Spring 2011

Columns

Inventory / A Pedantry of Nouns

Melissa GronlundFrom an army of ants to a zeal of zebra

Legend / Pale Khakis with Dark Socks

Wayne KoestenbaumRecidivist, recidivist!

Colors / Orange

Michael RossiWhy not YR?

Ingestion / Planet in a Bottle

Christopher TurnerExtended life through calorie restriction

Main

The Center of the World and Other Points of Interest

James TrainorYou can’t get there from here

Bombweed

Brian DillonBlooms amid the ruins

We Are on the Same Page, Only There Is No Page

Tim Griffin and Lars Bang LarsenSome words on the vibe and how to feel it

Artist Project / Untitled

Amie SiegelRainbow connection: I

What’s in the Box?

James DelbourgoThe time machines of Sir Hans Sloane

Mathematical Objects

Philip OrdingThe shapes behind the numbers

Artist Project / Lightning Drawings

Cassandra C. JonesRiders on the storm

Infrastructure

The Singing of the Grid

D. Graham BurnettThoreau’s electro-Aeolian redeemer

The Orchestra

George ProchnikListening to sirens

Autonomous Biological Sensor Platforms

Etienne BensonInside the military-cetological complex

Drain Pipes, Dream Pipes, Pipe Dreams

Yara FloresEcclesiastical plumbing

Interfacing with the Subterranean

Molly Wright SteensonParis’s pneumatic post

In Deed

Susan Hapgood and Cornelia LaufCertificates of authenticity in art

Crowd Dynamics: An Interview with Keith Still

Christopher Turner and Keith StillAvoiding the shockwave

Parking Plots

David LevineThinking sociologically about the valet booth

Getting a Fix: An Interview with Iris Lupu

Claire Lehmann and Iris LupuMemories of a career in aviation infrastructure

And

Postcard / Portrait of Raymond Bullard

With respect

Bookmark / Signpost

Don’t get lost