Conflict Minerals: extractive capitalism
Extractive capitalism has spread over our world with a rapacious force. From the mineral-rich Congo to mountaintop removal coal mining
Tag: film
Railways, ruins and modernity: artists’ explore Mexico’s abandoned rail network
Our latest exhibition, Ivan Puig and Andrés Padilla Domene’s ‘SEFT-1 Abandoned Railways Exploration Probe – Modern Ruins 1:220‘ has
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
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
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
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
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
2012: autonomous infrastructures, uneasy energies, and the machine wilderness …
Yahoo. 2012! What’s coming up this year in the art/science world? Here’s a highly subjective list of things I’m looking
Lunar dreamers: occupy the moon!
In Tony White’s new short story, Occupy the Moon, commissioned by The Arts Catalyst to mark the opening of our
Interference patterns – Semiconductor
Semiconductor – artist duo Ruth Jarman and Joe Gerhardt – have put their new film ’20HZ’ online. 2oHZ, Semiconductor, 2011 I
