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SEFT-1, the Abandoned Railways Exploration Probe arrives in London
In the second half of the 19th century, the Mexican government partnered with British companies to built the railway line that would connect Mexico City with the Atlantic Ocean. This iconic railway...
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We have the means to make you happy
The tail-wagging cat, symbol for Yellowburn. Image courtesy of Zoƫ Hough It's that time of the year again! The merry days of the Design Interactions graduation show. The final projects are as...
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Jennifer Lyn Moroneā¢ Inc, the girl who became a corporation
Image courtesy of Jennifer Lyn Moroneā¢ Inc Jennifer Lyn Morone has turned herself into a corporation and collection of marketable goods and services. Everything she is biologically and intellectually,...
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Norilsk, daily life inside an environmental disaster
Now that i've finally got some quiet and lazy time home, i can not only catch up on crime tv series but also post a few stories that have been languishing in draft limbo for far too long. Let's start...
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On the interplay between a snail and an algorithm
As promised about 100 years ago (see: FIELDS, positive visions for the future), here's another post about Fields - patterns of social, scientific, and technological transformations, an exhibition...
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Book review: Art & Ecology Now
Art & Ecology Now by Andrew Brown. Available on Amazon USA and UK. Publisher Thames & Hudson writes: 'Eco' awareness has had an enormous impact, not least in the art world. This accessible and...
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From Soviet dial-less phone to post-surveillance art. Things i've seen in...
I see far more exhibitions than i can blog (i could but i'm fairly lazy, you see.) So this morning, i went through all the photos i took in London galleries and museum in June and threw them hastily in...
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Sounds From Dangerous Places: Sonic Journalism
Peter Cusack, Bibi Heybat Oilfield, Baku, Azerbaijan Ferris wheel in Chernobyl exclusion zone. Photo Peter Cusack Peter Cusack is a field recordist, musician and researcher who has traveled to areas...
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Data Cuisine, food as data expression
Data Cuisine goes against everything i've learnt as a child: Don't play with food! Don't mix meals with political discussions! In these workshops, participants experiment with the representation of...
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Notes from the Fotofestiwal in Lodz
It took me ages to go through all the photos and bits of info scribbled all over flyers and scraps of papers but here's finally a few notes about the Fotofestiwal which closed in ÅĆ³dÅŗ a couple of weeks...
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A New Scottish Enlightenment
The date of the Scottish Independence Referendum is near. On 18 September 2014, people will be able to say whether or not they want Scotland to be an independent country. Prototype wave machine2....
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Bioartefactos. Between transgenic crops and ancestral biodiversity
The Oaxaca Valley in Mexico is regarded as the heartland of corn diversity. Not only can cultivation of the plant in the region be traced back to over 6000 years ago, it also presents the highest...
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Ghostradio, the device that produces real random numbers
Ghostradio, by Pamela Neuwirth, Franz Xaver and Markus Decker, is a physical mechanism that generates random numbers through chance. The works is an intriguing comment on the mass-surveillance of our...
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Radical Cities: Across Latin America in Search of a New Architecture
Radical Cities: Across Latin America in Search of a New Architecture, by Justin McGuirk. Available on amazon USA and UK. Publisher Verso Books writes: What makes the city of the future? How do you heal...
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Cash Rules Everything Around
Addie Wagenknecht, At least we tried, 2014. Photo Ā©Joseph Carr If you're in Dublin or anywhere near it, then this week is your last chance to see GLITCH 2014. Cash Rules Everything Around. GLITCH is...
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The City of London through the lens of conflict photography
Photo: Paolo Pellegrin, commissioned by Fiona Banner in collaboration with the Archive of Modern Conflict Mistah Kurtz - He Not Dead, 2014, Mixed media pinstripe wall drawing and framed Silver Gelatin...
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Forensic Oceanography, investigating the militarised border regime in the...
Migrants from sub-Saharan Africa await processing in the port of Tripoli after attempting to cross the Mediterranean Sea to Europe December 5, 2011. Credit: Reuters/Ismail Zitouny Forensic...
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Interview with Erik Berglin
Iconoclashes (Collaboration with Clement Valla), 2013 Birds, 2006 ongoing until 2017 Birds, 2006 ongoing until 2017 Erik Berglin is a young Swedish artist whose practice spans from interventions in...
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Ben White on Israeli Apartheid
A few months ago, Ben White gave a wonderfully eloquent lecture at Amnesty International in London. The event celebrated the new edition of the journalist's book, Israeli Apartheid: A Beginner's Guide...
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Sketches for an Earth Computer
Sketches for an Earth Computer, installation view in Riga. Image courtesy of FIELDS Yet another post about a work i discovered in RIga when i visited Fields - patterns of social, scientific, and...
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