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Have we mentioned that you can still buy Issue One? Originally published 2020, still beautiful, and still throwing off rainbows 🙌
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This morning an unexpected rainbow manifested upon the ceiling of my living room. When I investigated this trick of optics, it turned out to be morning light hitting a copy of @newmodality Issue One
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Months ago I gave a copy of @newmodality to the UPS guy who serves my street after he was nice to me about something. Then I forgot about it entirely
He just pulled his truck up next to me and was like “Hey! Your magazine was the best I’ve ever read! My wife and I loved it!”
🥹
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Are there any interesting experiments being done with AI and music that are more than interesting, but also *actually beautiful*?
Important note: @tiatplace, which hosted this exhibit, also sells copies of cult classic “The New Modality” Issue One ✨
Just realized I never posted photos here. Although it’s been a while since the exhibit closed, I want to celebrate my fave piece from the tiat exhibit: “Altar” by Norman Sheu
From afar, looking at this piece, you see an altar centered among panels of cloth dyed with indigo. As you draw near, you find an indigo plant presented on a high altar, and below it, a shorter altar with a mortar and pestle, as well as a bowl of dried indigo leaves. The mortar and pestle offer an invitation to tap your phone, and if you do that, it calls up a text-art-style image of falling rain, and invites you to type an offering to the rain.
A friend who was with me when I saw this piece asked me why I love it so much - I was just thrilled from the moment I saw it. It’s hard to explain, but one thing I think is cool is that this piece shows the workings of a mind very different from mine, yet who sees beauty and meaning in similar things.
Just announced an offer for everyone who backed the original NewMo Kickstarter OR who has already pre-ordered Issue Two:
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(Screenshots of the offer below, but you can also just click the link)
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Wow these replies are wild. So many people think this scene no longer exists! Its parties took a hit during Covid but it’s for sure still around…
- Check out @BerkeleyAlembic for a gathering place
- My magazine @newmodality namechecks and covers lots of people in this scene
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I wonder if anyone with strong expertise in cluster B personality disorders also has strong expertise in AI - and has written about AGI.
I’d read that essay for sure, and potentially edit/publish it, if it hasn’t been written yet.
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At the time I saw this rainbow I was literally texting with a young friend who just read the magazine and was sending me compliments about it. With her permission, here are the texts she was sending
I’m quite delighted by the omen ngl. Maybe it’s silly, but I still love rainbows
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We enjoyed @newmodality so much we put it on our store ✨ A beautifully designed and printed mag with over 35 essays, articles, and features exploring the edges of culture: art, relationships, science and spirituality, business, tech, governance, and more
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The incredible Jenna van Hout, who was the art director for the first issue, had to convince me to invest in that shiny cover. I was like “it’s gonna be so expensive” and she was like “it’ll be worth it” and she was one thousand percent correct 😹
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I really like the feel of having a physical magazine. Especially this shiny.
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Got a physical copy of @newmodality, where I have an interview about posthumanity. thenewmodality.com/the-mega-…
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@newmodality’s first issue even contains an excellent guide to throwing safe psychedelic parties from Annie Oak —a leading expert at that.
Annie is where I learned a vital party safety measure:
Inform everyone they are / will be held responsible for behavior of their invitees.
Several friends of NewMo agree that the new @OdysseyWorks remote performance is lovely and heartwarming. "An immersive journey with a friend deep into a story custom built for the two of you"
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Obligatory reminder :) Happy New Year!!!
We are SO glad when people ask this question. Why YES! You CAN still buy NewMo Issue One — click here: thenewmodality.backerkit.com…
If you haven't already got your copy, here's a glamor shot of the shiny cover, plus several awesome internal illustrations to convince you.
More soon!!
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honored to have my "Baboon, Brain, Brick" with @newmodality in such august company. Thanks as always for your kind words and splendid roundup, @MariaHaskins !
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Retweeting this again because it's beautiful.
Amazing: @romiesays made a beautiful mask in honor of @cprwords’s incredible essay about solarpunk science fiction in our first issue!
ICYMI, the story is here: thenewmodality.com/promised-…
We are SO glad when people ask this question. Why YES! You CAN still buy NewMo Issue One — click here: thenewmodality.backerkit.com…
If you haven't already got your copy, here's a glamor shot of the shiny cover, plus several awesome internal illustrations to convince you.
More soon!!
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I show up in @newmodality, talking about diverse posthumanities. thenewmodality.com/the-mega-…