"The latest edition of Art Dubai Digital looks more like a regular art fair than its predecessors, but still has subversive and experimental work."

>"In memory of René Pollesch (1962–2024), a 2005 conversation with Olaf Nicolai distills the late Volksbühne director’s onstage commitment to affirming his _...Read More_

A compact but sweeping retrospective of the artistic output of the Peruvian artist Sergio Zevallos closed recently at Berlin’s Haus der Kulturen der Welt (HKW). The exhibition, entitled Exercises in Transformation (21.10.23-14.01.24), _...Read More_

>"Manny404 (aka Manny Palou) made a game from his open-source body scan, anticipating new ways of making bodies virtual."

"Games are fun—and sometimes fun can lead to an eye-opening encounter with serious ideas. Trained as a sculptor, Risa Puno took up designing games in order to make installations and experiences that encourage visceral engagement with social _...Read More_

"This text specifically looks at the relationship between groups of people and organizations such as art institutions, and at relationships inside the collective. These _...Read More_

"Let’s imagine the premise for a simple game—something a bit like charades, but with a twist. In this game, you draw a prompt and then describe it to the other players, trying to make it as easy as possible for them to guess it correctly. _...Read More_

"What at first may seem like a playful way to generate amusing accidents of language, erasure is a branch of found poetry that has been used by writers to reveal sinister subtexts in everything from newsprint to novels. Some of its most _...Read More_

>"Two hundred years after the painter’s death, his work still has the power to shock, writes Rupert Christiansen"

>"Can AI bring a fresh perspective on our fraught relationships with other species? Can it revive ancient systems of somatic divination? And _...Read More_

"An inspirational model for the future of the web can be found by looking back at several early net art projects that emphasized collaborative creativity and play."

"Over the past few years, Vladan Joler has been collaborating with data analysts, media theorists and cyber forensic experts to bring to light some of the hidden layers of digital infrastructures"

>"But while in the ancient world the machine may still be a symbol of unity with nature, or _...Read More_

"Two new books attempt to examine how platforms and their algorithms vine into our desires, preferences and self-conception – and the answer is always messier than it first _...Read More_

“Well-informed cynicism is only another mode of conformity.” Max Horkheimer—“Let’s smoke feelings together, it’s all about you, me and feelings, which should be forgotten.” Arman—”When you need to be polite to your search engine in order to _...Read More_