Field Notes
Kelly SchirmannInfrequent sketches of life from the field; a working artist's travel diary; pieced essays of current fixations.
| Platform |  | Pricing | Freemium | Publishes | Infrequently |
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| Issues | 28 | Founded | 6 years ago | Last Issue | 4 months ago |
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Art During Wartime
Circling around again.
Dear reader,
Field Recordings
August 15, 2025 | What is this moment? Can fractured attention sustain an art project? Is there humanity beyond our simulations of it? A farewell to this specific version of the stream.
Dear listener,
Drone Notes
On fixating, on believing, on the constant American hum.
I. I was intrigued at first, for at least two long nights—thumbing ever downward through the /UFOs subreddit, sifting through grainy or shaky phone footage for glimpses of bright lig...
Field Recordings
November 4, 2024 | Election-eve musings, jacked auras, weird potencies, and the opulence of considering "where we should live." Cameos by Naomi Klein, S.N. Goenka, and Donald Judd.
Streaming Notes
Notes from the runoff, the mulch pile, the high season, the passenger seat.
May I know I’m not supposed to be doing this while I’m driving, I begin, but mostly that’s for comedic affect. Actually, it’s very easy to drive with one hand out...
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