I found these things. “How?” you may ask, and to that I say, “I found them delightful.”
Minjeong An is an artist who lives in Seoul. There’s more at her web site; the ones like these are under the heading works.2.
To see the details of each work, the pages on the website (linked in the captions) have close-ups and, usefully, videos. This is the video for the self-portrait, above. This is the video for the family portrait, below.
Two piece of vintage cassette tape technology:
Above, the Philips PMC100, a portable synthesizer from 1986 that came with 8k of RAM and serious practical limitations. Here’s some music made to show off its sounds.
Below, the Library of Congress C1, distributed to disabled audiobook listeners for decades, and treasured by musicians for its fine control of tape speed. Here’s a video of someone making music with one.
Tyler Haughey is an American photographer. Here’s a description of his (sold-out) book in which these images appear.
Everything Is Regional is a monograph that examines the built environment of northeastern coastal towns and explores how we use, interact with, and remember fleeting moments at places designed for summer recreation.
New music: Earthquake by Caveleon. (Spotify or YouTube). A great big gorgeous slow-building folky thing from this Milanese indie band. The links in parentheses go to the studio version of this song, which fills the back of the mix with warm analog synthesizers instead of horns. This link goes to the above "acoustic session" video.
New music: A Bee Without Its Sting by The Go! Team. (Bandcamp or Spotify or YouTube). A happy poppy summery rock number from Brighton. There are 4 songs out now, and the whole album is out July 2nd. I love this song.
Old music: Extraball by yuksek & Amanda Blank (2008). (Spotify or YouTube). Justice-style dance music with a Gwen-Stefani-style rap verse.
-Thomas