Dispatches

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  Dispatch

  The Cloud Is Not the Territory

  May 20, 2014 - 

  Arguing that the public has a right to understand internet infrastructure, artist Ingrid Burrington visits “the cloud”—the data centers of northern Virginia through which two-thirds of internet traffic currently circulates.  More

  By Ingrid Burrington

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  Subtlety Series

  Ricardo Cortés: The Act of Whitening

  May 7, 2014 - 

  Writer and illustrator Ricardo Cortés presents a series of drawings referencing sugar, the slave labor central to its historic manufacture and the blue delft iconography of its early distributors.  More

  By Ricardo Cortés

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  Uprisings

  Comrade Kots:
  A Poem by Kirill Medvedev

  May 6, 2014 - 

  On the anniversary of massive protests in Moscow ahead of Vladimir Putin’s third presidential inauguration, the writer and labor activist Kirill Medvedev shares a poem whose title derives from a nickname he was given by Russia’s secret police agency, the FSB.  More

  By Kirill Medvedev

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  Climate Reports

  Here Comes the Money: Solar Power and Self-Determination in Western Sahara

  April 30, 2014 - 

  Artist Mel Chin proposes a Western Saharan currency, backed by solar power, that would help the Sahrawi people achieve independence while also combatting climate change.  More

  By Mel Chin

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  Photo Gallery

  Tough Love at Mexico City’s Casa Xochiquetzal

  April 22, 2014 - 

  The photographer Bénédicte Desrus and journalist Celia Gómez Ramos paint a portrait of an unconventional Mexico City retirement home that “provides a space to age with dignity for a group of vulnerable women who are often invisible to society at large.”  More

  By Bénédicte Desrus and Celia Gómez Ramos