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Ground Truth – Turning economic abstraction into a physical experience
Ground Truth is a device that attaches to any Citi Bike. It uses GPS to look up corresponding hyperlocal rent burden data to change the pedal resistance. Higher the share of residents’ incomes, greater the bike’s resistance.
The Square Is – The Zero Point of Software
A native iPhone application and a work of software art inspired by Kazimir Malevich's Black Square (1915). The app presents users with a single challenge: leave your phone completely untouched for one hour.
Geom – Architecture of Determinism
Geom is the new music video for [TCA 70] Musical Architecture I / II — by Yaporigami, and a project documenting a process built entirely from math and geometry.
Constructed Atmosphere – Reframing light as the primary agent in defining space
Constructed Atmosphere explores light as a phenomenon, and envisions architecture as a continuous modulation of light and darkness – light is seen as a spatial medium rather than a tool of illumination.
Bases – An experimental numeral system font family
Bases is an experimental mathematical ligature font that converts our normal number system into other numeral systems - binary, ternary, and so on, up to base-10 (our current system, 0-9).
Public Record – Brass Plates, Black Pages
Public Record uses a pen plotter to draw Luxembourg’s registered companies, revealing the physical infrastructure of its financial industry: brass-plate addresses and single buildings hosting thousands of entities on a mailbox.
Replica – Toward an actionable representation of algorithmic identity
Replica is a device that turns your algorithmic data profile — the version of you that exists across platforms — into something you can see, touch, and reshape.
To Find What You Are Not Looking For – World is not an object but a field passing through us
A series of acrylic paintings by Troika that explore machine vision turned back toward the terrains that produced it through the material of its vision — glass, copper, lithium, labour, and extraction.
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  • Ground Truth – Turning economic abstraction into a physical experience
    Ground Truth is a device that attaches to any Citi Bike. It uses GPS to look up corresponding hyperlocal rent burden data to change the pedal resistance. Higher the share of residents’ incomes, greater the bike’s resistance.
    The Square Is – The Zero Point of Software
    A native iPhone application and a work of software art inspired by Kazimir Malevich's Black Square (1915). The app presents users with a single challenge: leave your phone completely untouched for one hour.
    Geom – Architecture of Determinism
    Geom is the new music video for [TCA 70] Musical Architecture I / II — by Yaporigami, and a project documenting a process built entirely from math and geometry.
    Constructed Atmosphere – Reframing light as the primary agent in defining space
    Constructed Atmosphere explores light as a phenomenon, and envisions architecture as a continuous modulation of light and darkness – light is seen as a spatial medium rather than a tool of illumination.
    Bases – An experimental numeral system font family
    Bases is an experimental mathematical ligature font that converts our normal number system into other numeral systems - binary, ternary, and so on, up to base-10 (our current system, 0-9).
    Public Record – Brass Plates, Black Pages
    Public Record uses a pen plotter to draw Luxembourg’s registered companies, revealing the physical infrastructure of its financial industry: brass-plate addresses and single buildings hosting thousands of entities on a mailbox.
    Replica – Toward an actionable representation of algorithmic identity
    Replica is a device that turns your algorithmic data profile — the version of you that exists across platforms — into something you can see, touch, and reshape.
    To Find What You Are Not Looking For – World is not an object but a field passing through us
    A series of acrylic paintings by Troika that explore machine vision turned back toward the terrains that produced it through the material of its vision — glass, copper, lithium, labour, and extraction.
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  • AirForce – Animatronics structures from a single tube
    AirForce is a fabrication system that allows users to create large-scale, load-bearing animated structures from a single inflatable tube.

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    Titles Ground Truth – Turning economic abstr...
    Ground Truth is a device that attaches to any Citi Bike. It uses GPS to look up corresponding hyperlocal rent burden data to change the pedal resistance. Higher the share of residents’ incomes, greater the bike’s resistance.
    , The Square Is – The Zero Point of Sof...
    A native iPhone application and a work of software art inspired by Kazimir Malevich's Black Square (1915). The app presents users with a single challenge: leave your phone completely untouched for one hour.
