http://www.memofonte.it/home/files/pdf/GAZZETTINO_DELLE_ARTI_DEL_DISEGNO.pdf (machine translation) TO OUR READERS «Entry is prohibited.» These words in very clear color are written on the door of all the Appendices of every newspaper, for anyone who sometimes feels it vague to express their opinion about art, which the critics entrenched there as in many fortresses, ruthlessly reject anyone who tries to […]

Dear friends of HEK, We hope that you have all had a good start to the new year, one in which many media art highlights await you once again at the HEK. To kick things off, we are showcasing the multifaceted Swiss media art scene by presenting the winners of the Pax Art Awards 2023. […]

STARTS Prize & STARTS Prize Africa: Submission windows open (Linz, January 8, 2024) With the S+T+ARTS initiative, the European Commission is supporting pioneering projects that draw on the intersection of science, technology and arts. Outstanding examples of such innovations are awarded the STARTS Prize and the STARTS Prize Africa, which is being announced for the […]

*That seems like plenty. https://designmanifestos.org … S Saatchi & Saatchi (n.d.) How to survive as a Saatchi & Saatchi suit Stefan Sagmeister (2007) Manifesto #09 Stefan Sagmeister (2008) Obsessions Salone del Mobile (2018) Il Manifesto Antonio Sant’Elia (1914) Manifesto of Futurist Architecture SARK (1989) Everyone Is An Artist Francesca Sarti / Arabeschi di Latte (2021) […]

*One could spend all day in there. https://www.domusweb.it/en/news/2023/12/19/domus-most-read-articles-in-2023.html *There’s always something to learn from Domus. For example, if elegant and refined “Italian Brutalism” seems strange, then Turinese Brutalism is almost sure to be even weirder.

*This is quite a long art and design essay of mine, and too prolix to fit on this blog. *I had a lot on my mind — and still do. https://medium.com/@bruces/the-homemade-limits-of-everyday-weirdness-0c7e6bb12abb “Why did the world’s most famous kinetic artist have a Maker home?” As soon as this question struck me, I knew that I had […]

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*Featuring Bruce Sterling and other interested parties. https://people.well.com/conf/inkwell.vue/topics/540/Bruce-Sterling-and-Jon-Lebkowsky-page01.html

“AI where it is now – a whirlwind of crap”! *Yeah, that’s Prof. Olia Lialina, all right. It’s good to hear from Olia. Happy new year, dear nettimers! In the mid of AI summer, I often think back about last spring, and one product, or rather it’s announcement, that brought us to where we are […]

*I can understand this, but I find it troubling. It’s like hand-sewing your own Tyvek underwear. It’s your own business, but is it civilized?