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  1. Algorithmic content creation and the neoliberal hypercapitalism

    Writer and artist James Bridle recently posted an article on Medium in which he describes the strange and abusive world of children's youtube. The article as a whole is worth a read, and I strongly encourage you first to read that and then come back here. In short, what Bridle describes is the strange and often sick world of the postdigital condition, what I could name digital capitalism, where digital technologies are being used to quickly create content in order to get page-views to get ad clicks to get money. This maybe complicatedly sounding scheme is actually pervasive on the…

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  2. Discussions with the machine

    I am having an exhibition together with Matti Vainio at TM-gallery in Helsinki, Finland. The theme of the exhibition is the discourse between human and technology. We want to examine and question that relationship between through drawing. Patient little Malevich at work in exhibition with @matti_vainio_artist at @tmliitto gallery in Helsinki. #art #exihibition #robot #arduino #trinket #arttech #gallery #helsinki French philosopher Bernard Stiegler has called technology as a pharmacon: a drug that at the same times saves and destroys (by addiction, misuses, overuse, etc.). As technology, especially digital technology becomes ubiquitous the importance of how we live with the technology…

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  3. What's that? creative code? and some upcoming things in the US.

    During this upcoming week, I am honored to visit universities in the US. First, during Monday to Wednesday, I will be visiting Indiana University of Pennsylvania. The University has a fascinating art education department, and I am grateful to be meeting Dr. Robert Sweeny along many others there. I will also be visiting Digital Humanities department and Dr. Kenneth Sherwood to talk about creative coding. On Tuesday I will be giving two public talks -So if you can’t bare to watch the thriller that is the elections you can come and discuss how code can be used in art education…

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