I feel as though I have been waiting my whole life for this ARTnews analysis on the aesthetics of Andrew Cuomo’s powerpoint presentations, and anyone with intimate knowledge of the grueling and soul-killing process of trying to “jazz up” a bunch of slides while also sounding authoritative will hugely enjoy the close reading that writer Shannon Mattern performs on the bizarre visual interplay of Richardson Romanesque style architecture and Arial font, “regal hues and high-contrast blue and gold, state flags and clip art, velvet curtains and polo shirts, chandeliers and LCD projectors.”
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On the aesthetics of authority or: Why We Are…
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I feel as though I have been waiting my whole life for this ARTnews analysis on the aesthetics of Andrew Cuomo’s powerpoint presentations, and anyone with intimate knowledge of the grueling and soul-killing process of trying to “jazz up” a bunch of slides while also sounding authoritative will hugely enjoy the close reading that writer Shannon Mattern performs on the bizarre visual interplay of Richardson Romanesque style architecture and Arial font, “regal hues and high-contrast blue and gold, state flags and clip art, velvet curtains and polo shirts, chandeliers and LCD projectors.”