    , Geom – Architecture of Determinism
    Geom is the new music video for [TCA 70] Musical Architecture I / II — by Yaporigami, and a project documenting a process built entirely from math and geometry.
    , Constructed Atmosphere – Reframing li...
    Constructed Atmosphere explores light as a phenomenon, and envisions architecture as a continuous modulation of light and darkness – light is seen as a spatial medium rather than a tool of illumination.
    , Bases – An experimental numeral syste...
    Bases is an experimental mathematical ligature font that converts our normal number system into other numeral systems - binary, ternary, and so on, up to base-10 (our current system, 0-9).
    , Public Record – Brass Plates, Black P...
    Public Record uses a pen plotter to draw Luxembourg’s registered companies, revealing the physical infrastructure of its financial industry: brass-plate addresses and single buildings hosting thousands of entities on a mailbox.
    , Replica – Toward an actionable repres...
    Replica is a device that turns your algorithmic data profile — the version of you that exists across platforms — into something you can see, touch, and reshape.
    , To Find What You Are Not Looking For ...
    A series of acrylic paintings by Troika that explore machine vision turned back toward the terrains that produced it through the material of its vision — glass, copper, lithium, labour, and extraction.
    , AirForce – Animatronics structures fr...
    AirForce is a fabrication system that allows users to create large-scale, load-bearing animated structures from a single inflatable tube.
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    V6 Development Log (07/2026)
    Two months, four big wins: Archives Browser rebuilt with a 3D Semantic Space, API docs reborn as an interactive browser with a new Search API, Activity turns one year old, hits 2.1.0 and gets faster with in-app Search + Liquid Glass.
  • D29/07/2026
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  • Patternflow – An Open-Source LED Synthesizer Reinterpreting Participation TV
    Patternflow, an open-source LED synthesizer by Seunghun Lee, reimagines Nam June Paik's Participation TV (1963) — four knobs reshape light patterns in real time, and others are already building and sharing their own.
  • D13/07/2026
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  • Why Creativity Cannot Be Interpolated
    AI systems can produce individually novel outputs, but novelty alone is not creativity. They argue that genuine creativity requires respect for constraints and that current AI systems lack this capacity.
  • D06/06/2026
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  • Unlawful by design: Exposing the human rights costs of generative AI
    Amnesty International brief examining how standalone generative AI systems, based on unlawful web scraping, are in conflict with international human rights law (IHRL) and standards through their design, development and deployment.
  • D06/06/2026
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  • V6 Development Log (05/2026)
    Activity iOS V2 is out! Members can join CAN, manage, and renew accounts in-app. Non-members can browse the feed without an account. Plus, seamless logins, instant loading, data export, plus many bug fixes and UX improvements.
  • D28/05/2026
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  • May
    07
  • 15/08/2026
  • LBarcelona
  • Auntiescapes solo exhibition by niceaunties
    In her ongoing AI-driven world-building project Auntieverse, niceaunties explores the cultural archetype of the auntie, that, in many Asian societies, is both a familial title and a social label, carrying assumptions about age, personality, and societal roles. From its inception, Auntieverse has evolved thematically and formally, transitioning from explorations of...
    Mar
    03
  • 16/08/2026
  • LVienna
  • CExhibition
  • The Craftocene – SUPERFLUX
    Displayed alongside artefacts from the museum’s collection, SUPERFLUX reflect on five years of studio research into the complex, interconnected challenges of our time, positioning ecological reconciliation as a condition for societal transformation, and the irreducible intelligence of the living world as a source of hope.
    Aug
    25
  • 30/08/2026
  • LMontréal
  • CFestival
  • MUTEK Montréal 2026
    27th edition of MUTEK Montréal continues to amplify and resonate digital and sonic imaginaries, creating new connections between artists, audiences, and communities.
    May
    21
  • 06/09/2026
  • LLondon
  • CExhibition
  • In Other Worlds – Liam Young
    First UK solo exhibition (Barbican) by artist and director Liam Young, featuring the world premiere of a newly commissioned film by Young for the Barbican, World Machine (2026). Bringing together real-life footage and CGI, World Machine visualises an AI future in which a planetary-scale supercomputer is created, and all of...
