"...serves as a direct line to the contributors themselves."

May 13, 2020 12:47 PM

THIS LONG CENTURY
posted by the man of twists and turns (4 comments total)

Christine Sun Kim
Andrea Bowers
Mary Beth Edelson
Oliver Payne
Matthew Porterfield


This Long Century is an ongoing project sharing personal insights from artists, filmmakers, musicians, and authors the world over since 2008
posted by the man of twists and turns at 12:47 PM on May 13, 2020 [2 favorites]

I think this is a great collection of individual contributions, but I wish it were curated better. Asking visitors to click through nearly 400 individual entries - at least some of whom many visitors possibly aren't already familiar with - seems a missed opportunity to showcase, explain, present, and guide. This feels like a museum inviting visitors into the back storage room just to flip through canvases one after another.
posted by PhineasGage at 3:01 PM on May 13, 2020 [3 favorites]

Awesome content. Kind of tough presentation though, I feel like these folks deserve a little better
posted by capnsue at 7:31 PM on May 13, 2020

I like the presentation, actually - it's completely context-less and engages you immediately with the artists. Each entry is relatively short (well, mostly!) so if I wasn't that into it then I just moved on to the next one. I also appreciate that there's a lot of female voices and a lot of international voices represented.

For those who were discouraged by the above comments, it's worth giving it a try.
posted by librarylis at 10:46 AM on May 20, 2020