Peace and outer space: the role of artists and developing countries
I’ve just returned from the enormously successful KOSMICA Mexico 2013 in Mexico City, organised by Nahum Mantra, Laboratorio Arte Alameda and
Fracking futures – HeHe’s experimental drilling cuts out the middle man
As David Koch – the wealthy industrialist whose company is responsible for the dumping of a three-storey high city block
Do Not Lick: MadLab’s DIY biology residency at Arts Catalyst
DIY Biology is a growing global network of individuals that aims to promote citizen science and access to biotechnology. Participants
Beatriz da Costa 1974-2012
The artist Beatriz da Costa lost her long, fierce battle with cancer on the evening of 27 December 2012, at
Transformism: new works by Melanie Jackson and Revital Cohen
In ‘Transformism’, the Arts Catalyst’s latest exhibition which has just opened at the John Hansard Gallery, Southampton, Melanie Jackson and
Some responses to War at the speed of light …
A couple of recent interesting blog posts have picked up on my War at the Speed of Light: artists and drone
War at the speed of light: artists and drone warfare
“We call it in, and we’re given all the clearances that are necessary, all the approvals and everything else, and
Is there any poetic meaning in Baumgartner’s fall to Earth?
Yesterday, nearly 8 million of us watched another human being jump off a narrow ledge 24 miles above the Earth.
Machine wilderness: personal highlights from ISEA2012 Albuquerque
This is a snapshot of personal highlights from ISEA2012 Albuquerque: Machine Wilderness. ISEA (the International Symposium on Electronic Arts) is an international
Nuclear landscapes: exploring New Mexico’s atomic legacy
Looking out towards Trinity Ground Zero (20 miles away), New Mexico My first trip to the States, in 1997, was
Art in the age of “big data”
I’m currently at ISEA2012, the 18th International Symposium on Electronic Art, a six-day international conference, this year taking place
Bionic people: enhancement, bioethics and the politics of disability
Two current exhibitions, a workshop we recently organised at DaDaFest, and the ongoing controversy around “bladerunner” Oscar Pistorius’ inclusion in
Higgs: its cultural significance
“If we combine the Z-Z and the Gamma-Gamma,this is what we get: they line up extremely well, and in the
Ruins, conflict, culture and science: dOCUMENTA (13)
Many adjectives have already been wielded to describe this year’s documenta, “earnest”, “grim”, “despondent” and “concept-less” among them. Certainly, there
How life transforms: reflections on a conversation with Rob Kesseler and Enrico Coen
Why do I like Rob Kesseler’s work? At first glance, his highly detailed, colour-enhanced micrographs of pollen, seeds, fruit and
