About the role that art has always played in bringing complex, systemic ideas into an aesthetic experience, referring to the opening scene of Jean-Luc Godard’s absurd and irresistible science-fiction film “Alphaville,” and the computer Alpha-60, an omniscient and omnipotent artificially intelligent overlord.
About a critical take on the futuristic designs for cities from Saudi Arabia to the American desert: they are seductive visions grounded in systems of control.
About the mind-blowing new Adam Curtis documentary series about the collapse of the Soviet Union and the rise of Putin.
About a new way of witnessing and documenting history with 3D models of bombed infrastructures.
About memory, and more specifically memory by space. Imagine how we could improve memory in interactive virtual spaces. By Kei Kreutler.
By way of a first example, let us look at the issue of trust — something normally closely associated with being sincere, right? As an author of this book, how do I build trust with the reader? It’s a…
The history of humanity is a history of somaforming, of adaptation to a series of increasingly improbable environments
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Great booklist from Antikythera project members
Tom Critchlow. Move. Think. Create.
I use my home as a living laboratory for connected systems. One of the goals is to avoid single points of failure by having direct relationship between endpoints.
Tapping into the information at our fingertips and melting the ice of numbness
It never should have begun.
An irresistible force has met an immovable object
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No, I’m not talking about the Twitter owner’s implementation of the 8 dollars for a blue checkmark scheme, his massive reduction in workforce before rehiring many of them the next day, or…
(This is the text of the talk I gave on 19 October, 2022, for the Prestigio Leadership Forum, held in Colombia.) Buenos Dias. I’m Jamais Cascio. If you’ve seen or heard my name recently, it’s…
Babylon Berlin
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When I was producing a video on the different uses of science fiction as a form of foresight, I struggled to make sense of the differences and similarities between three seemingly overlapping and…
On September 22 executives gathered for a gala at Barcelona’s La Pedrera, a private residence designed by Antoni Gaudi now used as a cultural center. The occasion was the Digital Beauty Awards, a…
Employers hold enormous power over our lives—with few checks on how they choose to wield it. Unions are an antidote.
The pandemic changed us, our views, what we value and how we work. We might not recognise all the changes and hang on in the hope of a return to something we loved, but we must make the best of it…
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YouTube is the next MTV. “Now That YouTube is Dying, Here Are Better Alternatives” is published by Isaiah McCall in Yard Couch.
Here’s how to make sense of the industry-shaking collapse of FTX.
Ultra-large AI models are over. Companies Like Google, Meta, or OpenAI have many reasons to not build larger models for a while.
AI Art Remixing is basically the concept of modifying, changing or building from a specific image output, and prior to this new feature, it has always been a bit difficult to do so. One prior method…
MidJourney’s NEW V4 Algorithm Is Insane. This is a game changer. MidJourney’s new V4 algorithm improves on realism, details, and coherency..
GPT-4 is almost ready and will be released sometime in December-February
The implementation of the next version of the Internet will seek its fundamentals in the Blockchain and the cryptocurrency world. With a supposedly decentralized operating…
In the twilight age of Web 2, Metaverse is as good a word as any for people who wish to re-imagine the future of the internet
Aaron Tilley checks in on the state of HoloLens, Microsoft’s early foray into augmented reality hardware: People like to shit on Meta/Facebook, and for many good enough reasons, but there’s another…
Along with the other Nordic countries, Denmark is usually in the top ten — if not top five — of international indexes of good country qualities: happiest people, high levels of trust, most livable…
Walk through our exhibition 'Golden Boy Gustav Klimt. Inspired by Van Gogh, Rodin, Matisse.Explore how Klimt developed his unique style and how the Austrian ...
Danish artist Thomas Dambo builds giant wooden trolls from recycled wood. He’s now hiding them in the Western Australian bush.
Sculpting my Mono No Aware works, catching the power of plants in decomposition phase: a very challenging process.
Oasis is a venue that immerses you in the unbridled beauty and diversity of nature. This publicinstallation embodies Arne Quinze’s ideology of an oasis in th...
“For me, that is an important fact, just as for us a historical building like a pyramid of the Egyptians is interpretable for us. The cult has disappeared, t...
VanThorhout forms an energetic and precise dissection of male power and the cultural imagery surrounding it. Whether it be ancient gods, classical heroes, soldiers…
S.M.A.K. Gent - Philippe Van Snick - dynamic project - 2022- video:Patrick Baele
Leo en Remi, 13, zijn vrienden sinds altijd. Tot een ondenkbare gebeurtenis hen uit elkaar drijft. Vol onbegrip zoekt Leo toenadering tot Sophie, Remi's moed...
Contrasts Choreography duo Imre and Marne star in this short film by Marsèll, which examines the body and its writhing, disorienting, instinctive movements
Welcome at urbex.nl, a website with abandoned and lost places around Europe. View the best urbex locations and read about its history. Via Patrick Tanguay
Listen to Sent From My Telephone on Spotify. Voice Actor - Ambient - Very very special - Seducing - Intriguing - 109! songs long and short. Just wonderful.
The latest album from Brian Eno. No real surprises except Eno's voice is back. The quality you can expect.
Exceptional good urban rap combined with jazz sounds and rhythms. All good, but I really love mood on the song "gootstad".
A segment of our live show played in April 2022, in Trix, Antwerp.00:00 Flood04:07 Surface07:31 Hollow12:06 Aftermath© K.H.AnderssonDirected/edited/filmed by...
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Dancing towards freedom: the essence of courageous leadership. You no bullshit guide to group dynamics. By my Leading By Being coach Andre Pelgrims. So far only in Dutch.
Bildung by Lene Rachel Andersen: about the Nordic Secret of education/formation towards self-governing humans and organisations. Brilliant.
Fantastic page/site explaining the origins of sound