European Digital Deal: 12 Residencies for Artists

https://ars.electronica.art/mediaservice/en/2023/10/04/european-digital-deal/ European Digital Deal: 12 Residencies for Artists (Linz, October 4, 2023) European Digital Deal – a project co-funded by Creative Europe – has just launched an open call for twelve artist residencies exploring the deep entanglement between new technologies and democracy. Applicants are called on to investigate a wide range of topics, from the […]

Maker Faire Rome 2023

https://makerfairerome.eu/it/

Leatherman Arc

*It’s an ad. *Can I live without this scandalously expensive American gizmo? I’m not sure.

The Museum of Obsolete Media

*One lone, heroic hobbyist is running this epic thing. https://obsoletemedia.org/obsolescence-decade/ Media by Date of Obsolescence This is a list of all the media currently in the collection, by approximate date by which it could be considered to have become obsolete. For lists of when media were introduced, visit the audio, video, data or film timelines. […]

New European flood risk areas viewer

https://discomap.eea.europa.eu/floodsviewer/ Hello, Italy!

A re-built De Loutherbourg Eidophusikon

*One has to wonder if building it was cheaper than re-building it. *It’s not the first time that the Eidophusikon was re-built! 18TH CENTURY MULTIMEDIA: LOUTHERBOURG’S EIDOPHUSIKON [The eighteenth-century Eidophusikon has been variously described as a mechanical theater, a miniature stage, a diorama, a panorama, or a physiorama. Featuring lighting, mechanical motion, sound effects, architectural […]

The new Mush Room in Torino

*Well, good luck with that. https://ra.co/news/79671 Turin has a new club. Opening its doors late last month, The Mush Room is a two-floor space that incorporates dance floors, bars and recording studios. It’s been launched by a small group of local promoters who’ve spent the last few years throwing parties in the city, and the […]

Europeans with pocketknives

*All right, it’s not Share Festival technology art, but (a) it’s shot in Italy at a center of craft knife-making and (b) come on, who can’t like this.