    Sep
    10
  • 11/09/2026
  • LParis
  • CConference
  • Three.Js Conference
    The first-ever conference dedicated entirely to Three.js –– 2 days to connect, swap ideas, and learn from the people building things on the web.
    Topics
    algorithmAlgorithm is a finite sequence of rigorous instructions, typically used to solve a class of specific problems or to perform a computation – Wikipedia.
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    artificial-intelligenceArtificial Intelligence describes a field that develops and studies methods and software which enable machines to perceive their environment and uses learning and intelligence to take actions that maximize their chances of achieving defined goals – Wikipedia.
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    cameraA camera is an instrument used to capture and store images and videos, either digitally via an electronic image sensor, or chemically via a light-sensitive material such as photographic film – Wikipedia.
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    data-visualisationData visualisation is an interdisciplinary field that deals with the graphic (or physical) representation of data.
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    environmentEnvironment, or built world, refers to the human-made environment that provides the setting for activity, ranging in scale from installations to buildings.
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    filmA film is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images.
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    generativeThe term 'Generative' describes a process, in whole or in part, that is created using an autonomous system. An autonomous system in this context is generally non-human and can independently determine features that would otherwise require decisions made by the author/creator.
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    installationInstallation describes large-scale, mixed-media constructions, often designed for a specific place or for a temporary period of time.
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    interfaceAn interface is a shared boundary across which two or more separate components of a system of exchange information. The exchange can be between software, computer hardware, peripheral devices, humans, animal-world, nature and combinations of these.
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    kinectKinect is a discontinued line of motion sensing input devices produced by Microsoft and first released in 2010. The devices generally contain RGB cameras, and infrared projectors and detectors that map depth through either structured light or time of flight calculations, which can in turn be used to perform real-time gesture recognition and body skeletal detection, among other capabilities.
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    networkA network may describe any form of an interconnected group or system, whether in computation or nature.
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    nftA non-fungible token (NFT) is a non-interchangeable unit of data stored on a blockchain, a form of digital ledger, that can be sold and traded. Types of NFT data units may be associated with digital files such as photos, videos, and applications.
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    objectAn object is a thing that has physical existence but is not alive.
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    particlesIn the physical sciences, a particle is a small localized object which can be described by several physical or chemical properties, such as volume, density, or mass. In computation, it is mostly used as a point that may have a position and vector.
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    patternA pattern is a regularity in the world, in human-made design, or in abstract ideas. As such, the elements of a pattern repeat in a predictable manner.
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    projectionA projection is a design technique used to display a three-dimensional object on a two-dimensional surface. Similarly it describes a way of displaying two-dimensional information in a physical space by using light.
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    roboticsRobotics is an interdisciplinary branch of engineering and science that includes mechanical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering, computer science, and others.
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    sculptureSculpture is the three-dimensional art work which is physically presented in the dimensions of height, width and depth.
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    simulationA simulation is an imitative representation of a process or system that could exist in the real or speculative world.
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    socialOn CAN we refer to things as "social" when they facilitate the creation, sharing and aggregation of content, ideas, interests, and other forms of expression through different forms of communities and networks.
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    theoryA theory is a rational type of abstract thinking about a phenomenon, or the results of such thinking.
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    typographyTypography is the technique of arranging type to make written language legible, readable and appealing when displayed.
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    Künstlerischer Mitarbeiterin (w/m/d/x) (Artistic Associate) at Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design
    Seeking an Artistic Associate for the 'Mighty Maker Machines' project in Halle, Germany. The part-time role focuses on organizing and teaching formats that merge AI technology with foundational des...
  • D30/07/2026
  • CJob
  • SActive
  • Tgermany, halle, teaching,
  • Project Manager at oio
    A small but highly curated team tackling deeply challenging briefs for high-stakes projects are looking for a Project Manager.
