General Economy is a platform for culture and criticism instigating conversations at the intersection of art, architecture, technology and politics. General Economy circulates new ideas and foregrounds new voices within larger artistic, social, political, and aesthetic contexts.
July 17th, 2017
The 14th Venice Architecture Biennale is now one month into its extended six-month run. Rem Koolhaas of the Office of Metropolitan Architecture (OMA) is its curator and with his appointment ... read more
July 17th, 2017
Architects is a dual-channel projection by Wolfgang Tillmans. It is located within the central pavilion at the Venice Biennale. The piece is tucked away down a dark hallway and diagonal ... read more
June 15th, 2017
2016-17 has been a tough year. While apocalyptic thoughts abound and global crises feel like a dime a dozen, we are worlds apart from the political situation in 1969. Recently Light ... read more
July 17th, 2017
Bryan McGovern Wilson is a multi-disciplinary artist, whose interlocking long-term projects engage with questions of time, transformation, and the human/nonhuman relationship. Resonant City: Thanks for talking with us today. ... read more
July 17th, 2017
Pop-up shows are abundant these days and small venues everywhere use their extra spaces to provide artists with a place to show work. These shows usually last only a few ... read more
July 17th, 2017
I took this image in the park Lebbeus Woods was a singular figure in architecture. He was an outsider, yet quietly influential to architectural thinking over the past three decades. ... read more
July 17th, 2017
The New York Historical Society has a large museum just south of the Natural History Museum on W.78th Street. At the entrance to the museum, there is a sculpture ... read more
July 17th, 2017
In January, Rizzoli Books announced that it would be closing its store on West 57th Street. By the time April rolled around the closure felt sudden. On April 11th, 2014, approved ... read more
July 17th, 2017
Lebbeus Woods passed away two Novembers ago. He was loved and respected by other architects and by the generations of students he taught at Cooper Union. He was also a ... read more