Medium And Museums

The Message Of The Medium

Roger’s Bacon | Secretorum | 25th June 2026

Compilation of thoughts about the connection between visual experiments — or doodling — and the pre-modern tendency for animist polytheism. "One man’s mutant is another man’s god" and augmenting recognisable beings via painting, sculpture or storytelling was a key part of religious evolution. Then human society became literate and thus more literal. A distant, monotheistic, faceless God took over (4,700 words)

Museums And Megastructures

Joe Day | Places Journal | 24th June 2026

Architecture review of three new museums in Los Angeles. Did the city need them? Probably not, but they have been done well, nevertheless. "The Academy delivers as promised (and didn’t over-promise). The Lucas takes the biggest risks, some of debatable urgency but laudable daring. And LACMA is a project for the ages, unless, somehow, its environs evolve to defy its masterful sight lines" (6,600 words)