Weekend Reading: January 10 Edition

Around Columbus

• Columbus Underground covered our Jean-Luc Godard series.
• ICYMI, the adult swim Off The Air episode featuring local talent such as Hakim Callwood and Black Forager Alexis Nikole Wilson is now on YouTube.
• Ohio State’s ADA Coordinator’s Office is accepting submissions from students for the Ethel Louise Armstrong Student Poster Competition.
• Lydia Smith talked about her art book on burial sites ahead of a reading Tuesday at Two Dollar Radio.
• Arris J. Cohen spoke about his new show at Ohio State’s Faculty Club.
• And Tiffany Lawson talked up her solo show at Wild Goose Creative.
• Dream Clinic Project Space is now accepting applications for its March exhibition, 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘖𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘚𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘔𝘰𝘰𝘯.
• Fresh A.I.R. Gallery is also looking for artists for its spring show, Shadow to Light.

Around the Globe

• Here’s the latest on how the Los Angeles fires have impacted the art world.
• For good and bad, digital smell is now a thing.
• Eye tracking research has found that children have their own way of viewing art.
• The panopticon prisons of the Netherlands are being converted into arts centers.
• After purchasing Maurizio Cattelan’s banana art for over six million dollars with a stated intention to eat the fruit, Blockchain billionaire Justin Sun worked to quash at least one story about his clearly publicity-seeking actions.
• We’ve all seen the videos of dogs and elephants putting paint to canvas; here’s evidence of more art making in the animal world.
• There’s now one less reason to visit Kansas City.
• The editorial team at the science journal Human Evolution quit en masse because of the publication’s increased use of AI.
• Meta pulled back on the use of AI profiles on its platforms. Before they went away, one Washington Post writer shared their startling conversation with the most well-known of the AI profiles, “Proud Black queer momma” Liv.
• The multidisciplinary arts presenter BAM is leaning into AI with new digital installations from ONX Studio.
• Animation is a ripe area for AI usage, but there are many concerns and questions.
• Here’s a behind-the-scenes on Mike Leigh’s incredible new film, Hard Truths.
• A Guardian piece highlighted how it’s never too late to front a rock band—especially if the effort can help stave off dementia.
• People are taking a second, more critical look at the widely followed trauma-centered book The Body Keeps the Score.
• Composer and critic Tom Johnson passed away at 85.
• Folk artist Peter Yarrow of Peter, Paul and Mary died at the age of 86.
• Jeff Baena, filmmaker and husband to actor Aubrey Plaza, died at 47.