Imagine Wanting Only This – Kristen Radtke
Part of what had excited me was something that doesn’t usually make for compelling criticism, that is, I had found IMAGINE WANTING ONLY THIS to be relatable.
We sold ten-dollar juice to people who say, “fuck the rules” while, simultaneously, making the rules.
It is through a mouth full of teeth, wetness, and the potential for song that the ideas, the images, the language adopted from Elverum travel.
Apple and the Aesthetics of Empty Aspiration
Apple has absorbed the imagery of political resistance and the consumerist promises of technological innovation into a single, aspirational aesthetic.