‘There is no place like home’ by Flavio Martella and Atxu Amann y Alcocer
The coronavirus, for the nations that reacted with the quarantine, provoked what was considered impossible: the (temporary) disappearance of the material public sphere. In a…
A framework for systematically applying humanistic ethics when using AI as design material by Kyle Dent, Richelle Dumond & Mike Kuniavsky
Because of its incredible power, the unexpected consequences of AI in all its forms, from simple pattern recognition to complex planning, prediction, and reasoning are…
‘Views on the Armory Show 2020’ by Charlotte Kent
The Armory Art Fair every March in New York City isn’t necessarily known for its embrace of digital art, but as more artists use technology…
‘Mushrooms: The Art, Design and Future Of Fungi’ by Piotr Bockowski
The exhibition Mushrooms: The Art, Design And Future Of Fungi invites us to ever-mutating life of symbiotic hybrids and shows that co-existence of diverse bodies…
‘Interactive Art in the Age of Virus’ by Charlotte Kent
Touching is an issue now. The elbow bumps, foot taps, nods, and bows of greeting at assorted events of the last couple weeks make that…
‘Eufonia – supersonic scanning through sound, art and science’ by Agata Kik
Collapsing the boundaries between science and art, making tremble the walls of Berlin’s Acud Macht Neu, Eufonia took place between 1-3 November 2019. The festival…
‘Notes from the Underworld’ by Stefano Corbo
In 1638, seven years after Mount Vesuvius erupted, the Jesuit scholar Athanasius Kircher traveled to Naples and climbed the volcano that had just caused the…
Entangled Realities: Minding the Gap by Ariane Koek
We are older than the Earth itself. When he heard these words from a physicist at CERN, the German artist Anselm Kiefer stopped dead in…
Architectures, Design, Op & Ed
Aimee Aizhen Chen, an architect in the age of digital technology by Adriana Ciotau
New technologies can impact on how architects create an experience in architecture by pushing its boundaries. The focus of architect Aimee Aizhen Chen‘s practice represents…
Hyper Functional, Ultra Healthy: wellness as the optimisation of mental and physical wellbeing, by Laura Netz
Somerset House presented Hyper Functional, Ultra Healthy, a programme of six newly commissioned artworks related to wellness as the optimisation of mental and physical wellbeing….
Patrice Olivier Acardy and the world of fractals, by Laura Netz
Patrice Olivier Acardy is an artist creates multimedia installations, video clips, virtual experiences and 3D printed sculptures. Born in La Reunion Island but now living…
Digital Culture, Op & Ed, Sound
L.E.V. Matadero Madrid, by Jacobo García
In 2007, a modest collective named “Colectivo Datatrón” decided what it seemed impossible, launch an avant-garde electronic music festival in Gijón. A city with a…
Architectures, Contributors, Op & Ed
‘Planetary Change, On Benjamin Bratton’s Terraforming and the Strelka 2020 programme’ by Tony Cho
While the term ‘terraforming’ is usually reserved for the extraterrestrial, Benjamin Bratton, the director of Strelka Institute and author of the New Normal presents a…
Architectures, Contributors, Op & Ed
‘SALON, city-architecture in the digital world’ by Adriana Ciotau
Architects are becoming more and more aware of the presence of technology-mediated cities. Alper Derinboğaz observed during his master’s program at UCLA in California: California…
Contributors, Digital Culture, Op & Ed, Sound
‘Noise and Wellness: Madeiradig’s Sonic Statement’ by Daniel Mackenzie
The unassuming island of Madeira is known for many things – Madeira wine, its round the year spring climate and forest walks. The slow pace…
‘Heavy Rotation: The Cyclical World of Sculpture’ by Daniel Mackenzie
Following earlier developments in the Middle East, the Copper Age brought into being such developments as the potter’s wheel and the first wheeled vehicles, kicking…
‘Daan Roosegaarde’s Presence as techno-poetic meditation upon human impact on Earth’ by Silvija Daniunaite
As you wander through eight hundred square meters of luminescent halls in the Groninger Museum, each bathed in an unfolding dance of phosphorescent blues and…
‘Archipiélago Madrid: A Bird’s Eye View’ by Jacobo García
Archipiélago is a music series organised at Reina Sofia Museum – leading modern art museum of Madrid – every September since 2017. Concerts and DJ…
Op & Ed, Robotics & Kinetics, Sound
‘Anxiety of Mutations’ Jon Rafman’s Dream Journal at Venice Biennale by Piotr Bockowski
A mytho-digital journey has been conceived by Jon Rafman in which the most severe anxieties of the 21st century techno-society melt into an obnoxious 3D-animated…
Op & Ed, Robotics & Kinetics, Sound
‘TAKIS: Sculptor of magnetism, light and sound’ by Frances Whorrall-Campbell
A Little Peace and Quiet’, a 1985 episode of the cult television series The Twilight Zone, ends with the image of a nuclear warhead hovering…