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A toolkit of experiments aimed at breaking away from AI, by challenging its extractivist geopolitics, its algorithmic logic, its reductionist forms of learning and its technolanguage
Fortunately for anyone who abhors artwashing, the curating of the art biennial has made it impossible to ignore the crimes committed by Israel in Palestine and beyond
Artists who engage with science and tech infiltrated yet again the Venice Biennale. Their works explored reproductive technology, online porn, extractivism, daimon in technological systems, automated economy, etc.
Canícula, the “dog days of summer”, uses the physical and psychological strain of extreme heat as a metaphor for overwhelming conditions that threaten societal collapse amid excess and polycrisis
How small groups and grassroots collectives can act for justice and leverage contemporary media to document violence.
A touring international exhibition examines the cultural manifestations and enduring influence of Pan-Africanism from the 1920s to the present
The subtitle of the first Climate Biennial, Rehearsing the Unexpected, captures the biennial’s central idea: learning to navigate moments like ours, when the present is shaky and the future uncertain
The book offers a survey of creative practices that engage with soil in all its dimensions. While I expected land art and pottery, I encountered edible soil, a floating food forest, hidden soil soundscapes, co-production with non-human collaborators, a decomposing SUV, explorations of earthworm’s perception, life within damaged soil ecosystems and many other works that call for a shift from…
The exhibition delves into the political, ethical and cultural facets of the ideas and practices surrounding beauty
An interview with Katerina Gkoutziouli and Daphne Dragona about a show that examines the escalation and multiplication of crises shaping the contemporary world
