ThoughtWorks in New York has created an ambitious arts residency selecting artists to engage with socially relevant projects using emerging technologies. They also sponsor Art-A-Hack™…
AI & A.Life, Contributors, Op & Ed
The short film The Red Balloon (1956) depicts the relationship between a young Pascal Lamorisse and his red balloon. From the moment the young…
AI & A.Life, Contributors, Op & Ed
The myth of the Sentient Machine Over the last 60 years, the development of Artificial Intelligence (AI) has raised new ethical questions, challenging our…
It’s 2030, and the NHS has been bought over by Amazon. The new service is called AmazonCare, and like all things Amazon, it’s faster, cheaper,…
Open Cell is a new collaborative space for bio designers in Shepherd’s Bush London. Aiming to support the London ecosystem of designers and scientists…
Body Sculptures, Contributors, Interviews
Dance is experiential. So many complex psychological processes occur when you move your body and the moving body is so extremely dynamic; I wonder…
Sometimes words are noise. Sometimes, people are noise. Sometimes, feelings are noise. Narrow your focus, concentrate. Feel the noise. Filter the noise. Turn the…
Computing Art, Contributors, Interviews
“I’m always trying to challenge the fixed point of view, its security and the political, military and techno-scientific systems that uphold the privilege of…
AI & A.Life, Contributors, Op & Ed
Augmented Reality (AR) is one of several technologies emerging for widespread use; culturally popularised to undoubtedly soon be woven into the fabric of everyday…
[Rebecca Lieberman, Mnemograph, 2016, Artificial Retirement Flux Factory, NYC. Photo credit: Jung In Jung] Herbert Marcuse wrote that the “technological rationalisation” of society and culture rejects…
Politics is poisoned. Propaganda, lies, manipulations, alt-facts, fake news, selective hacks and leaks are the hallmarks of the politics of our age. Appeals to emotion…
No Such Thing As Gravity is the forthcoming exhibition of FACT Liverpool. Curated by Rob La Frenais, it will explore the boundaries between art…
In a recent editorial in Leonardo journal, Assoc. Ed. Jack Ox stated about art-science that “well-designed presentations must be articulated in a clear and cogent…
Being human is both complicated and wonderful for all the hidden and obvious reasons one can imagine. Being a creator and thinking creatively could be…
How much science and how much art do you need to know to be an effective science artist? There are certainly different schools of thought…
The human body is not only the material that sustains our existence: the body is not only an object, it is also a subject. Our…
As we all know, inspiration for a new idea, a painting or a design can come from anywhere. Ideas can strike in an instant or…