Calvin Tompkins writes about art. I read his biography of Marcel Duchamp a number of years ago, and ever since I've appreciated his sensibility. So I was very intrigued by his write-up of the video artist Paul Chan.
And then of course, even if you live in the hinterlands, you can find something on YouTube that gives a little glimpse of what Chan does. I especially like the idea that the technological junk we have created somehow rises up to some higher realm, whereas the humans, well we just fall.
