Jonathon Keats
Journalist and Critic at Freelance
experimental philosopher | artist | critic | fabulist | journalist [email protected]
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1 month ago |
forbes.com | Jonathon Keats
On October 15, 1924, André Breton published a manifesto that was as notable for its belligerence as its egotism.
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2 months ago |
forbes.com | Jonathon Keats
It’s high noon at the Museum of Modern Art. On a screen in a darkened theater, the hands of a clock converge on the number twelve. Cinephiles will recognize this moment as the climax of a 1952 Western starring Gary Cooper. Viewers who linger may subsequently identify scenes from movies such as Mommie Dearest and One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest. Each clip focuses on a timepiece indicating the current hour and minute in Manhattan.
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Feb 28, 2025 |
forbes.com | Jonathon Keats
In 1781, a French clergyman named Antoine Court de Gébelin claimed to have discovered the ancient Book of Thoth while attending a stylish salon in Paris. Like many eighteenth century intellectuals, Court de Gébelin was obsessed with the occult wisdom of pharaonic Egypt, traces of which were seen in the excavations of colonial archaeologists. From statuary to sarcophagi, every plundered object appeared to be numinous, but nobody knew the meaning.
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Jan 31, 2025 |
forbes.com | Jonathon Keats
Solomon was acclaimed as the wisest of kings. According to medieval legend, his wisdom was most strenuously tested by a peasant whose rude appearance was the distinguished monarch’s opposite. “Marcolf was short, stocky and course,” according to one version of the story, published in Nuremburg in 1487. “His head was large, his brow ruddy and wrinkled, his ears hairy and drooping to his cheeks.”But what really made Marcolf stand out in Solomon’s court was his knack for debate.
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Nov 28, 2024 |
forbes.com | Jonathon Keats
For more than half a decade after World War II, Soviet spies beamed powerful radio waves at the United States embassy in Moscow. The energy penetrated the beak of an American eagle carved into a Great Seal hanging in the ambassador's office, powering a hidden microphone and transmitter. Presented to the ambassador by Stalin’s Young Pioneers, the carving was a typical diplomatic gift of the era.
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RT @RadxChange: ON TIMEKEEPING, NATURE & DEMOCRACY @m_t_prewitt talks with @jonathonkeats about the philosophy of timekeeping and the prom…
Imagining Life After The Polycrisis | Jonathon Keats and Robert Folger in Conversation at DAI Heidelberg, in Partnership With the Center for Apocalyptic & Post-Apocalyptic Futures https://t.co/0BGyi7qWJd
“Jonathon is interested in rivers as natural timekeepers, the rights of nature, and the importance of slowing down and spending time observing and being part of the natural world.” - Anne Archer Dennington, Flux Projects https://t.co/GOpyU34x70