  • D28/07/2026
  • CJob
  • SActive
  • Tbarcelona, eu, producer,
  • Senior Lecturer Creative Computing at Creative Computing Institute, UAL
    As Senior Lecturer in Creative Computing, you will be responsible for teaching, curriculum development, and on-going scholarship on the UAL Diploma Creative Computing
  • D03/07/2026
  • CJob
  • SActive
  • Tlondon, teaching, uk,
  • Director, Center for Collaborative Arts and Media (CCAM) at Yale College
    CCAM in New Haven are looking for a Director to provide strategic and operational leadership, articulating a compelling vision for the center at Yale College and beyond.
  • D28/05/2026
  • CJob
  • SExpired
  • Tnew haven, other,
  • Design Magazine CA 287 – The Tools Issue: The Expanded Toolkit
    This issue explores the expanding toolkit of contemporary design practice, highlighting the tools, systems, and methodologies that shape how designers think, work, and create.
  • D03/08/2026
  • CBook
  • Inventing ELIZA – How the First Chatbot Shaped the Future of AI
    Inventing ELIZA offers the first comprehensive critical analysis of Joseph Weizenbaum’s groundbreaking chatbot system through the lens of critical code studies.
  • D13/07/2026
  • CBook
  • Art Against the Machine – Untrapping Life from Profit-Driven Tech Dependency
    Art Against the Machine inquires into the role of art and theory in relation to the hybridist idea that a distinction between nature and culture, between humans and technologies, and between nature and technologies should not be made.
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  • Living in the Simulacra – How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Baudrillard
    This book uses the concept of the simulacra, as developed by Plato, Deleuze, and Baudrillard, as an overarching framework to explore how the digital landscape has transformed our understanding of reality.
    Play the System – Parametric Approaches in Graphic Design
    Play the System demonstrates, through selected examples from design history and academic teaching, how even minimal changes to individual parameters open up space for variation, experimentation, and surprise.
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  • Latentscape – Franz Rosati
    Created by Franz Rosati, 'Latentscape' depicts exploration of virtual landscapes and territories, supported by music generated by machine learning tools trained on traditional, folk and pop music with no temporal and cultural limitations.
    Returning the Gaze – Perpetual (male)surveillance
    Created by Behnaz Farahi, ‘Returning the Gaze’ explores the complicity of the fashion industry with female objectification and sexual harassment. Comprised of a female model wearing a spacesuit-like outfit and accompanied by four robotic arms, the...
    Kykeon – a virtual reality trilogy that aims to expand audience perceptions through shamanism, dance and data
    Kykeon is an immersive experience that intersects contemporary dance, art and VR technology to offer glimpses of a hidden world––through the eyes of a shaman.
    Fallback – Alternative platform for real-time news during Internet shutdowns
    Created by Khulood Alawadi, Yi-fan Hsieh, Bahareh Saboktakin and Qifan Zhao at the RCA (Design Engineering, Future Interaction, 2019), 'Fallback' is an alternative platform for providing access to real-time news during times of Internet shutdown.
    Learning To See – Making deep neural network predictions on live camera input
    Latest in the series of experiments and explorations into neural networks by Memo Akten is a pre-trained deep neural network able to make predictions on live camera input – trying to make sense of what it sees, in context of what it’s seen before.
    The Lost Passage
    The Lost Passage is an interactive experience for the web that creates a new digital home for an extinct species called passenger pigeon. It’s a digitally crafted world of a swarm of artificial pigeons, which seem to be inhabiting a sublime yet de...
    Putting The Pieces Back Together Again – The order of chaos
    Created by Ralf Baecker, Putting The Pieces Back Together Again is an artistic investigation and meditation about complex systems and scientific methodology. Consisting of 1250 stepper motors arranged in a two dimensional grid, each motor in the i...
    Lumen – Mixed reality storytelling device
    Created by Arvind Sanjeev, Lumen is a mixed reality storytelling device that lets users explore AR/VR content without being confined to headsets or mobile devices.
    Ghost City – Video installation by Hugo Arcier
    Created by Hugo Arcier, Ghost City is a video installation reinterpreting the set of the very popular game Grand Theft Auto V. The spectator is plunged into an environment without any population using the camera's front clipping plane as a tool to...
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