How can art help us navigate a new age of technological revolutions?

How can art help us navigate a new age of technological revolutions?

In 1968, the ICA hosted an exhibition titled Cybernetic Serendipity, showcasing artists’ experiments with new technologies, including robots, algorithms, and computer graphics. ā€œBringing together composers, artists, filmmakers, engineers, scientists, and academics, the exhibition sparked a dialogue, spanning multiple continents, about the relationship between technology and the arts,ā€ writes Ruth Mackenzie, director of arts at the…

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ā€˜Girl EDM’ artist Ninajirachi wants to have sex with her computer

ā€˜Girl EDM’ artist Ninajirachi wants to have sex with her computer

ā€œI wanna fuck my computer,ā€ states a deadpan Ninajirachi on the aptly titled ā€œFuck my Computerā€, her debut album’s second single. What might first read as a tongue-in-cheek lyric becomes significantly more profound when nested in an album exploring early-internet culture, online trauma, and technology’s impact on human creativity.Ā  Nina Wilson, aka Ninajirachi, is a…

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Bianca Saunders: ā€˜There’s still that pressure to do the expected’

Bianca Saunders: ā€˜There’s still that pressure to do the expected’

Back in April, Bianca Saunders launched 38 Love Lane. Created in collaboration with Amsterdam-based photographer Kwabena Sekyi Appiah-Nti, the zine explored Saunders’ Jamaican heritage, returning to the country for a series of intimate shoots, and featuring contributions from the writer Jordan Anderson and her mother Yvonne. This past weekend, to celebrate Jamaican Independence Day, Saundershellip;…

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Celine Song on Materialists: ā€˜It’s about how capitalism entered our hearts’

Celine Song on Materialists: ā€˜It’s about how capitalism entered our hearts’

For the first minute of Materialists, there’s no image on screen, just a sound design evoking a horror movie. As the rustling increases, the words ā€œKILLER FILMSā€ flash on screen – coincidentally, the name of a production company – and then we’re with cavepeople in what appears to be a recreation of 2001: A Space…

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ā€˜I live and die in chrome’: Nail artist Angel My Linh’s maximalist mission

ā€˜I live and die in chrome’: Nail artist Angel My Linh’s maximalist mission

The Dazed Beauty Community is our ever-expanding encyclopaedia of creatives and emerging talent from across the world who are redefining the way we think about beauty. Discover themĀ here. Scrolling through nail artist Angel My Linh’s Instagram feed feels like a Y2K daydream that you don’t want to snap out of: waves of cherry chromehellip; read…

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