Gogbot in Enschede, 2023

GOGBOT HAS LAUNCH Kees’ retirement, winner KITT Youngblood Award It was a sweltering night with tropical temperatures, and yesterday GOGBOT once again launched into Enschede orbit for four long days and nights of insane art and music. The evening kicked off with an official opening, where our main man Kees de Groot announced he is […]

Interview With Daniel Andjuar

*The time-honored nettime list is pondering Artificial Intelligence. Who can’t like a big, intellectually extensive chunk of critical text? Interview With Daniel Andjuar This interview, in the form of a set of long responses to shorter question-like prompts, is carried out in parallel to Daniel Andújar’s (http://danielandujar.org/) recent exhibition at the gallery àngels barcelona (http://angelsbarcelona.com/). […]

Makertainment philosophy with Evan and Katelyn

*Do you want to instruct people on how to make things, or do you want to be charming YouTube celebrities? *One would have to say that the business militates toward stardom rather than toward popular mechanics.

Sam Altman showing up in Torino

*This should be interesting. https://www.ansa.it/piemonte/notizie/2023/09/04/allitalian-tech-week-focus-speciale-sullai-con-sam-altman_7a2aa095-3a28-4b52-a2a5-836de161734b.html Cresce l’attesa per la nuova edizione dell’Italian Tech Week, la più importante tech conference italiana che quest’anno si presenta con una nuova formula di tre giorni, dal 27 al 29 settembre alle Ogr Torino, con grandi nomi del mondo dell’innovazione. Dopo l’annuncio dell’ospite speciale Brian Chesky, co-fondatore e amministratore delegato […]

Shining a Light on the Digital Dark Age

*Long Now Foundation. Quite a lot going on for the long term. https://sg-mktg.com/MTY5MzUwMTQ2OXxtSDlJdWV3R1ZudDVFbWNhRUtmZ3VBS0laeW9VMU5hWnJyVU45a1hWc2RaRktQX29RcDR1RGoxYnVZb0cxOTljZFVEOFo4eGthMG53TEhkMGtFYjRndVFOTGRNelBrbjRjdS0zUnJjU1JIX28yTlNqeE9aeFIyZUZsSEFUQ0xCTW1Gd1BVN1dzNnFRUXRaX0llVzBvZEQtU243aXIybTBnSWt0MV9CdDF4MmZMcm9IZmt6bTQ1MzJ0aURPRUJuQ3JCTjFmN1Z3VDg3VjVaV01PT3Nzel9SRTlMcDhVZjhGRHRuWHlHTklPbHNYQmFfVUk3Z2oxd0lzPXzFHW64tPutj6UTLtpG5nljmproDN28v9RUHJIbypeIdQ== Shining a Light on the Digital Dark Age Without maintenance, most digital information will be lost in just a few decades. How might we secure our data so that it survives for generations? by Adrienne Bernhard The Dead Sea scrolls, made of […]

Casey Reas discussing Feral File

It’s changed a lot, and I’m guessing it will change even more. https://artreview.com/casey-reas-and-art-after-the-crypto-crash-nft-feral-file/

Here comes Ars Electronica 2023

*If you’ve never been, I would strongly recommend going. https://ars.electronica.art/who-owns-the-truth/en/highlights/#pre-opening-walk

Adam Savage collecting bags

*Adam Savage collecting used bags while designing bags to sell. *At Share Festival we’re quite keen on bags.