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Category Archives: future

STATE OF PALESTINE

Governmental documents serve the explicit correlation of identity and affiliation. Palestinian artist Khaled Jarrar uses these attributes as samples for alternative models of identity and anticipates the existence of a state, which until now is mere utopia. He created a passport stamp for the State of Palestine, challenging the Israeli border regime, which he stamps [...]

A BAD IDEA FROM THE LAND OF IDEAS

This one is in eigener Sache, as we say, as in: it’s personal – and it’s political. German government prides itself in supporting innovation, in promoting Germany as a ‘Land of Ideas’, and in nurturing the famous Mittelstand – the small companies and budding freelancers that push boundaries, develop new ideas and approaches. And a [...]

… AND EUROPE WILL BE STUNNED!

The Jewish Renaissance Movement in Poland (JRMiP) calls for the return of 3,300,000 Jews to Poland in order to re-establish the annihilated Jewish community. The movement was initiated by Israeli-born artist Yael Bartana in 2007 and has since spread internationally. It aims to create an atmosphere for a Jewish appearance in Europe. The Jews of [...]

Glitch hunt

So what do you think of The New Aesthetic?

the book of the future

The book of the future will be precious. But meanwhile, meet Nelson, Coupland, and Alice — the faces of tomorrow’s today’s book.

Tag der Weltmaschine – day of the world machine (LHC)

Quarks, neutrinos and other nerdy stuff – you might not know what you missed. Yesterday was the official ‘Tag der Weltmaschine’ – Day of the World Machine (LHC) – and  your chance to go and see where the Big Bang happens: Experience Die Weltmaschine live! Better still: you can still do this if you happen [...]

THE KLING KLANG MACHINES ARE BACK

Since their performance at the Venice Beinnale in 2005, Kraftwerk’s multimedia shows were also seen as a kind of artistic performance.
Within the context of a multi-channel 3D video installation specially developed for the Kunstbau, Kraftwerk will be holding three concerts in the Munich Alten Kongresshalle – which are of course sold out..! To crown it [...]

APPLEFUL

As the Internet abounds with obituaries on Apple mastermind Steve Jobs, The New York Times gathered an excellent overview of all patents to Jobs’ name, profiling just how influential Apple really was in the past 20 years.

APPLELESS

NETWORKING TOMORROW’S ART FOR AN UNKNOWN FUTURE

Sounds good – it’s the mission motto of THE ICAS SUITE (ICAS: International Cities of Advanced Sound). Founded by Berlin festival CTM, 30 organisations and festivals on 5 continents joined forces to (co-)create projects and foster discourse, and thereby promote artistic development at the interface of music, art, technology and society. During the second Berlin [...]