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Weekend Reading: October 25 Edition

Oct 25, 2024

Side-by-side photographs by Rotimi Fani-Kayode and Ming Smith.

Top of page: Rotimi Fani-Kayode, Nothing to Lose I (Bodies of Experience), (1989). Archival C-type print, 48’ x 48”. © Rotimi Fani-Kayode, courtesy of Autograph, London; Ming Smith, Masque (Cairo, Egypt), (1992). Archival pigment print, 16” x 24”. Courtesy of Ming Smith.

Around Columbus

A still with five overlapping images of the same female in a white leotard; each of the figures has a different silver circular object over one eye and a hand covering the other.

Isabel Zeng, Watchers (2023). Performance video installation, mirrored blow glass, sterling silver, and hard maple. Image courtesy of the Arts and Ohio Arts Council.

 

Around the Globe

An image from the movie Wayne’s World has been altered to show the film’s lead character embracing an ancient Roman-style bust of Donald Trump.

Soda Jerk, Hello Dankness (2022), image courtesy of the filmmakers and International Documentary Association