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On for the sake of dancing in the street
Sarah Yanni
On for the sake of dancing in the street
Sarah Yanni
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Sarah Yanni
Entanglement 009: Mojdeh Rezaeipour, Natalie Amini, Kamyar Arsani, Rex Delafkaran, Bita Ghavami, Nasrin Navab, Anita Poushan, and Anahita Bradberry
Mojdeh Rezaeipour
Entanglement 009: Mojdeh Rezaeipour, Natalie Amini, Kamyar Arsani, Rex Delafkaran, Bita Ghavami, Nasrin Navab, Anita Poushan, and Anahita Bradberry
Mojdeh Rezaeipour
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Mojdeh Rezaeipour
Hyperlink Blues: Experiments in VR Psychotherapy
Mark Anthony Hernandez Motaghy
Hyperlink Blues: Experiments in VR Psychotherapy
Mark Anthony Hernandez Motaghy
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Mark Anthony Hernandez Motaghy
White Fragility Mixtape
Dirt Editors
White Fragility Mixtape
Dirt Editors
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Dirt Editors
Naoko Wowsugi Guided Artist Lecture
Georgie Payne
Naoko Wowsugi Guided Artist Lecture
Georgie Payne
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Georgie Payne
Learning From End of Life Care Workers Now and After COVID-19: Insisting on Structures for Grief and Time
Erin Segal & Rachel Kauder Nalebuff
Learning From End of Life Care Workers Now and After COVID-19: Insisting on Structures for Grief and Time
Erin Segal & Rachel Kauder Nalebuff
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Erin Segal & Rachel Kauder Nalebuff

Interviews

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Entanglement 009: Mojdeh Rezaeipour, Natalie Amini, Kamyar Arsani, Rex Delafkaran, Bita Ghavami, Nasrin Navab, Anita Poushan, and Anahita Bradberry
Mojdeh Rezaeipour
Entanglement 009: Mojdeh Rezaeipour, Natalie Amini, Kamyar Arsani, Rex Delafkaran, Bita Ghavami, Nasrin Navab, Anita Poushan, and Anahita Bradberry
Mojdeh Rezaeipour
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Mojdeh Rezaeipour
Social Movements, Solidarity, and Expressing Grief Online: An Interview with An Xiao Mina
Krista Alba, Georgie Payne, and Yihsuan Chiu
Social Movements, Solidarity, and Expressing Grief Online: An Interview with An Xiao Mina
Krista Alba, Georgie Payne, and Yihsuan Chiu
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Krista Alba, Georgie Payne, and Yihsuan Chiu
A Place to Visit: An Interview with Olympia and Jip Gallery
Danni Shen
A Place to Visit: An Interview with Olympia and Jip Gallery
Danni Shen
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Danni Shen

Essays

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On for the sake of dancing in the street
Sarah Yanni
On for the sake of dancing in the street
Sarah Yanni
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Sarah Yanni
Hyperlink Blues: Experiments in VR Psychotherapy
Mark Anthony Hernandez Motaghy
Hyperlink Blues: Experiments in VR Psychotherapy
Mark Anthony Hernandez Motaghy
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Mark Anthony Hernandez Motaghy
King of the Road
Muheb Esmat
King of the Road
Muheb Esmat
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Muheb Esmat

Reviews

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Listening with Nate Lewis
Max Levin
Listening with Nate Lewis
Max Levin
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Max Levin
RETRO[per]SPECTIVE at Rhizome
Blair Murphy
RETRO[per]SPECTIVE at Rhizome
Blair Murphy
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Blair Murphy
Review: WATER/ماء: Trespassing Liquid Highways at Gallery 102
Amanda Jirón-Murphy
Review: WATER/ماء: Trespassing Liquid Highways at Gallery 102
Amanda Jirón-Murphy
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Amanda Jirón-Murphy
 

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Three emerging curators and recent graduates of @ccsbard (Krista Alba, Yihsuan Chiu, and Georgie Payne) speak with An Xiao Mina (artist, leading technologist, digital scholar, and author of Memes to Movements: How the World's Most Viral Media Is Chan
Fresh *Dirt* on site today! ✨ Danni Shen (@danni_sh) spoke with @olympiartz and @jipgallery about their online exhibition format “A Place to Visit.” Now in its third volume, the series seeks to directly support artists while also directly
*Now Live!* ‘Hyperlink Blues: Experiments in VR Psychotherapy' — Mark Anthony Hernandez Motaghy grants us an intimate reading of their experience of psychotherapy within a VR space. The sessions began IRL before COVID-19 necessitated the
*OUR FIRST PUBLISHED PIECE OF 2021 IS NOW LIVE!* ‘King of the Road’ by Muheb Esmat (@muhebistan) takes a closer look into contemporary visual and cultural production in Kabul, Afghanistan through the city’s vinyl car decals. Conte
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👋 Join us on IG at @dirt.dmv for this week's *LIVE* Shakshouka Sunday on Nov 1st at 6 pm Tunis (GMT+1) / 9 am PST / 12 EST ~ Our co-founding editor Ikram Lakhdhar (@lalaik) and Tunis-based artist and food researcher Rafram Chaddad (@Rafram_x) will p