Alle Verfahren der automatischen Erzeugung von Texten, Bildern, Tönen sind gepimpte Kaleidoskope. Die mit ihnen generierten Texte, Bilder und Töne mögen eine gewisse Zeit lang interessant sein, vielleicht amüsieren, sogar fesseln, doch stellt sich ab einem gewissen Punkt Ennui ein. Der Fortschritt rechnerisch …

Crappy print could be most generally characterized as a poor medium, i.e. as the opposite of what in creative industries is referred to as “rich media.” This characterization, however, does not suffice alone. On top of being poor, crappy print is the poorest among, and of, the poor media. In most cases, …

At the (Not) Jammed Poetry Night at Limestone Books Maastricht in 2022, seven writers read their poetry alongside “Scott”, a real-time printing system designed by the DuctTape Collective. Using Google’s English-language speech-to-text voice recognition system, it transcribed the spoken words in real …

In recent years there has been a growing interest in collaborative and collective practices across and beyond the arts. But what does it actually mean to work collectively? During a series of public happenings based around collectivity and being together, diverse self-organised collectives actively explored …

Partially extended and improved English version of the article 'Ontregeling als esthetische ideologie, van Marinetti via experimentele kunsten, tegencultuur, neoliberalisme tot Trump', published in Metropolis M , no. 2/2025 , p. 46-48 Freeing oneself from rules and constraints has been an important aspect …

Zich losmaken van regels was een belangrijk aspect van de kunsten in hun emancipatie van autoriteiten en regimes – zoals de emancipatie van de middeleeuwse kerk en aristocratie in de schilderkunst van de Renaissance, van de conservatieve burgerlijke cultuur in de beeldende kunst en in de tegenculturen …

Interview met Florian Cramer in de serie artikelen in Technophany’s commentaren op techno-politiehandhaving en bewaking in Frankrijk.

Interview with Florian Cramer in a series of articles in Technophany’s comments on techno-policing in France.

Welcome to the fourth special issue of the Pervasive Labour Union zine, Urgent Publishing Debris. In May 2019, the Making Public: Urgent Publishing Conference took place. Among others, it asked the following questions: -"How to realize sustainable, high-quality alternatives within this domain of post-digital …