It’s been a minute, but the latest edition of Phone It In: An Art Writing Mixtape is here. Thanks to all who called in to 34-SOUVENIR to share something you’ve read recently. As much as I could, I linked and namechecked people below.
It’s kind of wild how these end up reflecting a moment, even when they pull sources from across decades:
Two remarks, from Brian D. Butler and Leonard Emmering, in Roman Signer: Sculpting in Time (2008), a collection of writings on the Swiss artist’s work, from Noah Feehan of AKA.farm [@akafarm].
A poem from @theseuschats on tumblr, shared by marmalade at garden center doodle blog, also on tumblr, but who I can’t find atm. [hmu]
A quote from Felix Gonzalez-Torres at publicdelivery.org, shared by @mediaeater.
A quote from Tom Lehrer about the Vietnam war, from tumblr, where I can’t find it, but it was also in his obit last summer.
A passage from Susan Sontag’s 1967 essay, “The Aesthetic of Silence,” shared by @nobrashfestivity.
Andrea Fraser quoting Hana Segal in her 2004 Dia talk, “Why does Fred Sandback’s work make me cry?” [pdf] from me.
“A Painting by Hamishi Farah,” a 2025 lecture by Tobi Haslett, published at Triple Canopy, shared by Ian Ware [202arts.org].
A couple of paragraphs from Susan Sontag’s “On Photography,” posted by @grotto-esque, from me.
An excerpt from an as-yet unpublished text on appreciation, shared by the executor of The Estate of Joshua Caleb Weibley [@livingfake].
And prefaced by a Rosalia namecheck, a serendipitous quote from Elisa Wouk Almino’s newsletter, shared by Carolina Miranda [@cmonstah].
Download or listen to Phone It In, Vol. 002: An Art Writing Mixtape [12:26]