edited by Felix Stalder, Janez Fakin Janša – From Commons to NFTs | Neural

Unreal Is the New Real - Tactics&Practice #15: (Un)real data - Real Effects

Data, at least until the advent of machine learning, was usually taken as the alphanumerical representation of a physical state or process, for example as a measurement or categorical designation. While there has been a lot of discussion about the accuracy or politics of such representations, the implicit assumption has always been that the physical […]

Tactics&Practice #15: (Un)real Data – Real Effects

The 15th edition of Tactics&Practice explores how the ambiguous quality of data can be used as a tool to produce real-world outcomes. Can the act of purposely creating data provide agency within data-driven systems? Is it possible to manipulate data to create specific effects? (Un)real Data – Real Effects is a programme by !Mediengruppe Bitnik […]

AI as centralizing and distancing technology | n.n. -- notes & nodes on society, technology and the space of the possible, by felix stalder

Structures of Belonging - Aksioma

► eBROCHURE (PDF)So far, many of the things we build on and with blockchains have presented themselves as new types of property enclosures. From cryptocurrencies to NFTs, decentralised ledger technology seems mostly dominated by the asset logic of financialisation. But the landscape of blockchain-enabled digital culture is fantastically diverse and can encode much more than a […]