From Interaction to Agency
The 21st century will enter history books as the starting point of the post-virtual era: an age in which networks have become so present in everyday life, and the digitization of culture so…
Writing
Information Curation
Among the many terms and roles born with Web 2.0, information curator deserves attention. This discussion, virtually—if not entirely—absent from media art, where debates about online…
Pirates: Dissidents of the New Order
I recently wrote about the controversy surrounding the removal of the Creative Commons license from the Ministry of Culture, the privatization of culture, and the importance of creating…
Off the Axis, Away from Home, Among Pirates
I am taking part in the 2nd Latin American Photography Forum, which begins at Itaú Cultural (São Paulo) on the 20th. The event, titled Fora do Eixo, Fora de Casa, is coordinated by Iatã…
Technophagic Emergence
Today I presented my paper at the Latin American Forum at ISEA 2010 about Creative and Critical Trends of Digital Culture in Brazil. Here are the paper, the slides, and the PDF.…
Contemporary Art After Digital Media
Today I am giving a presentation at The Creators Project. I was supposed to give an overview of digital art. I am increasingly convinced that this term has expired. As have Art &…
Seven Pieces of Advice for a Young Designer
The second issue of Tecnologias Cognitivas is devoted to Digital Design and Networks. The issue is edited by Lucia Leão, who interviewed me about my professional path, concepts and…
Video After the Tube
Gary Hill, 58, is a leading figure in contemporary art. His work is a touchstone in the history of media art. Born in California, he has been developing video projects since the 1970s.In…
Spaces of contemporary art
Spaces of contemporary art was the topic I was invited to speak about at Red Bull House of Art, at the invitation of the curators, Lucas Bambozzi e Maria Monteiro. I was there at a…
From a critique of use to the critical use of media
Yesterday, at the Digital Culture Forum, I presented some ideas about what I consider the conditions for digital art’s existence. Daniel Hora published such a good summary of my talk that I…