Observer

What the Reykjavík Arts Festival Can Tell Us About the Future of the Interdisciplinary Biennial

Here, interdisciplinarity is both a programming strategy and a vision for how art might function in society: participatory, ...
Observer

In the Icelandic Pavilion, Ásta Fanney Sigurðardóttir’s Mythmaking Takes Its Most Fluid Form

Imagination is such a source of intense power, and we can use it as a starting point to create a new world. I really fiercely ...

The art of literary translation exposes the limits of AI

AI-powered translation tools are certainly impressive. But there is an important frontier for translation technology, one AI ...
HPPR

Poets on the Plains: Plains and Prairie through Whitman’s Eyes

Hi, I’m, Poet Laureate of Kansas, here for Poets on the Plains. Today, I’m delighted to celebrate the end of the second season of Poets on the Plains and to also celebrate America’s 250th birthday by ...

Piecing the puzzle of how proteins fit together: Simpler model outperforms leading methods

How the proteins in our bodies bind together to form protein complexes plays a critical role in numerous cell functions—staving off diseases, for instance, or transporting ions across cell membranes.