FYI #6

• Lit Hub’s Most Anticipated Books of 2024, via LitHub

• Ruthie Rogers’ conversation with Glenn Lowry, director of the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York, introduced me to Ed Ruscha’s installation, Chocolate Room

• The 150 Greatest Science Fiction Movies of All Time, via Rolling Stone

• Dance Like David Byrne! An Easy-to-Follow Instructional Video Shows You How, via Open Culture

• The Sentimental Garbage podcast led me to Ella Risbridger’s books, including Midnight Chicken (& other recipes worth living for). A beautifully written combination of cook book and memoir.

• In the latest episode of the Homing In podcast, fashion designer Roksanda Ilinčić talks about being inspired by the work of architect, Lina Bo Bardi (1914 - 1992).

• Upcoming event.. Iconic: Lost In Palm Springs panel discussion (18 January), part of the Sydney Festival, featuring artist Paul Davies, artist/curator/designer Liane Rossler and architect Penelope Seidler

• Portraits of the Artist, new episode of the Critics at Large podcast, via the New Yorker. Discussion includes Bradley Cooper’s ‘Maestro’ and Cord Jefferson’s ‘American Fiction’. I’ve added Grace Paley’s writing my reading list.