The Electronic Frontier Foundation has compiled a list of gadget “species” under threat of extinction. Endangered gizmos highlights […]
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Reverse Engineers, an exhibition that takes place on Feb. 19 – March 19, at the Carnegie Art Center, […]
The Security section of Transmediale exhibition examines “Technology for security”, the one used to fight “evil”. MAKROLAB – […]
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The Shelter section of the Transmediale exhibit explores how technology can contribute to render the situation of disadvantaged […]
Next to the installation of the Corporate Fallout Detector, by James Patten, (it was great fun to test […]
Stand By Your Guns, by Brooklyn-based artist Jillian McDonald, is a website and CD-Rom that confronts us with […]
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An upcoming exhibition in London will show that knitting has become a politically engaged artform, from knitted sex […]
Lucy Hibburd, of Falmouth College of Arts (UK), made a project aimed at raising awareness about genetic modification. […]
TellBush An Experiment In Telephonic Democracy. you call 1.800.734.1463 and leave GWB a voice message. The message gets […]
The Center for the Study of Political Graphics is the largest collection of Post World War II graphics […]
microRevolt projects investigate the dawn of sweatshops in early industrial capitalism to inform the current crisis of global […]
Taking in account that pigs can be ideal pets, it might be time to question the idea of […]
Biojewelry , developed by Tobie Kerridge and Nikki Stott, combines biotech and design to give a new emphasis […]
Elizabeth Stephens and Annie Sprinkle were angry when the California Supreme Court stopped gay weddings just one day […]
The radiogrades, by French artist France Cadet, is a morphological, annatomical and biological study of a new animal […]
Everything’s nice with American rice, by Sydney-based artist Nigel Helyer, proposes, in a playful but critical way, a […]
Groups in Germany and Austria have launched campaigns protesting the commercialization of Christmas. The main target is Santa, […]
Bioartists Marion Laval-Jeantet and Benoît Mangin from Art Orienté Objet question manipulation of living creatures by science and […]
In 2001, on the request of Temporary Services , Angelo, an American incarcerated artist, wrote “Prisoners’ Inventions“, some […]
ROBORIADA is a video game-like performance, created by artists Boryana Dragoeva and Oleg Mavromatti, where two Robo-Sapienses (human […]
James Patten, a Ph.D. candidate in the Tangible Media Group at MIT’s Media Lab, has invented the Corporate […]
“almost certified (grade A noise for non-discerning consumers)”, by Kelli Cain and Brian Crabtree, is a mechanical sound […]
WALK is a public intervention by Constantin Demner taking place in the area of Spitalfields, East London. Frames […]
The Power of the Mind 2 / “I Hear Denmark Singing”, by Copenhagen-based artist Mogens Jacobsen, takes a […]
The installation lies, all lies , by Hannes Nehls, tries to create an awareness for media made manipulations […]
The work of Lucy Orta, one of my favourite artists, is shown at the On Conceptual Clothing exhibition […]
Public Broadcast Cart, by Ricardo Miranda Zuñiga (author of Vagamundo), is a shopping cart equipped with a microphone, […]
On Nov. 21, the first day on which MoMA collects its $20 admissions charge, The Homeless Museum (a […]
I’m so glad Jonah Brucker-Cohen is out of the hospital –mind you, it’s not just because he’s such […]
Endangered Sounds is a project started last year by Garth Paine –artist and head of Electronic Arts at […]
Dr. Robert M. Nelson is neither conspiracy theorist nor midnight blogger, but a senior research scientist for NASA […]
The Temporary Travel Office offers services relating to tourism and technology aimed at exploring the non-rational connections existing […]
Nintendo of America imposes a rather strict policy of “censorship” over video games. Japanese versions are purged from […]
Transparency International, a non-governmental organisation fighting corruption worldwide, has just released its Corruption Perceptions Index that ranks countries […]
The Patriotic Art series by Your Art Here are four art billboards displayed on privately-owned buildings in Indianapolis. […]
Vagamundo is a mobile public art project, designed by Ricardo Miranda Zuñiga, for on the street interaction to […]
P2P Politics website enables you to select video clips that best express your view of the U.S. presidential […]
Tad Hirsch, from MIT’s Media Lab and TxtMob, has adapted a desktop version of the iSee Project for […]
The FBI has shut down some 20 sites which were part of Indymedia, the alternative media network representing […]
Scott Dadich, creative director of Texas Monthly, analyses the visual messages of the two Presidential candidates, their design […]