Required Reading

"It is light, in its many permutations, that gives form to the cycle of Earth's seasons. As our planet tilts and orbits around the Sun, the shifting angles of light create rhythms that shape temperature and weather, and beyond that, entire ecosystems, human cultures, and our deepest sense of time and place.Variation-and its absence-is central to our experience of these rhythms. The changing light of the seasons is more than a visual phenomenon; it is a cosmic metronome."

"Does this article find you hungover, recovering, or perfectly fine? However you feel this New Year's Day, dive into Tiarna Meehan's round-up of 2025's most hedonistic dance-floor photos - an exploration of nightlife's political and aesthetic power - for Dazed: Amid venue closures, police raids and the rising cost of nightlife, clubs have become increasingly endangered in 2025. As a result, it's become the subject of panel talks, crowdfunding campaigns, and a slew of thinkpieces asking what nightlife is worth and who it's really for."

Light’s changing angles through Earth's orbit create rhythms that shape temperature, weather, ecosystems, human cultures, and perceptions of time. Boris Acket and Studio Airport's "Five Studies on Light" uses film and interactivity to examine how light bends, scatters, and defines vision. Photos from Lviv capture Malanka Pereberia celebrations with house visits, songs, costumes, and mask-making, illustrating communal resilience. Nightlife in 2025 faces venue closures, police raids, and rising costs, prompting panel talks, crowdfunding, and debates about who nightlife serves. Historical and cultural threads include examinations of public bathrooms and broader efforts at cultural preservation amid ongoing ravages.

Read at Hyperallergic