The Indestructible Record Company was an American record label that existed between 1907 and 1922. They traded in the earliest commercial medium for recording and reproducing sound, and for a brief moment represented, literally, the cutting technological edge in mass entertainment. …

The Veiled Prophet of Khorassan was an impostor. J.L. Borges describes him as a masked avenger of unbearable beauty, but in actual fact the man whose name was Hakim, born in the land of Turkestan, a desert man, of voice so sweet for it contrasted with the gruesome mask, who…

“That’s not me making that noise, it’s the mask!” Candace Payne, the Chewbacca Mom 1. The arrival of Virtual Reality as a mainstream storytelling medium raised all kinds of questions. Most of them were and continue to be asked about the internet in general, and about games and interactive fiction…

Much has already been said and much will continue to surface on our media feeds in the future about Dave Chappelle’s “Sticks & Stones” Netflix special. The commentary ranges from admiration and surprise to shock and outrage. …

Aguarda-nos a escolha entre a vida no espaço, a sobrevivência num planeta mutante, relatórios de estatísticas intímas, consultórios de pesquisas últimas, desastres pestilentos, dilemas morais, o controlo do futuro e a pesada e sincera luz do dia. A previsão é atroz. 1. Atraso No primeiro momento, Nils Aall Barricelli chegou…

#micronetworks is a public conversation about the future of networked communication. The emergence and evolution of distributed, blockchain-based global communication protocols raises important questions about how cultural producers can participate and thrive in digital systems. Early 21st century communication platforms like Google and Facebook have stabilized their business models around the…

#micronetworks is a public conversation about the future of networked communication. The emergence and evolution of distributed, blockchain-based global communication protocols raises important questions about how cultural producers can participate and thrive in digital systems. Early 21st century communication platforms like Google and Facebook have stabilized their business models around the…

After the network, on top of it, are digital platforms. They are vertical arrangements, interconnected and global, at war and in collaboration with each other. They embody the governing logic and the technical infrastructure of the emerging geopolitical disorder. …

The invisible tourist walks around town making promises he can’t keep. It’s an old habit, he’s an old man. The recorder in his pocket knows the method: walk purposely, but not as if you have some place to be at, walk like there is someone you want to meet…