Tong Lam
@tonglam.bsky.social
History prof, visual artist, book author w/ projects on infrastructure, colonialism, Cold War mobilization, and (mis)information. <http://tonglam.com>
Join us for an all-night celebration that translates the city through contemporary art, exploring a key infrastructure of the global economy that sustains everyday life in North America’s largest shipping container market
September 23, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Join us for an all-night celebration that translates the city through contemporary art, exploring a key infrastructure of the global economy that sustains everyday life in North America’s largest shipping container market
This book is finally out. My piece is on speculation and concrete punctumbooks.com/titles/the-s... Free download @punctumbooks.bsky.social
May 12, 2025 at 9:54 PM
This book is finally out. My piece is on speculation and concrete punctumbooks.com/titles/the-s... Free download @punctumbooks.bsky.social
No surprise. The US-bound Air Canada lounge at YYZ is relatively quiet this morning
March 12, 2025 at 3:45 PM
No surprise. The US-bound Air Canada lounge at YYZ is relatively quiet this morning
Cookies for thought: saw in my workplace kitchen yesterday
February 4, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Cookies for thought: saw in my workplace kitchen yesterday
Confused proletarian influencers from around the world are now united as memes on Rednote, seemingly becoming even more disoriented in light of their "awakening"
January 19, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Confused proletarian influencers from around the world are now united as memes on Rednote, seemingly becoming even more disoriented in light of their "awakening"
As the year ends in ruins, the new one begins in ruins as well
December 31, 2024 at 1:47 PM
As the year ends in ruins, the new one begins in ruins as well
I’m waiting for stores that respectively named Woke and Tankies
December 27, 2024 at 7:18 PM
I’m waiting for stores that respectively named Woke and Tankies
A quiet Christmas Eve
December 24, 2024 at 10:38 PM
A quiet Christmas Eve
Once considered the end of the world, this site remains barren under the relentless, forbidding wind. Yet, something grows here—a peculiar narrative of colonialism and globalization. It has a subject, yet it unfolds as if driven by a process devoid of agency.
December 21, 2024 at 2:51 PM
Once considered the end of the world, this site remains barren under the relentless, forbidding wind. Yet, something grows here—a peculiar narrative of colonialism and globalization. It has a subject, yet it unfolds as if driven by a process devoid of agency.
In Roman times, this was considered as the end of the world. This barren site overlooks Africa one the one side and America on the other
December 20, 2024 at 5:15 PM
In Roman times, this was considered as the end of the world. This barren site overlooks Africa one the one side and America on the other
Let’s round up the usual suspects!
December 15, 2024 at 5:51 AM
Let’s round up the usual suspects!
What happened in South Korea is a warning to the US
December 4, 2024 at 3:48 PM
What happened in South Korea is a warning to the US
