Media rodeo

(Bi-)Weekly blog exploring 2-6 pieces of media I engaged that week. See below for media lists and links to blog posts.

Media rodeo 32: Checks and stripes
February 16, 2025
  • Speak Now: Joan Jonas @ Lenfest Center, 6 February 2025
  • Millennium Mambo, 2001, dir. Hou Hsiao-hsien
  • Dune, 1984, dir. David Lynch

https://mediarodeo.substack.com/p/media-rodeo-32-checks-and-stripes

Media rodeo 31: …
February 11, 2025
  • “Cici’s Interlude,” 2023, Cici
  • WRONG GUYS test shoot, 1985, the Wooster Group
  • The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie, 1972, dir. Luis Buñuel
  • Barry, Season 1, Episode 8, “Know Your Truth,” 2018, dir. Alec Berg

https://mediarodeo.substack.com/p/media-rodeo-31

Media rodeo 30: The saddest night out in the USA
December 28, 2024

https://mediarodeo.substack.com/p/media-rodeo-30-the-saddest-night

Media rodeo 29: Wartime
November 15, 2024
  • Media rodeo, media roundup
  • Call of Duty: Black Ops 6, Activision

https://mediarodeo.substack.com/p/media-rodeo-29-wartime

Media rodeo 28: Latent relation
November 8, 2024
  • Living Room Pieces, 2005, Michael J. Schumacher
  • “Sanders Statement on the Results of the 2024 Presidential Election,” 2024, Bernie Sanders

https://mediarodeo.substack.com/p/media-rodeo-28-latent-relation

Media rodeo 27: A Midweek Night’s Dream
October 29, 2024
  • A Conversation with Fred Moten @ Woodbine NYC, 12/02/18
  • Piece by Piece, 2024, dir. Morgan Neville
  • Bass, 2024, Steve McQueen @ Dia Beacon

https://mediarodeo.substack.com/p/media-rodeo-27-a-midweek-nights-dream

Media rodeo 26: Glittering glass and burning light
October 4, 2024
  • Green arrow through a red apple. Fantastic light piercing an ecstatic self!
  • Mythic Being (Village Voice Ads), 1973-1975, Adrian Piper
  • “The Relative”, The Relatives, 2005, Jeff Parker

https://mediarodeo.substack.com/p/media-rodeo-26-glittering-glass-and

Media rodeo 25: Renting a car and driving cross-country
September 27, 2024
  • SOPHIE, 2024, SOPHIE
  • I-Box, 1962, Robert Morris
  • West Lawn Encampment Music, 2024, anonymous

https://mediarodeo.substack.com/p/media-rodeo-25-renting-a-car-and

Media rodeo 24: Media manifesto
September 14, 2024

  • “The Three Shadows”, parts 1, 2, & 3, The Sky’s Gone Out, 1982, Bauhaus
  • SHHHHHHH!, 2024, King Krule
  • Media manifesto avec Civil War, 2024, dir. Alex Garland

https://open.substack.com/pub/mediarodeo/p/media-rodeo-24-media-manifesto?r=3bcrco&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

Media rodeo 23: Love songs on the radio
September 8, 2024
  • Spot Paintings, 1986-, Damien Hirst & Wall Drawing 273, 1975, Sol LeWitt
  • Gur II, 1967, Frank Stella
  • Paris, Texas, 1984, dir. Wim Wenders

https://mediarodeo.substack.com/p/media-rodeo-23-love-songs-on-the

Media rodeo 22: Piss Christ Superstar
August 23, 2024
  • “Damaged Goods”, Entertainment!, 1979, Gang of Four
  • Ayanna Heaven @ Bossa Nova Civic Club, August 21, 2024
  • Rear Window, 1954, dir. Alfred Hitchcock

https://substack.com/@benerdmann/p-148012740

Media rodeo 21: I’ve been listening
August 8, 2024
  • I LAY MY LIFE DOWN FOR YOU, 2024, JPEGMAFIA
  • “Always,” Cherry, 2005, Lisa Shaw
  • Enta Fen, 2005, Soapkills
  • And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out, 2000, Yo La Tengo
  • 40, 2024, Jawnino

