1/21/24:
For some time I’ve been meaning to collect my "big links" in one place. It’s been difficult to complete this small-seeming task in large part because of three major questions: 1. Do I need to self-host these readings to keep them available over time? 2. Do I need to provide commentary? 3. What even are my big links anyway...?
For now I’m taking the low-effort path across the board ("not for now" "not necessarily" "uhh here are a couple") but will return periodically to iterate/add.
Suffice to say that these are all important links I’ve returned to repeatedly over time.
Kyle Chayka: Airspace
Ren Schofield: The Touring Days
Agnes Martin: Writings
Captain Beefheart: 10 Commandments for Playing Guitar
Ben Davis: 9.5 theses on art and class
Jun'ichirō Tanizaki: In praise of shadows
Michael Bell-Smith: Creative 2 Professional: 7 Things to Think About
Sara Magenheimer: Notes on Art & Resistance A-Z
Susan Sontag: Against Interpretation
Alix Rule & David Levine: International Art English
Momus: The arrow and the frame
Martin A. Schwartz: The importance of stupidity in scientific research
Chris Maggio: Inside the Mind of a Bodega Signmaker
Roofman: pt. 1 (2000)
Roofman: pt. 2 (2005)
Free Roofman!
Koki Tanaka: Everything is Everything (2007)
Pannenkoek2012: SM64 - Watch for Rolling Rocks - 0.5x A Presses
Suzan Pitt: Asparagus (1979)
J Falconer: Dog Brain
Georges Schwizgebel: Jeu (2006)
Klaus Nomi: Nomi Song
The Pee-wee Herman Show (live; 1981)
Michael Bell-Smith: Digital Fireplace Upside Down Promotional Video