhasius deceives onlookers with a painting of a veil over a painting, and birds with a painting of grapes.
March 17, 2025 at 7:45 PM
VoA 004 🍇
Zeuxis and Parrhasius, 4th Century B.C.
Zeuxis painting the portrait of Juno from the features of five different women; (below) Parrhasius deceives onlookers with a painting of a veil over a painting, and birds with a painting of grapes.
Zeuxis and Parrhasius, 4th Century B.C.
Zeuxis painting the portrait of Juno from the features of five different women; (below) Parrhasius deceives onlookers with a painting of a veil over a painting, and birds with a painting of grapes.
Gracias @telemundo.bsky.social! We loved having you at the school. www.youtube.com/watch?v=-CFH...
El lado oscuro de la tecnología: expertos explican por qué usuarios pasan horas viendo el celular
YouTube video by Al Rojo Vivo
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February 27, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Gracias @telemundo.bsky.social! We loved having you at the school. www.youtube.com/watch?v=-CFH...
🎧 Listen here! 🎧 SoRA's Program Director Peter Schmidt joins Gwen Olton and Alexandria Hoang to talk ATTENTION ACTIVISM with @wxxirochester.bsky.social's Evan Dawson.
www.wxxinews.org/show/connect...
www.wxxinews.org/show/connect...
How to regain our attention span and resist "attention fracking"
In the first hour of "Connections with Evan Dawson" on 2/19/25, our guests explain how technology has led to "attention fracking," and what experts recommend we do to rebuild our attention span.
www.wxxinews.org
February 21, 2025 at 8:04 PM
🎧 Listen here! 🎧 SoRA's Program Director Peter Schmidt joins Gwen Olton and Alexandria Hoang to talk ATTENTION ACTIVISM with @wxxirochester.bsky.social's Evan Dawson.
www.wxxinews.org/show/connect...
www.wxxinews.org/show/connect...
February 17, 2025 at 8:30 PM
✨Today, February 17, 2025
6:30 PM 9:00 PM
SoRA team will share the fundamentals of facilitating collective practices of attention. Over two hours, participants will acquire a working toolkit and will facilitate practices for a group of their peers.
(Free, donation based workshop & open to all!)
6:30 PM 9:00 PM
SoRA team will share the fundamentals of facilitating collective practices of attention. Over two hours, participants will acquire a working toolkit and will facilitate practices for a group of their peers.
(Free, donation based workshop & open to all!)
February 17, 2025 at 8:28 PM
✨Today, February 17, 2025
6:30 PM 9:00 PM
SoRA team will share the fundamentals of facilitating collective practices of attention. Over two hours, participants will acquire a working toolkit and will facilitate practices for a group of their peers.
(Free, donation based workshop & open to all!)
6:30 PM 9:00 PM
SoRA team will share the fundamentals of facilitating collective practices of attention. Over two hours, participants will acquire a working toolkit and will facilitate practices for a group of their peers.
(Free, donation based workshop & open to all!)
VoA 003 // PART 1
Saburo Murakami, Passage, 1956, performed at the 2nd Gutai Art Exhibition, Ohara Kaikan hall, Tokyo
Saburo Murakami, Passage, 1956, performed at the 2nd Gutai Art Exhibition, Ohara Kaikan hall, Tokyo
February 17, 2025 at 7:11 PM
VoA 003 // PART 1
Saburo Murakami, Passage, 1956, performed at the 2nd Gutai Art Exhibition, Ohara Kaikan hall, Tokyo
Saburo Murakami, Passage, 1956, performed at the 2nd Gutai Art Exhibition, Ohara Kaikan hall, Tokyo
VoA 002 🎥
February 2, 2025 at 11:40 PM
VoA 002 🎥
Visions of Attention Edition 001:
Francis Barraud, His Master’s Voice, 1899
Francis Barraud, His Master’s Voice, 1899
January 26, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Visions of Attention Edition 001:
Francis Barraud, His Master’s Voice, 1899
Francis Barraud, His Master’s Voice, 1899
💚VoA💚
Tune in every Sunday, on leisure time, after attempting(🤭) &/or working that crossword puzzle. 🗞️
#takebacktech #artphilosophy #attentionseeker #attentionattention #attentiontodetail #brainrotcore #attentionspanofagoldfish #attentionspan #artandpolitics #arthistory #artanalysis
#education
Tune in every Sunday, on leisure time, after attempting(🤭) &/or working that crossword puzzle. 🗞️
#takebacktech #artphilosophy #attentionseeker #attentionattention #attentiontodetail #brainrotcore #attentionspanofagoldfish #attentionspan #artandpolitics #arthistory #artanalysis
#education
January 26, 2025 at 7:45 PM
💚VoA💚
Tune in every Sunday, on leisure time, after attempting(🤭) &/or working that crossword puzzle. 🗞️
#takebacktech #artphilosophy #attentionseeker #attentionattention #attentiontodetail #brainrotcore #attentionspanofagoldfish #attentionspan #artandpolitics #arthistory #artanalysis
#education
Tune in every Sunday, on leisure time, after attempting(🤭) &/or working that crossword puzzle. 🗞️
#takebacktech #artphilosophy #attentionseeker #attentionattention #attentiontodetail #brainrotcore #attentionspanofagoldfish #attentionspan #artandpolitics #arthistory #artanalysis
#education