Dispatches
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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 -
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 -
Comrade Kots:
A Poem by Kirill MedvedevMay 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 -
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 -
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