Enemy from Space
Los Angeles, November 2024 I am obsessed with the entanglement of truth and fiction. This fascination may have started without…
Letter from the City
The Room is the City
London April 2024 This room is the city. Before that, the ward was the city. The bedcovers mass, the sun…
Letter from the High Atlas Where Geology and Metaphysics Mingle
On September 8, 2023, at 11:11 p.m., the earth shook in Morocco. 6.9 magnitude earthquake’s tremors were felt from Taroudant,…
Some Days, Some Days
Dearest Carol, I hope this finds you very well today. It’s a Thursday, and although I got up very early…
Better Problems
NEW YORK, 2023 I thought I would share some thoughts with you. To let you in on the state of…
We are tragic sleepers
“We are tragic sleepers,” texts Miciah sometime in October. He and I happen to be birthday twins, as were our…
We’ve Shamed the Sacklers. Who’s next?
After our first protest, PAIN faced a common critique: “If the Sacklers are too dirty for museums, who isn’t?” We…
Kahrkiv / Venice. April 2022
The following are excerpts from conversations that artist Pavlo Makov had with various people from February 24 — the day…
Speculative Sunrise
In Los Angeles, we never really see the sunrise. Instead, there is a time when the sky lightens, but our…
New York, October 2021
I’ve lived my entire life in cold-weather cities. I was born and raised in Chicago and have lived my adult…
Los Angeles, July 2021
TW: this text contains graphic language about gun violence. I was born at Cedars Sinai in Los Angeles on September…
Paris, April 2021
In France we have a tradition of protecting awful people not just in the name of power but also in…
Zurich, February 2021
It is 3:17 am as I start writing this column. I went to bed early, maybe a little after 10…
Los Angeles, November 2020
When I was asked to write a personal perspective on a subject of my choosing, I began writing a critical…