Archive - Taste 101

Oblique Notes on Black Dandyism and Miller's Slaves to Fashion

May 3 •

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April 2025

Fotolog, Floggers and the aesthetics of platforms

Further comments on my interview with Amalia Ulman

Apr 27 •

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March 2025

January 2025

Obsessions - Jan 2025

A student asked me this question.

Jan 26 •

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December 2024

The Age of Para-Content

The over-abundance of context has killed unique horizons

Dec 15, 2024 •

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November 2024

Bloghouse, Indie Sleaze and Postmodernism - A Conversation with Lina Abascal

A follow-up on "Indie Sleaze Did Not Take Place"

Nov 24, 2024 •

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September 2024

How to Develop Taste

A step-by-step guide written for a friend

Sep 21, 2024 •

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In Praise of Gatekeeping

Why we need gatekeepers to resist cultural hyper-optimization

Sep 11, 2024 •

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August 2024

Indie Sleaze Did Not Take Place

On historicity, trends and nostalgia

Aug 21, 2024 •

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The Inversion of Camouflage

On the new Kamala camo hat and a brief history of Camo

Aug 9, 2024 •

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April 2024

A History of Taste: Taste and Morality

A long cry from the shallow debates on trends of our age, in the 18th century, Taste was seen as an expression of morality and goodness.

Apr 15, 2024 •

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