https://www.ben-evans.com/benedictevans/2023/8/27/generative-ai-ad-intellectual-property *I really didn’t expect the venture-capital consultant to refer to Nadar. (…) Similar problems come up in art, and also some interesting cultural differences. If I ask Midjourney for an image in the style of a particular artist, some people consider this obvious and outright theft, but if you chat to the specialists at […]

Schemes of Belligerence Cian Dayrit Thursday, 14 September, 6–9 PM / English version / German version below Berlin, 22 August 2023 NOME is pleased to announce Schemes of Belligerence, Cian Dayrit’s third solo exhibition with the gallery. Cian Dayrit’s interdisciplinary practice explores the intersecting narratives of the Philippines’ complex past and present realities. Engaging ethnography, […]

*It’s her, all right. https://www.wired.it/article/grimes-vuole-morire-su-marte-intervista/

*This is a guy who can rebuild an Antikythera Device in public. *For years.

*It’s rather grand. https://calder.org/archive/all/works/

*It’s August in Italy, so nothing else is happening.

*There’s not a lot of fantascienza coverage here on the Artmaker blog, but this interview would be quite interesting to someone who knew nothing about fantascienza. https://fantascientificast-com.translate.goog/2023/08/07/marco-passarello-2/ *Also, yes, I indeed wrote a fantascienza story to support the effort here. https://medium.com/@bruces/mare-nostrum-by-bruce-sterling-2022-43fe4ed14258

*Nice kinetic piece there, unusually soft and delicate for machine-art.