Turinese self-driving cars — maybe

*An interesting article in WIRED USA, but it’s unclear how any such scheme would actually happen. You’d have to pity a robot in the midst of Italian human drivers. https://www.wired.com/story/60-italian-mayors-want-to-be-the-unlikely-solution-to-self-driving-cars-in-europe/ 60 Italian Mayors Want to Be the Unlikely Solution to Self-Driving Cars in Europe A network of local officials in Italy want to turn their […]

Archival handmade sci-fi prop

They’re proud that it’s not 3DPrinted, and also that it’s outside the Hollywood studio system and the conventional prop collector market. They’re made on demand for connoisseurs. https://youtu.be/_jGd5k5l–E?si=WlCJOYrMpZhv4mbD

September: Ars Electronica Animation Festival 2025

https://youtu.be/0o4wevl2Sl4?si=kVRxQzcd-BBfDUbv

Italian tool scholar and his massive collection

https://youtu.be/I2j0EfE_g7k?si=XorTzpLWo-b7R60-

Meanwhile, in Santa Fe, New Mexico

*The Southwestern equivalent of Share Festival.

Meanwhile, at NEURAL magazine

“What is real?” (Neural #76) is still available! Only subscribers will get the artists’ intervention: Destructive Circuits by Dani Ploeger, an envelope of hacked everyday digital technologies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Print Subscription, 3 […]

Transmediale residencies

After a more than lovely open studio marking the close of our residency month, we are announcing two major open calls. Applications are now open for our 2026 residency programmes and for the curatorial role of the 2027 transmediale exhibition. AI replica girlfriends, Discord lurking, and the affective dimensions of rhythm – this year’s open […]

Replicated props are much harder than original props

*It makes sense. https://youtu.be/hD7UfaFLUPQ?si=aXz_atlPvsr1zwyS

Rebuilding extinct humans with contemporary media techniques

https://youtu.be/XlIt8_1AqiA?si=bU_6mwSET-Y0aoHj

The Barocelli Multitool in its museum

*It must have been in that museum for much longer than it was ever used as a multitool, before it was buried in a Roman necropolis. It was unseen in that grave for about 1,700 years.