Chad Weinard
@untitledprojects.bsky.social
Indy technologist for museums
RIP Fluxus artist Alison Knowles, who brought computational poetry to gallery spaces in 1967 with A House of Dust. Here's a tribute, using data from the WCMA collection a-house-of-dust.netlify.app
November 6, 2025 at 6:23 PM
RIP Fluxus artist Alison Knowles, who brought computational poetry to gallery spaces in 1967 with A House of Dust. Here's a tribute, using data from the WCMA collection a-house-of-dust.netlify.app
Reposted by Chad Weinard
The Truth About January 6th. Today is the 4th anniversary of the attack on Congress and the man who incited it will be sworn in as President later this month. On this dark day, it is important to remember what happened and why… [kottke.org]
The Truth About January 6th
Today is the fourth anniversary of the attack on Congress and attempted coup of the United States government and the man who incited it will be sworn in as President of the United States later this month. On this dark da
kottke.org
January 6, 2025 at 4:18 PM
The Truth About January 6th. Today is the 4th anniversary of the attack on Congress and the man who incited it will be sworn in as President later this month. On this dark day, it is important to remember what happened and why… [kottke.org]
"On a hunch, I asked the V&A for the ultra-high-resolution scans that had been made of the painting’s surface. Within a few hours of opening those on my computer I found something completely unexpected..." www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4... #musetech /via @kottke.org
Fara Dabhoiwala · A Man of Parts and Learning: Francis Williams Gets His Due
The only certainty about the picture is that it shows Francis Williams. No one has ever been able to discover who...
www.lrb.co.uk
November 26, 2024 at 8:30 PM
"On a hunch, I asked the V&A for the ultra-high-resolution scans that had been made of the painting’s surface. Within a few hours of opening those on my computer I found something completely unexpected..." www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4... #musetech /via @kottke.org
Reposted by Chad Weinard
“given the prominence of [NPS] in US mythology, along with the fact that they received over 310M visits in 2022, and how often they are the sites of contested American history, as well as sacred places to Indigenous people, the question of how the NPS expresses and packages those layered realities…”
The Mythmaking Apparatus of the US National Parks
In quiet yet scrupulous detail, Designing Experience asks how the US National Park Service shapes the narratives it tells about this country and the lands it claims.
hyperallergic.com
November 13, 2023 at 12:13 PM
“given the prominence of [NPS] in US mythology, along with the fact that they received over 310M visits in 2022, and how often they are the sites of contested American history, as well as sacred places to Indigenous people, the question of how the NPS expresses and packages those layered realities…”