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
Performance, theatre and science
Last week, I went to Curious Directive’s show Your Last Breath. Curious Directive create devised theatre works incorporating scientific ideas,
Spaced out … the relationship between art and space agencies
I was in Paris earlier this month at the International Astronautical Federation (IAF)’s spring meeting, chairing a meeting of the
AV Festival: unfolding installations, incremental car crashes and unhurried soundscapes
I had 24 hours of frantic slowness at the terrific AV festival last weekend. This year, the theme of this excellent festival of
Extreme citizen science: rainforests, urban jungles and the arctic perspective …
Last week I attended the London Citizen Cyberscience Summit with Lisa Haskel, Arts Catalyst’s resident research engineer, to catch up
Proposal: an arts/science* ethics advisory panel initiative
* arts/science, in this context only, implies art that needs or would value science ethics expertise Following from the artist-initiated
Wasted debates: using human remains in art
Recently, I took part in a round table discussion on the use of human remains in art. The discussion participants
Let’s experiment with ourselves
Self-Experimentation and the Ethics Committee of 1 A report on the event ‘Trust Me, I’m an Artist: Towards an Ethics
Terra Infirma: finding the ‘geo’ in geopolitics
‘Terra Infirma – experimenting with geo-political practices ’ was an academic workshop which was held in The Arts Catalyst’s Clerkenwell space.
Why I loved the Wikipedia blackout
Postscript (29.1.2012): Grateful thanks to those kind people who have revised our wikpedia entry so that it is no longer
Fringe technology and grey science (thoughts on the Samsung Art+ Prize)
The UK might be thought rather tardy in recognising the digital arts, given that the Samsung Art+ prize claims to
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