*Oh come on.

*If people can make steampunk art out of clocks, I wonder what kind of dieselpunk or atompunk art might be made out of slide rules. https://sliderulemuseum.com/VirtualSR.shtml

“…the outputs of generative AI can be protected by copyright only where a human author has determined sufficient expressive elements.” https://www.copyright.gov/newsnet/2025/1060.html Copyright Office Releases Part 2 of Artificial Intelligence Report Issue No. 1060 – January 29, 2025 Today, the U.S. Copyright Office is releasing Part 2 of its Report on the legal and policy issues […]

*It took quite a while to divide stage theater from the cinema projection hall. From Annette Forster, “Women in the Silent Cinema: Histories of Fame and Fate,” 2017. “This magisterial book offers comprehensive accounts of the professional itineraries of three women in the silent film in the Netherlands, France and North America. Annette Förster presents […]

*Pre-cinematic motion graphics. https://www.cinematheque.fr/henri/film/144818-incunables-de-l-animation-auteurs-divers-1833-1897/

*That’s pretty odd, but as a student of the history of cybernetics and computation, I’ve heard odder.

https://www.righto.com/2025/02/origin-of-mainframe-term.html The origin and unexpected evolution of the word “mainframe” What is the origin of the word “mainframe”, referring to a large, complex computer? Most sources agree that the term is related to the frames that held early computers, but the details are vague.1 It turns out that the history is more interesting and complicated […]

*Because how could there NOT be trouble at Transmediale, given Europe’s, and the planet’s, political scene generally. https://openlettertransmediale.onlyoffice.com/s/nPrbbRCPvBNvLbG Open letter to: transmediale e.V. (Filippo Gianetta & Magdalena Ritter) and the advisory board: Nora Al-Badri, Asia Bazdyrieva, Gabriele Horn, and Jussi Parikka. *Why is transmediale not hiring a new artistic director?* We care about and love […]

Dear Friends of HEK, How do new digital tools shape artistic creation? What role does artificial intelligence (AI) play in art and culture—and what does this mean for human creativity? How is AI influencing our society? Artists Esther Hunziker, Stefan Karrer, and Alfatih engage with these questions in their work. Last year, the Art Foundation […]

*What the heck gives with this?