Utopian Realism, a speech by Bruce Sterling

*There is also a video of this recent speech of mine at the Politecnico of Torino, but I think that this printed transcript version is a little cleaner and easier to understand. https://medium.com/p/c315be2b0f44

Adam Savage and the many tools for one task

*I recognize that the machine repair and upgrade was difficult work, but the panoply of highly various tools that he used for one job… there’s just no end to them. *It’s quite startling. Especially when he casually produces one that you’ve never seen in many years of watching makers.

Meanwhile, on Patrizia’s island

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2024/04/18/patrizia-sandrettos-venice-venue-nears-completion The island of San Giacomo di Paludo in the Venice lagoon is a short boat trip away from San Marco, but had been abandoned since the 1960s. In 2018 it was bought by the Turin-based collector Patrizia Sandretto Re Rebaudengo and her husband Agostino, with the aim of turning it into a cultural and […]

AI Performance Playground Hacklab hosted by Peter Kirn & Cibelle Cavalli Bastos

https://sonar.es/en/activity/ai-performance-playground-hacklab-hosted-by-peter-kirn-and-cibelle-cavali-bastos Learn how to jam with the machine – Open Call deadline for participation midnight 28th April AI & Music powered by S+T+ARTS Apply to participate in the hacklab here. Deadline 28th April. How could machine learning make human interfaces more fluid? Instead of automating human creativity, how could AI-powered media make it easier to […]

Ars Electronica 2024: HOPE – who will turn the tide

Ars Electronica 2024: HOPE – who will turn the tide (Linz, April 22, 2024) Ars Electronica 2024 will take place in Linz from September 4 to 8 and will be dedicated to the title “HOPE – who will turn the tide”. Like never before, the Linz Festival for Art, Technology and Society will focus on […]

Utopie Realiste – Paratissima per Biennale Tecnologia

*It’s nice that it’s so pop, just, very Turinese.

The entirely new Laura Kampf maker space

*In the desert in California. May God help her! Ok, this is mt new series about my shop and life in Los Angeles. Back to documenting everything myself, back to starting from scratch…I hope you love this journey as much as I do! let me know in the comments visit my shop: https://www.laurakampf.shop If you […]