Other Voices

It is officially my last day at ICI as an intern. It's been a really rewarding experience working on the AIDS Chronicles and a few other...

My name is Jonnie and I am the summer 2019 intern at the Institute of Cultural Inquiry! I am a third generation native of Los Angeles,...

After wrapping up my first fellowship working on the Monkey Head project–and taking one long, deep inhale–it’s time for me to dive right...

After four months of living inside artist lab books and dreaming of malfunctioning printers, I’m finally saying goodbye to the Everything...

In exactly one week, I will be on a plane to a new town, to a city that will wrap history and mist around me like a cloak. I am nervous...

Working at the Institute of Cultural Inquiry for the past month has allowed me to unearth my unique relationship to the AIDS Chronicles....

I’ve really enjoyed my first month as the Editorial Fellow here at the ICI. I’m glad I’m getting this chance to write a little bit about...

Hello — My name is Sonya Kalara and I am excited to be working at the Institute of Cultural Inquiry as the office gears up for the 25-th...

My name is Hanna Bahedry, and I’m so pleased to be writing as the ICI’s Editorial Fellow for Summer 2017. As Editorial Fellow, I’ll be...

My name is Jed Surio and I am one of the new interns here at The Institute of Cultural Inquiry. I am originally from Manila, Philippines...

The end of the summer is approaching, and, sadly, so is my time working with the ICI. I came in as the Curatorial Assistant Intern, to...

Hello! My time at ICI has thus far been quite interesting, as I learn more and more about the organization through their current project...

My name is Dareen Hussein and I am the new curatorial assistant intern at The Institute of Cultural Inquiry for Summer 2016! I recently...

5/13 marks my final day as an Editorial Fellow at the Institute. When I first started looking into the ICI as an undergrad, I read that...

As part of my research for the Barthes project, I recently went to visit the Susan Sontag collection at UCLA to look at a special edition...

When I began this fellowship, I was more invested in interrogating why Barthes’ strange, middling work had endured than affirming its...

Hello, My name is Jeremy Klemin, today is my first in-office day as an Editorial Fellow at the ICI. I did my undergraduate degree in...

This Summer I’ve been working on the AIDS Chronicles at the ICI; reading New York Times pages, scanning for articles and then obscuring...

My name is Alfredo Aguayo; I am the new intern here at ICI, and today is my first day. I am excited to be working with many of the...

Hi, My name is Lizzy, I will be a junior at Bard College in Annandale-On-Hudson, New York, this Fall. I am a Studio Art Major and am...

This is my final blog post as an Earth Cabinet Intern at the Institute. Most of the known samples of earth that exist here have been put...

Some of my fondest memories from my childhood have been in libraries. Libraries are quite magical places, simultaneously silent and yet...

Earth comes in all different shapes, colors, sizes, and textures — Earth is a place: the planet on which I live, but it is also the word...

The Institute would like to send a warm welcome to our new interns for summer 2014, April Zhang and Britney Ko, who will be working on...

Hello! My name is April Zhang and its my second day here at the ICI. I am excited to be the new Archivist intern and to be building the...

Today is my second day inside the ICI and my first day as an Earth Cabinet Intern. I feel excited and maybe a little jittery from...

Hello, my name is Dola Baroni. I am the new editorial fellow here at the Institute. I am an artist specializing in movement, performance,...

Blue is the most common favorite color of people worldwide. It is often associated with the sky, oceans, water, ice, cold, peace,...

For those of us who are part of artist-run organizations, the last decade has been a difficult one. Like everyone else, we have suffered...

The color green is universally associated with nature, but can also be tied to luck, energy, fertility, springtime, wealth, envy and in...

As October comes to an end, and we begin to head toward another holiday season, it is once again time to prepare for World AIDS Day / Day...

In this moment I find myself saying goodbye to an organization whose people, space and mentality represent a remarkably unique pocket of...

Summer is in full force upon us now and here at the ICI we’re gearing up for a season of productivity. In an age of multi-tasking and...

I have come to understand that this type of archival/library work can at times be challenging in ways that have previously been...

The summer is near, you can smell it coming, and I find myself startled at the notion that I’ve been interning at ICI for nearly two...

Greetings fellow inquirers. My name is Alyssa Loera and I am new to the Institute of Cultural Inquiry. Over the next little while I’ll be...

The Institute celebrated its 18th year as a non-profit organization on December 20, 2012. Happy Birthday Institute.

As another December 1st event has come to pass, and the last major ICI event for the year winds to an end, I am left to reflect on the...

For the past few weeks I have been working on the finishing touches of the redesign of the library. I’ve been working hard to place all...

My time at the Institute has come to a close in what has been an interesting few weeks. After returning from Telluride Film Festival’s...

The color yellow has varied meanings and connotations. It is simultaneously associated with optimism, sunshine, joy, caution, cowardice...

It’s been 3 weeks… And it feels like one of those quick-fire challenges on Food Network, except all the ingredients haven’t been revealed...

My most recent project at the ICI has been to redesign their library system. I was really excited for this project because I really love...

There were once three sisters who were born to the Rose Family.  The eldest was named Ruby, the middle was named Coral and the youngest...

My name is Elizabeth Sanders. I am the new Graphic Design intern here at the Institute of Cultural Inquiry. I am originally from Atlanta,...

As I continue my research, we journey on to the next color of the rainbow: orange. A blend of red and yellow, orange is believed to...

As the newly-minted archival intern for the Institute of Cultural Inquiry, Rachel is just starting to break into the crazy world of...

Goodbyes are always hard but our farewell this week to Steve Eighmey was especially painful. Over the last three years, Steve has...

In discussing culture, color in regard to race is a common theme, however, the nuanced cultural and historical meanings of the colors...

Another summer begins and I look forward to our new round of interns. Rachel Wilson will be working with our Ephemera Kabinett,...