Link About It: This Week’s Picks
London's Black history tube map, an open call for radical creatives, a super-sized basketball book and other Internet wonders
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Brooklyn Magazine’s Guide to This Year’s New York LGBTQ+ Film Festival
From 15-26 October, the 33rd annual New York LGBTQ+ Film Festival pops up in venues across Manhattan and Brooklyn. This celebration of queer cinema has been presented in NYC by the LGBTQ+ …
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Tour de Moon’s Open Call for Radical Young Creatives
Spearheaded by Dr Nelly Ben Hayoun, Tour de Moon is a cosmic festival that seeks to enact pluralistic futures through afterparties, immersive experiences and innovative technology—and it references the moon as a way …
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POSTERIZED to Become the Largest Basketball Photography Book
Power Moves Publishing is releasing an exclusive, giant-sized book of iconic poster dunks throughout NBA history. The 14 by 19 inch book, fittingly titled POSTERIZED, will be the largest basketball photography book …
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How New Zealand Musicians are Revitalizing Maori Language
Maori, the Indigenous language of New Zealand, is on the cusp of extinction—and musicians in the country are trying to save it. Translating well-known songs into te reo Maori (“te reo” meaning …
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Artist A G Cook Composed a Song From Apple Product Sounds
The snapping of AirPod cases, the resounding ring from a 1998 iMac, the scrolling sound from an iPod wheel and other beeps and clicks; these make up the instrumentals of artist and …
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Solange’s New Library for Rare Books on Black Art + Expression
Founded by Solange’s creative agency, Saint Heron, and curated by Rosa Duffy, the Saint Heron Community Library highlights over 50 rare, author-inscribed and out-of-print books by pioneering Black artists and thinkers. The …
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First Black History Tube Map Pays Tribute to Iconic Black Britons
For the first time, London’s tube map has been reconceived to pay tribute to legendary Black Britons throughout history. Pioneers—like the first known Black woman to serve in the Royal Navy and …
Link About It: This Week’s Picks
Personal style as protest, Steven Horton Jr's Black Justice Flag, NYC's unusual vending machine and more from around the web
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Graphic Designer Steven Horton Jr’s Black Justice Flag
Graphic designer Steven Horton Jr has reimagined the US flag with Black Americans in mind. The bold design—inspired in part by Marcus Garvey’s Pan-African Flag and David Hammond’s African American flag—aims to …