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Tagging Aesthetics #6: Memetic Representation. Interview with ANON

Nicola Bozzi
The #AltWoke project was born from the efforts of a heterogenous collective called ANON that comprises theorists, activists, artists, and sex workers alike. The manifesto combines a taste for complex philosophical issues (around economic systems, automation, and AI) with a strong emphasis on the power of pop culture, especially African-American. Interview of Nicola Bozzi... READ MORE...
ArticlesDigimag – Issue 84, 3rd Quarter 2019Web

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

Nicola Bozzi
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...
ArticlesDigimag – Issue 83, 2nd Quarter 2019Web

The dark mirror. Interview with Clément Lambelet.

Bianca Cavuti
Never more than today human beings live in symbiosis with technologies that he created himself. Today as in the past, technologies are accurate mirrors of their societies, of human desires, fears and needs. Bianca Cavuti discusses these topics with Clément Lambelet, who handles issues about the relationship between society and technology, control ideologies and Artificial Intelligence.... READ MORE...
ArticlesDigimag – Issue 82, 1st Quarter 2019Science

We are all entrepreneurs. Nobody is safe. Interview with Silvio Lorusso

Filippo Lorenzin
Nowadays, says Silvio Lorusso, everything seems to work as a startup - not just companies and institutions but first of all the individuals. Silvio recently published Entreprecariat - Siamo tutti imprenditori. Nessuno è al sicuro ("We are all entrepreneurs. Nobody is safe”) with Krisis Publishing, a book that explores the many ways corporate logics shape our behaviour.... READ MORE...
ArticlesBooksDigimag – Issue 82, 1st Quarter 2019

How would you touch an image? Interview with Lucy Hardcastle

Federica Fontana
Are we sure that we are still able to distinguish what is “real” from what is purely digital? Federica Fontana interviews Lucy Hardcastle, a 26 years old interdisciplinary designer and artist –  but she prefers to think of herself more as a digital craftsman –  who runs a studio in London specialized in creating original unique visual experiences by using CGI, digital rendering and glass blowing.... READ MORE...
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An engagement with bacteria: Interview with Anna Dumitriu

Donata Marletta
Donata Marletta interviews British Artist Anna Dimitriu, who explores and questions our relationship to infectious diseases, synthetic biology and robotics. Her works has been presented and exhibited in major collections and museums worldwide and her itinerant exhibition BioArt and Bacteria is now running until the 24th of November 2018 at The Esther Klein Gallery and the Science Center in Philadelphia, USA.... READ MORE...
ArticlesDigimag – Issue 81, 3rd Quarter 2018Science