Excelsior! Archive

2016 Posts

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Media Blackout
Media Blackout

A silent protest against a dark time in our country.

Media Blackout
Media Blackout

A silent protest against a dark time in our country.

Looking at Animals Through Webcams
finch, camera, animal, surveillance
Looking at Animals Through Webcams
finch, camera, animal, surveillance

Finch invites Stephanie Lam to present her take on naturecams, in tandem with Joseph Moore's photographic work on the same theme.

finch, camera, animal, surveillance
Secret Garden
garden, plant, ghost
Secret Garden
garden, plant, ghost

Bluebird pays tribute to the artist over the garden wall.

garden, plant, ghost
Rue de Fleurus
videogame, plant
Rue de Fleurus
videogame, plant

Bluebird tends her digital and physical gardens.

videogame, plant
Ice Therapy
Ice Therapy

Finch and Bluebird assemble a photo history of ice to counter the heat outside.

Hirsute Heart
emoji, smartphone
Hirsute Heart
emoji, smartphone

Finch embarks on an archeological dig for the hairy heart emoji.

emoji, smartphone
Blood Machines
machine, television, media
Blood Machines
machine, television, media

Finch explores early tech paranoia in an episode of The X-Files.

machine, television, media
West Village in Spring
music, poem
West Village in Spring
music, poem

Bluebird and Albatross collaborate on a poem from their favorite jazz club.

music, poem
McLuhanism
philosophy, media
McLuhanism
philosophy, media

Bluebird & Finch check in on the media landscape.

philosophy, media
The Story of the Drone & the Bird
animal, drone, story
The Story of the Drone & the Bird
animal, drone, story

Finch retells an old story with modern characters.

animal, drone, story
Age of the Sail
story, scifi, ocean, space
Age of the Sail
story, scifi, ocean, space

Albatross imagines a future world of solar sailing.

story, scifi, ocean, space

2015 Posts

Featured
Black Mustang
car, animal, horse, machine, novel
Black Mustang
car, animal, horse, machine, novel

Bluebird rewrites Anna Sewell’s 1877 novel Black Beauty from the point of view of a self-driving Ford Mustang.

car, animal, horse, machine, novel
Evolutionary Programming
computer, architecture, tree, evolution
Evolutionary Programming
computer, architecture, tree, evolution

Finch considers the organic patterns in software architecture.

computer, architecture, tree, evolution
The Button
button, short story
The Button
button, short story

Albatross’ story of a soldier and a button.

button, short story
Drifting Lithophanes
art, clouds, sculpture
Drifting Lithophanes
art, clouds, sculpture

Finch examines a cloud-themed artwork by Bluebird & Albatross.

art, clouds, sculpture
Lobster Mechanics
ocean, animal, mechanics, essay
Lobster Mechanics
ocean, animal, mechanics, essay

Bluebird finds fun facts about lobsters, inspired by a trip to Maine.

ocean, animal, mechanics, essay
The Metaphorosis
bug, absurdism, short story
The Metaphorosis
bug, absurdism, short story

Albatross revisits the old Kafka story.

bug, absurdism, short story
The Red-Eyed Bug of Byrgir
bug, short story, scifi
The Red-Eyed Bug of Byrgir
bug, short story, scifi

Albatross tells the tale of some futuristic school-kids.

bug, short story, scifi
In the Pines (Albatross)
tree, story
In the Pines (Albatross)
tree, story

Albatross remembers an elderly neighbor and her garden.

tree, story
Vis Viva
ghost, machine, circuit, code
Vis Viva
ghost, machine, circuit, code

Bluebird’s ghost story, with instructions for a DIY EMF detector.

ghost, machine, circuit, code
Rabbit of Chang’e
story, space, scifi, animal, rabbit, moon
Rabbit of Chang’e
story, space, scifi, animal, rabbit, moon

Albatross’ sci-fi story inspired by the legend of the Jade Rabbit who lives on the Moon.

story, space, scifi, animal, rabbit, moon
In the Pines (Bluebird)
song, train, essay
In the Pines (Bluebird)
song, train, essay

Bluebird sings a train-based folk song.

song, train, essay
Flight Time
poem, phone, airplane
Flight Time
poem, phone, airplane

Albatross’ ode to the smartphone.

poem, phone, airplane