• Features

Sacred Space: The Shaker Museum’s New Future Offers Opportunities for Embracing Contradictions

The Chatham institution is plotting a relocation to Upstate New York that will allow space for more nuanced conversations.

• By
  Shannon Mattern
• Oct 5, 2022 5:49 pm

• Columns

Andrew Cuomo’s COVID-19 Briefings Draw on the Persuasive Authority of PowerPoint

Marshaling PowerPoint, that ubiquitous platform for urgent didactic and persuasive communication, Andrew Cuomo's COVID-19 briefings are our primer, pep talk, and placation.

• By
  Shannon Mattern
• Apr 13, 2020 1:59 pm

• Features

Using PowerPoint, Artists Ask How Performative Presentations Shape Our Thinking

Recognizing the ubiquity and epistemic imperialism of the slide deck, many artists—including David Byrne, Tan Lin, Daniel Eatock, Timothy Evans, Michael Riedel, Linda Dong, Simon Denny, and Tony Cokes—have taken up the medium, adapting its modes of address to comment on contemporary managerialism, information labor, and media culture.

• By
  Shannon Mattern
• Feb 5, 2020 12:17 pm