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A 2014 paper called "Toward Defining the Ego-seum" about the new trend toward the personal-private art museum that focuses on the Pizzuti Collection in Columbus, Ohio.

Three poems and one illustration by Pallavi Sen at MonsterHousePress.com. Read more of this blog post »

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	Things Just Aren't They 4.38 avg rating — 29 ratings — published 2015	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Assuming Size by Jordan Castro (Goodreads Author), Richard Wehrenberg, James Payne (Goodreads Author) 4.59 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2010	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Keep This Bag Away from Children 2 by Noah Cicero (Goodreads Author), Melissa Broder (Goodreads Author), Michael J. Seidlinger (Goodreads Author) 4.71 avg rating — 14 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Austerity Pleasures 4.14 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Anobium: Volume One [Summer 2011] by James Payne (Goodreads Author), Laura Carter, Stephanie Plenner (Goodreads Author) 4.86 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2001	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Punk Zine: The Art/History Issue it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2008	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Museums Tell Me They Hate Me: Paying Attention to the Language of the Unpaid Internship it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2015	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	One Hour Publications: 01 by James Payne (Goodreads Author), Jack Ramunni it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	We Have The Time 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	We All We Got: Part 2 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“...keep your focus on aesthetics: notice Rist's use of the color red, but avoid making connections, actually just avoid using your head—lose yourself in her immersive installations instead.”
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