Podcast tip: Midnight Miracle
Quick podcast recommendation because this one is truly, amazing. Reinventing what a podcast can be, The Midnight Miracle is a thought-provoking podcast that uniquely blends the salon and variety show traditions while providing a glimpse into the inner lives of hosts Talib Kweli, yasiin bey, Dave Chappelle, and friends. Go for it. Listen below or […]
FIELD NOTES 003
End of a month, time for some Field Notes. Let’s talk about this month’s global superhype, NFT’s, the importance of communities, and the group behind those crazy Nikes that people were angry about (amongst many other things) this week. One. On the rise and fall -in, like, a week- of NFT’s. So, first off, What’s an NFT? I’ve found […]
FIELD NOTES 002
Do you know why February only has 28 days? It’s —like many things— because of the Romans — After decades of shuffling around days, leap-months and sometimes just leaving gaps in their lunar calendar, Julius Caesar felt it was time for a bit more structure in 46 BC, and decided to switch to a solar […]
FIELD NOTES 001
As January came to a close, we sent out the first actual edition of ‘Field Notes’ — Let’s start with a quick introduction. So, I tend to read a lot. Mostly for work, which is one of the best parts about it for me, but also out of interest and, when time permits, to relax. […]
Rem Koolhaas at Guggenheim NYC
By Gabrielle Leung, at Hypebeast Renown architect Rem Koolhaas is exploring changes affecting the world’s surfaces beyond cities with “Countryside, The Future.” Opening at the Guggenheim next week, the exhibition will spotlight rural areas where, Koolhaas believes, “the most radical, modern components of our civilization are taking place.” Koolhaas has linked up with Samir Bantal, Director of AMO, to bring multi-sensory […]
Het Hem Chapter 2WO — Nicolas Jaar and the Shock Forest Group
Here you go, an expo-pro-tip — Visited Het HEM in Zaandam on Sunday, where Nicolas Jaar has been curating and performing as a resident artist. I highly recommend it. Jaar kicked off his residency by gathering the ‘Shock Forest Group’, named after the nearby ‘Schokbos’. He and his group of collaborators (cartographers, linguists, coders, sound […]
Daniel Kahneman on Delayed Intuition
Psychologist and Nobel laureate Daniel Kahneman is this week’s guest of Shane Parrish, in his Farnam Street ‘Knowledge Project’ podcast. If you were not aware of this podcast-series yet I’d recommend you to subscribe to it right away. In the series, Shane interviews extremely interesting people and shares ideas and stories that “help you master […]
NYT Magazine — Voyages Issue
‘The Voyages Issue’ is a beautifully designed digital editorial piece of the New York Times Magazine, for which the paper dispatched 5 photographers to 5 extremities of the earth. Maybe as close as digital content can get to the sensory experience of a paper magazine. THE VOYAGES ISSUE — featured image by Paolo Pellegrin
Office for… what?
First off, let me officially welcome you to this site with this inaugural post. I’m Martijn Ros, founder of Office for Contemporary Matter (OCM). As I can well imagine, a platform with such an unequivocally pretentious name requires a bit of background, let me try to give it to you in brief. This site is […]