Bei feindseliger Architektur geht es nicht nur um Parkbänke. Es geht um die Linien, die wir auf Karten zeichnen, und um den Stahl, den wir in den Boden rammen.

◤ GRENZEN SIND FEINDSELIG.

Eine Erkundung der Schnittstelle zwischen Design und Geopolitik.

#hostilearchitecture #nonationsnoborders #criticaldesign #streetwear

Finally sat down and read Afonso Matos' thesis "Who Can Afford To Be Critical" published by Set Margins. The critical stance it takes on #criticalDesign itself is refreshing and the conversations between students really spoke to my frustration as a graduate from 1y ago. While newly graduated designers might feel most at home with the contents, this book is interesting for any designer.
#setmargins

What a marvel!
Let’s hope no semiologist gets hurt reading this piece :)

Art is becoming increasingly essential in asserting our cultural autonomy against a technological determinism that, more often than not, exists solely in the minds of those who take the Gartner Hype Cycle as gospel and the marketing of major consulting firms as sacred writ.

The space of critique is our salvation.
The future is a space for self-determination.

[Link to article: Meet the Artist Using Ritual Magic to Trap Self-Driving Cars – Vice]

https://www.vice.com/en/article/meet-the-artist-using-ritual-magic-to-trap-self-driving-cars-2/

#ArtAsResistance #CriticalDesign #TechnologicalDeterminism #CulturalAutonomy #SpeculativeArt #AIArt #TechCriticism #FutureIsNow #SelfDrivingCars #RitualMagic #ContemporaryArt #AutonomyVsAutomation #DigitalCulture #PostDigitalArt

Meet the Artist Using Ritual Magic to Trap Self-Driving Cars

Well, it's actually science, but for James Bridle science and magic aren't that distinct.

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Nudge FORGOOD | Behavioural Public Policy | Cambridge Core

Nudge FORGOOD - Volume 6 Issue 1

Cambridge Core
Quietly pleased and excited to see a review of my #ConspiracyCapitaliser in the latest edition of
@neural magazine. #AIart #criticaldesign #counterism
CAA - Hangzhou / Quanzhou, 2024

Explore this photo album by d_&_r on Flickr!

Flickr
Me again, with my hands at Thingscon in Rotterdam, still shiteing on about the #conspiracycapitaliser and all the dangers of impending #AI #ChatGPT disinformation that await our analogue brains. Must build something new soon.
#criticaldesign
#adversarialdesign
#nieuweinstituut
TESCREALism: The Acronym Behind Our Wildest AI Dreams and Nightmares

To understand the divide between AI boosters and doomers, one must unpack their common origins in a bundle of ideologies known as TESCREAL.

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