https://mediarodeo.substack.com/p/media-rodeo-21-ive-been-listening

Media rodeo 20: War of the hearts
July 19, 2024
  • Females, 2019, Andrea Long Chu
  • Arrested Development, Episodes 1-5?, 2003
  • Orgasms Happened Here, Diamond Stingily, June-September 2024 @ 52 Walker
  • “North Marine Drive,” North Marine Drive, 1983, Ben Watt

https://mediarodeo.substack.com/p/media-rodeo-20-war-of-the-hearts

Media rodeo 19: Goth vampire week
June 28, 2024
  • A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night, 2014, dir. Anna Lily Amirpour
  • 1st Presidential Debate, 06/27/24, CNN
  • Brat, 2024, Charli xcx
  • Kinds of Kindness, 2024, dir. Yorgos Lanthimos

https://mediarodeo.substack.com/p/media-rodeo-19-goth-vampire-week

Media rodeo 18: Wilco buildings Wilco buildings
June 22, 2024
  • What Happened, 2024, Nicole Eisenman @ MCA Chicago
  • “Freezer Burn/I Wanna Be Yr. Dog,” Confusion is Sex (Plus Kill Yr. Idols), 1983, Sonic Youth
  • “Medgar, Run,” a jazz funeral for uncle tom, 2019, Harmony Holiday

https://mediarodeo.substack.com/p/media-rodeo-18-wilco-buildings-wilco

Media rodeo 17: Sometimes we are all 70 year old Kim Gordon or 100 year old Marshall Allen performing as if they were 20
June 14, 2024
  • Slauson Malone 1, Sun Ra Arkestra, & Kim Gordon @ SummerStage, June 13, 2024
  • Figure 6, Jasper Johns, 1964-72
  • “Freezer Burn/I Wanna Be Yr. Dog,” Confusion is Sex (Plus Kill Yr. Idols), Sonic Youth, 1983

https://mediarodeo.substack.com/p/media-rodeo-17-sometimes-we-are-all

Media rodeo 16: Bday week..
June 7, 2024
  • Licorice Pizza, 2021, dir. Paul Thomas Anderson
  • If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late, 2015, Drake
  • Study for flat rock, 1981, Richard Serra

https://mediarodeo.substack.com/p/media-rodeo-16-bday-week

Media rodeo 15: No brains
May 26, 2024
  • Endless Column, version I, 1918, Constantin Brâncuși
  • Work, 1957, Tsuruko Yamazaki
  • Events and Games, 1964, Mieko Shiomi

https://mediarodeo.substack.com/p/media-rodeo-15-no-brains

Media rodeo 14: Too realistic dreams
May 17, 2024
  • I Wanna Be Adored, 1989, The Stone Roses
  • Mad Max: Fury Road, 2015, dir. George Miller
  • Final paper for Museums of New York City, 2024: “Information: Handbook for Parasitic Art Institutions and Critical Aesthetic Radicals”

https://mediarodeo.substack.com/p/media-rodeo-14-too-realistic-dreams

Media rodeo 13: May flowers
May 13, 2024
  • Maha-punnama Sutta, Pali Canon
  • Challengers, 2024, dir. Luca Guadagnino
  • Final paper for Urban Space & Conflict in the Middle East, 2024: “Spatial Discipline & Semiotic Authoritarianism: Student Protests at Columbia University”

https://mediarodeo.substack.com/p/media-rodeo-13-may-flowers

Media rodeo 12: Gaza Solidarity Encampment
April 28, 2024

https://mediarodeo.substack.com/p/media-rodeo-12-gaza-solidarity-encampment

Media rodeo 11: Does.. it lessen your… affection?
April 12, 2024
  • BLACK POWER TOOL AND DIE TRYNIG @ 52 Walker, 2024, Arthur Jafa
  • “A Love International,” A LA SALA, 2024, Khruangbin
  • “Clear Day,” Bavarian Fruit Bread, 2001, Hope Sandoval and the Warm Inventions

