In a time when everyday seems like Wednesday, creative use of new media is a visual and experiential bridge to our new and hopefully innovative normal.
Mark Favermann
Book Review: “Urban Legends: The South Bronx in Representation and Ruin” — Naked City
Peter L’Official has written an important book that speaks with powerful relevance to the state of Black life in America today — and the demands of Black Lives Matter.
Visual Arts Commentary: Street Furniture — The Dilemma of Making Urban Spaces Comfortable and Unique
The City of Boston needs to think seriously about maintaining its distinctive charm, and street furniture is a very powerful tool to that end, when strategically applied.
Visual Arts Commentary: The Bridge of Flowers, Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts
An appreciation of a footbridge that intertwines nature with our humanity.
Visual Arts Commentary: “Placemaking” — Thoughts on the Virus and Our Current Public Environment
Today, our perception of the environment has become narrowed, defensive: the outside world has become worrisome, dangerous, aspirational, and changing.
Visual Arts Commentary: Boston’s Historical Memorial to Black Lives Vandalized
Boston’s most celebrated piece of public art was one of 16 monuments irresponsibly defaced during the recent protests.
Visual Arts Commentary: Life After Lockdown — Designs for Future Living After COVID-19
These products are imaginative clues to what our ‘new normal’ future will be like.
Book Review: Superior Graphic Novels About Architecture
What do graphic novels about architecture bring to our understanding of the urban experience? They suggest that buildings can be like our memories — they hide as much as they show.
Visual Arts Feature: A Walk in the City — Seeing Architectural Details and History in a Time of Covid-19
Ironically, sheltering at home reminds us that walking through some neighborhoods in Boston is an aesthetically enriching experience.
Visual Arts Commentary: The Shock of the Cute — Too Much of a Cute Thing?
What gives with the overbearing presence of cuteness throughout the world of contemporary visual art?