On the pains and practices of parsing an overwhelming world. I call my cognitive style ‘abstract holism', where ideas arrive so immediately complex and abstract that they collapse into simplicity again. It&
What participation in Burning Man culture taught me about navigating the devastated zones of aesthetic experience. Marisa Georgiou · Falling out of love with the counter-culture A promise of transformation As someone who has
An essay about how late capitalism has absorbed artist processes, and artist lives. Marisa Georgiou · Process ≠ Escape (examining the consequences of artist dreams) Fantasies of escape If capitalism’s trajectory over recent decades
An essay about public art, capitalism and affective responsibility. Marisa Georgiou · AFFECT ECLIPSES MEANING: A response to James Turrell's Night Life (2018) Every artist wants to be felt and responded to