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Jesse (Malmed)

@marmblatt.bsky.social

aka jetsy merchblatt, jersi memeblatt, jpeg malware, jelly marmalade, djembe marimba, etc. artist, curator, professor: chicago, milwaukee, santa fe. jessemalmed.net πŸ“»πŸ“½οΈπŸ–ΌοΈπŸŽ€ & jetsy.biz 🧒πŸͺ§πŸ“Œ

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Post yes bills - Chicago Reader Jesse Malmed's Western Pole project turns a ubiquitous utilitarian objectβ€”a telephone poleβ€”into a space of joy, experimentation, and play.

Celebrating a decade of Western Pole at Patient Info. https://bit.ly/4odXGnj

26.11.2025 19:54 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

you can have a momentary idea like β€œno ages show” and then realize wait what?

25.11.2025 03:46 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

does kinkos have a grant?

03.11.2025 04:35 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

oh ~ a little ad for your sky ~

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A Decade of Western Pole

opens 11/8/25 6-10
at Patient Info
902 N Western
CHICAGO

03.11.2025 04:35 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

i fear sometimes some of our best cultural minds spend too much pixel time ink mind on analysis of garbage when there is so much good art that would benefit from magnetized language

03.11.2025 04:33 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

as i keep emptying my pockets i start to understand the appeal of cargo pants

18.10.2025 05:42 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

(update i found one of them)

17.10.2025 17:02 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

if anyone knows where i left these two to four things i’m looking for, lmk?

17.10.2025 04:18 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

the trees are confused these days and it’s our fault

12.10.2025 06:09 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

stretch limo pulling into the oasis

11.09.2025 03:07 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

tamago yankee

23.08.2025 16:18 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

the plural is panici

24.06.2025 04:13 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

adam curtis full retrospective museum when ? SEND

22.06.2025 04:23 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

people will be like do you that thing in seinfeld where… and i’m always like yeah i understand your whole life

18.06.2025 06:48 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

a flower placed in the little free library

16.06.2025 04:59 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

people from β€œbend (a little outside of portland )” talking about just leaving texas to move to chicago

16.06.2025 04:34 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

i reached into my various pockets and had seven pens, a gold pencil and a spoon

16.06.2025 03:57 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

rise n grind (mainline the atrocities of the world and consider self-immolation crumpled up on the couch)

11.06.2025 15:53 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

is it really difficult to mic outdoor drums or do the sound guys just hate music?

31.05.2025 00:25 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

hallucinated the shirt β€œdumb guys deserve love too” and was very moved

31.05.2025 00:22 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

standing in front of the new damen green line station feeling like a pixelated architectural rendering

23.05.2025 18:52 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

email widget that at the end of the day tells you how many words you wrote and how many you read

22.05.2025 00:44 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

senti
mental
health

10.05.2025 04:11 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

car wash that only uses wind chimes

08.05.2025 03:15 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

using only their immense bodies of work and decades of public personae performance, it's really ccrraazzyy to discover that larry david is so much funnier and more savvy than bill maher

23.04.2025 03:50 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

funny hm ha

08.04.2025 14:35 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

i can see my house from, i observe while sitting inside

03.04.2025 16:45 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

willfully confusing fandor and fanduel

03.04.2025 03:35 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

every oscar a michel foucault

26.03.2025 19:50 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

guy in first class reading caste

13.03.2025 18:00 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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