""Anchoring" to me means grounding myself in the true, the felt, the tangible. The art world prizes in-person communion - the irreplaceable experience of seeing a work in person - yet increasingly trades in digital surrogates: press releases, Instagram posts, installation views. Coupled with the rise of AI, we're in danger of losing touch with what's embodied, what's real. The city's the exact kind of place that interrupts that"
"The real - if buried and bygone - New York surfaced more pleasantly for me when I got to work with Lower East Side stalwart Arthur Nersesian, whose book (1997), a hilarious jaunt through the degenerate '90s, was one of my favorites of the year. His review of an oral history of the Pyramid Club, now known as Nightclub 101, is steeped in memory and drawn from a deep wellspring of"
This Christmas note expresses gratitude and marks a two-year anniversary as an associate editor at Hyperallergic, focused on New York City coverage through a weekly newsletter and exhibition reviews. "Anchoring" is defined as grounding in the true, the felt, and the tangible, emphasizing the irreplaceable experience of seeing art in person. The art world increasingly relies on digital surrogates and faces threats from AI that risk losing embodied encounters. Urban moments interrupt digital isolation. Collaboration with Lower East Side novelist Arthur Nersesian revived buried New York through an oral history of the Pyramid Club (Nightclub 101), steeped in memory.
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