https://mediarodeo.substack.com/p/media-rodeo-11-does-it-lessen-your

Media rodeo 10: Common or sublime…
April 4, 2024
  • Sixth Circle: “The Environment is an Industrial Challenge,” 2009, The Invisible Committee
  • icon IV (Ireland dying) (to Louis Sullivan), 1962-63, Dan Flavin
  • Sky House, Toko, 1959, Kikutake Kiyonori; Barcelona Pavilion, Barcelona, 1929, Mies van der Rohe & Lilly Reich
  • Columbia University campus, 4/4/24

https://mediarodeo.substack.com/p/media-rodeo-10-common-or-sublime

Media rodeo 9: Clouds Bisect Stars Bisect Earth
March 28, 2024
  • Untitled (q3 from The Making of Global Contemporary Art midterm), 2024, me
  • Richard Serra in 9 at Leo Castelli, 1969
  • Showing Off the Body, 2016, Dan Graham

https://mediarodeo.substack.com/p/media-rodeo-9-clouds-bisect-stars

Media rodeo 8: Six Years
March 23, 2024
  • Aniara, 2018, dir. Pella Kågerman & Hugo Lilja
  • Vertical Roll, 1972, Joan Jonas
  • Nicole Mitchell, Luke Stewart, and Tcheser Holmes @ The Stone at The New School

https://mediarodeo.substack.com/p/media-rodeo-8-six-years

Media rodeo 7: The Official Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo
March 15, 2024
  • It Comes at Night, 2017, dir. Trey Edward Shults
  • The Kinsey African American Art & History Collection @ the Holocaust Museum Houston
  • “Sullen Girl,” Tidal, 1996, Fiona Apple
  • “Plain & Sane & Simple Melody,” Ted Lucas, 2018, Ted Lucas

https://mediarodeo.substack.com/p/media-rodeo-7-the-official-houston

Media rodeo 6: Extra! xtra! a! E!
March 7, 2024
  • Dune: Part Two, 2024, dir. Denis Villeneuve
  • Where Art Belongs, 2011, Chris Kraus
  • Arden Anderson and Nora Murphy, 1972, John De Andrea
  • Extra!: “Transuranic Flesh,” Miriam Cahn: I As Human, 2019, Paul B. Preciado

https://mediarodeo.substack.com/p/media-rodeo-6-extra-xtra-a-e

Media rodeo 5: Is there an order of relation that escapes representation?
March 1, 2024
  • “The Alternative,” Tales, 1967, Amiri Baraka
  • In the Mood for Love, 2000, dir. Wong Kar-wai
  • One Moment in Time (Kitchen), 2002, Jonathan Monk

https://mediarodeo.substack.com/p/media-rodeo-5-is-there-an-order-of

Media rodeo 4: Walking and folding and unfolding on the Upper East Side
February 23, 2024
  • “Echo Bravo,” Capsule Losing Contact, 2019, Duster
  • Open Field Horizontal/Vertical Elevations (for Breughel and Martin Schwander), 1979-80, Richard Serra
  • Untitled (tragicmagic), 1988-93, Astrid Klein

https://mediarodeo.substack.com/p/media-rodeo-4-walking-and-folding

Media rodeo 3: Me-dia
February 17, 2024
  • The Prison in Twelve Landscapes, 2016, dir. Brett Story
  • Vultures 1, 2024, Kanye West & Ty Dolla $ign
  • Still Life with Three Puppies, 1888, Paul Gauguin

https://mediarodeo.substack.com/p/media-rode-3-me-dia

Media rodeo 2: Rodeo drive.. ❤
February 9, 2024
  • Stay Awake, Be Ready, 2019, dir. Pham Thien An
  • Wash Us in the Blood, 2020, music video dir. Arthur Jafa
  • Hand Grasp I, 1976, Keiji Uematsu

https://mediarodeo.substack.com/p/media-rodeo-2-rodeo-drive-3

Media rodeo 1: My first rodeo
February 2, 2024
  • Millenium Mambo, 2010, dir. Hou Hsiao-hsien
  • Hold Me, Hold Me, Hold Me, 2024, Theaster Gates @ White Cube NY
  • Text from Columbia University Emergency Services, 2/2/24

https://mediarodeo.substack.com/p/media-rodeo-2224-my-first-rodeo