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We feature contemporary works, projects, manifestos, exhibitions, events, festivals, conferences and all artistic practices that engage with new technologies and critical thinking. The ideas and behaviours that arise in these ever expanding creative territories are most relevant when shared, explored and cross-fertilised with those from other areas of life so our articles offer an extensive, critical, cultural overview; drawing on ideas from academic, artistic and technical practices in the context of our networked community.

Backdoored: An interview with Nye Thompson

How much can users really know about the functioning of the cameras which are embedded in their devices? Backdoored, Nye Thompson's recent work, explores the role of softbots in a world of smart objects and unsecured surveillance cameras. Millicent Hawk interviews the artist on the technology, aesthetics and universal conditions that make this work both compelling and uneasy at once.

By Millicent Hawk - 05/11/2016

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A review of William Kentridge’s ‘Thick Time’ written in words of but one syllable.

A review of William Kentridge’s ‘Thick Time’ at the Whitechapel Gallery, London, written in words of but one syllable. By Michael Szpakowski.

By Michael Szpakowski - 31/10/2016

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Remembering loops: interview with Nicolas Sassoon

Filippo Lorenzin interviews Nicolas Sassoon, a Vancouver-based artist making use of early computer imaging processes to render fantastical visions of architectures, landscapes and domestic environments. His latest work, INDEX, has been presented on the homepage of Rhizome in the first weeks of October.

By Filippo Lorenzin - 27/10/2016

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Soviet or Internet - Cyberneticists in Hell

Why was there not to be a Soviet Internet? Can the roots of today's Internet be connected to the ideologies of capitalism? Baruch Gottlieb reviews and questions Benjamin Peters’ book "How to Network a Nation".

By Baruch Gottlieb - 19/10/2016

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Soviet Utopian Past in the Critical Present: Power and Architecture

In Power and Architecture, the post-Soviet city and utopian public space was used as a critical framework with which to discuss issues related to the Russian contemporary culture and identity. Molly Hankwitz reviews the exhibition that was presented as a sequence of four interconnected installments in Calvert 22.

By Molly Hankwitz - 12/10/2016

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A Contemporary Delphic Oracle: The Church of Big Data

An essay on waiting for the technological rapture in the church of big data. Marloes de Valk writes about the paralysing effect of hiding the human hand in software through anthropomorphising computers and dehumanising ourselves.

By Marloes de Valk - 04/10/2016

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Sculpting the Internet | On Digital Materiality- exhibition by Jan Robert Leegte

What does it mean to think and act as a sculptor on the net? Artist, Jan Robert Leegte has been reflecting on this question since before the invention of Web 2.0. His solo (online) exhibition at Carroll / Fletcher Onscreen is the right opportunity to discover its peculiar research.

By Filippo Lorenzin - 16/09/2016

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The tireless enchantment of technological sorcery | Ars Electronica 2016 Review

A participant asks how Ars Electronica, one of the longest standing and biggest media arts festivals in the world, has found itself so far distanced from the political concerns surrounding technology?

By KissMyArs - 14/09/2016

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The War On Cash

Banks, governments, credit card companies and fintech evangelists all want us to believe a cashless future is inevitable and good. But this isn't a frictionless utopia says Brett Scott, and it's time to fight back.

By BrettScott - 08/09/2016

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contesting/contexting SPORT 2016: Interview with Zeljko Blace

Josephine Bosma interviews Zeljko Blace on his involvement in the exhibition and program 'contesting/contexting SPORT 2016' and discusses how it contests the field of SPORT through critical art and activist practices.

By Josephine Bosma - 31/08/2016

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