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Uncanny Values: a map of uncanny places, and how to get through them

Uncanny Values: Artificial Intelligence & You is an exhibition presented by the Mak of Vienna as part of the Vienna Biennale for Change of this year, called Brave New Virtues. Shaping our digital world. Artists, designers and architects have tried to develop new ways of seeing, with which to imagine and model our future actively and positively.... READ MORE...

Ryoji Ikeda. A Cosmic Journey from Infinitesimal to Astronomical

Ryoji Ikeda's solo exhibition has officially opened on the ground floor of Taipei Fine Arts Museum. The selected artworks include large-scale sound sculptures, audiovisual installations, light boxes and two-dimensional works, which are newly conceived and exhibited for the very first time, forming an immersive space-time landscape that vaults from microscopic to macroscopic dimensions.... READ MORE...

Designs for Different Futures

The role of designers in shaping how we think about the future is the subject of a major exhibition that will premiere at the Philadelphia Museum of Art this fall. Designs for Different Futures brings together some 80 works that address the challenges and opportunities that humans may encounter in the years, decades, and centuries ahead.... READ MORE...

Sónar + D 2019: il festival urbano della musica del futuro

Giunto splendidamente al suo 26° compleanno, il Sónar festival di Barcellona ha confermato la sua vocazione culturale, sociale e politica. Il plus del Sónar è la capacità di intercettare non solo le eccezionalità, ma soprattutto la ricerca e la sperimentazione, ospitando djset, concert, live performancele, audiovisual performance e installazioni multimodali, con particolare attenzione alle ultime tendenze generazionali legate ai nuovi linguaggi. il report di Caterina Tomeo.... READ MORE...

Tagging Aesthetics #4: (Machine) Learning Stereotypes. Interview with Max Dovey

Nicola Bozzi interviewed Max Dovey: working with stereotypes, tags, and algorithms in live settings, the UK-based artist has tried to define the “hipster” stereotype algorithmically, find out what makes a person male or female in a computer's eyes, and highlight the human labour necessary for machine learning. I spoke to him about a few of his artworks.... READ MORE...

Connected. Peter Kogler with…

Since the 1980s, Peter Kogler has worked as a media artist between computer graphics, film, collage and architecture. Within the context of the digital influences on our everyday life today, his systematic consideration of the technological and reproducible image and the powerful influence of the media make him a natural successor, interpreter and ideal interlocutor of the generation of visionaries.... READ MORE...