FYI #126

Kindred spirit – Elisabeth Cummings, by Peter Wegner, Archibald 2026 (AGNSW)

• A statement to our community about why RightsCon 2026 will not take place in Zambia

• Social Media Is Now Parasocial Media, by danah boyd, via Social Media + Society

• Fiction Creep, review of Megan Garber’s new book, Screen People, by Helena Aeberli, via LARB

• Release Day 29 May, A Creative Quests x CreativeMornings collaboration powered by Adobe

• Major new cultural landmark in Sydney opening 2026, Powerhouse Parramatta, via Dezeen

• 2026 Fitzcarraldo Editions/Mahler & LeWitt Studios Essay Prize

• Inside Dominic West and Catherine Fitzgerald's gloriously quirky garden in rural Wiltshire, via House & Garden

• This little book is a design archive of the most delicate memento – the Spanish napkin, via It’s Nice That

• Beware the power of prediction, via Carissa Veliz, via TED. Veliz’s new book, Prophecy, is on my reading list.

• “It All Turns on Affection”, by Wendell Berry (2012)

• Oscars says AI actors and writing cannot win awards, via BBC

• Chasing Sub 2: The Journey of Sabastian Sawe’s Historic 1:59:30 Marathon, via Adidas