Curation
The art of creating value by providing context and meaning to apparently disconnected information bits
Robin Good and
Curation
For brands, archives serve a parallel function: heritage as intellectual capital. Referencing your own past demonstrates institutional depth, creative continuity, and legitimacy that new brands cannot manufacture. In a world of conglomerate acquisitions and proliferating labels, archives prove you were there first. And that you still matter today.
Why Fashion Is Obsessed With Archives
Software has eaten the world, and now it’s a commodity. It’s not about the technology anymore. The era of the engineer has ended; the era of the curator has begun.
Jesse Lee • Curators All the Way Down
Curation has historically emerged at moments when institutions failed to provide coherence. Salons rose when the Church and monarchy lost epistemic control; DJs rose when record labels could no longer define taste; curators rise today because algorithms are riddled with decision fatigue, influencers are intrinsic to their own needs, and the... See more
the influencer won't last 2026. here's why.
Music
Disorganized information is just noise .
Organized info, contextualized for a specific audience / need is music .
It feels right. (By def it matches an audience's specific interests/problems.)
It has a cool sound. (Brings non-obvious insights (new melodies).)
It’s infinite. (Helps me discover and appreciate more music and artists.)
Disorganized information is just noise .
Organized info, contextualized for a specific audience / need is music .
It feels right. (By def it matches an audience's specific interests/problems.)
It has a cool sound. (Brings non-obvious insights (new melodies).)
It’s infinite. (Helps me discover and appreciate more music and artists.)
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Museums act as filters for cultural abundance. Only so much can be kept within museum storerooms or displayed in exhibitions. Limited word counts on exhibition texts require the winnowing down of very large topics to the small and essential. Many core museum functions, from the selection of what objects and information should be kept through to... See more
Curating the Digital World: Past Preconceptions, Present Problems, Possible Futures | MW2013: Museums and the Web 2013
Influencing the world, by controlling the flow of information, is novel.
"Expert curation occurs when an actual human being who is, theoretically, an expert in a given topic, weighs the quality of the information presented in making her source selections.
Expert curation can also include an editorial element, in which the expert not only judges content for quality but also provides a point of view."
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... See moreThe winning film argued that "total pixel space represents both the ultimate determinism and the ultimate freedom—every possibility existing simultaneously, waiting for consciousness to give it meaning through the act of choice."
In making this statement, the film suggested that creativity, above all else, is an act of curation. It's a claim that... See more
In making this statement, the film suggested that creativity, above all else, is an act of curation. It's a claim that... See more
Curated realities: An AI film festival and the future of human expression
I think this is where true taste and character come into play - where curators with a genuine edge, a real sense of intuition, and a deeper understanding of culture begin to stand out. It’s not just about liking the right things - it’s about knowing why they matter, and how to place them in context. The best curators aren’t just aesthetically... See more