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Economies of the Commons 3: Sustainable Futures for Digital Archives

Redazione Digicult
Economies of the Commons (eCommons) believe that technology brings fundamental change to the way cultural heritage institutes work and the expectations their audiences have of them. Institutes are no longer the exclusive ‘holders and curators of culture’ while their audiences have become accustomed to their active roles as co-producers of culture––they want to create, curate and co-produce cultural artefacts.... READ MORE...
News Archive

“My open source cure”. Salvatore Iaconesi hits the Net at the heart

Marco Mancuso
At this point, Salvatore Iaconesi does not need any introduction. With the launch of its latest web project My open source cure, he broke any balance in the relationship between net culture and mainstream media. Of course, talking about "project" leaves a bit confused, mostly because the causes and motivations are among the most tragic: the story is familiar to many, Salvatore Iaconesi has recently discovered to have a brain cancer.... READ MORE...
ArticlesWeb

Matt Hope. “Spectrum Divide” exhibition at Saamlung Gallery

Redazione Digicult
The new solo installation project from artist Matt Hope is going to close at Saamlung gallery in Hong Kong. For his first solo presentation in Asia after five years working in Beijing, the artist created a disorienting sensation of contrasting experience with an apparatus that simultaneously focuses the viewer on the physical experience of the gallery space while also transforming it into a mediatized event. Entitled Spectrum Divide, the installation draws parallels between machine vision and human blindness.... READ MORE...
ArtNews Archive

Utah Data Center: what do you know about the new “Huge Brother”?

Ludovica Amoroso
The small town of Bluffdale is located in the Utah desert, a few kilometers from the capital, Salt Lake City, very close to a remote valley, surrounded by Wasatch Range mountains to the east, and the Oquirrh to the west. It's inhabited by one of the largest communities of Mormons of the nation, the "Apostolic United Brethren", who took refuge there in the mid 1800's to put into action the principles of their faith: first of all polygamy. Today the community has more than 9,000 members.... READ MORE...
Articles

DEAF 2012: The Exhibition. The Power of Things

Silvia Bertolotti
From May 16th to June 3rd the DEAF, Dutch Electronic Art Festival, was held in Rotterdam. In addition to the symposium and the performances taking place during the first 4 days (artists included, among others, Jimmy Edgar, Egyptrixx, Noorderlicht010, CREW, Ital Tek, Lower Dens etc.), the 2012 edition has included an exhibition titled "Power of Things".... READ MORE...
ArticlesScience

Heath Bunting: Identity Bureau. Against Residual Self-Image

Ida Hirsenfelder
Identity Bureau was established by Heath Bunting to construct a custom-made physical person for the user, who would be able to function freely in society. The activities of the bureau extend also to instructions for other users to construct their own new identities. It undermines the habitual ways of climbing the social ladder and offers an alternative system to the dictate of there being a one and only "official" identity allocated to the individual by the state authorities.... READ MORE...
ArticlesDigimag - Issue 72, March 2012