At the center of the exhibition will be 𝒍𝒐𝒂𝒎, a sculpture created by re|thread.
We fetched the open source contributors of all software used in the exhibited artworks, from Linux to p5.js. More than 100k names are displayed, on screens and devices from different eras.
𝑨 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒔𝒐 𝒅𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒑𝒂𝒔𝒕, by Steve Ashby, reinterprets color scale data of video sources as control sources for sound creation via note selection, amplitude modulation, and other parameters.
𝑨𝒑𝒐𝒄𝒓𝒚𝒑𝒉, by Nicolas Boillot (@fluate), explores the implications of artificial intelligence imitating human learning and creativity. Can AI fully replace human authors, or does it produce unidentifiable, dubious, or fraudulent works?
𝑫𝒆𝒂𝒓 𝑨𝒊, by Fred Wordie, showcases a selection of AI-written letters; Each penned using algorithmic generated handwriting and inviting us to ask whether "I miss you" scrawled on the back of a postcard is worth more than 5000 words of AI love?
𝑮𝒍𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒆𝒏, by Jonas Johansson, reflects the artist's connection to his seaside hometown and the bittersweet anticipation of life without his father, a painter of light who inspired him, in this very personal work.
𝑰𝒏𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒆 𝑺𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑺𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒆𝒓, by Agoston Nagy, is a drawing machine caught in an unending cycle of making very slow movements, echoing ancient methods of conceptualizing ideas in the sand.
𝑴𝒆𝒈𝒂𝒕𝒐𝒖𝒄𝒉, by Håkan Lidbo & Per-Olov Jernberg, is a 6×1 meter touch surface where visitors can discover hundreds of sounds, rhythms and animations, all perfectly synchronized. It is a collaborative musical instrument and visualizer that requires no prior knowledge.
𝑷𝒂𝒊𝒏 𝑪𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆, by nar.interactive, is an interactive dance performance that explores the communication of bodily discomforts and the dynamics of witnessing others' pain. The dancer's chronic pain is represented by an interactive costume called the soma extension.
𝑹𝑬𝑳𝑨𝑿𝑹𝑬𝑳𝑨𝑿𝑹𝑬𝑳𝑨𝑿, by Yuvia Maini, discusses the individual pursuit of "presence" in Western mindfulness culture. Stemming from ancient collective traditions, the work explores what happens when the path to inner peace is commodified.
Last but not least, 𝑾𝒉𝒚 𝑨𝒎 𝑰 𝑺𝒆𝒆𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑻𝒉𝒊𝒔?, by Ivana Tkalčić, is a video installation that examines how digital landscapes, algorithms, and personalized news feeds create "parallel information universes," isolating users within ideological bubbles.
I read this article with great interest about professor Rebecca Roach's inability to find the woman who was Joseph Weizenbaum's secretary at MIT in the 1960s in the department of electrical engineering when he developed the pioneering AI chatbot, ELIZA.
The secretary played an important role, but after an extensive archive and records search, Roach still couldn't find her name.
I feel like this is an "internet, do you thing" problem.
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We once had a local rabbit fall in love with Moki. The buck kept on visiting her and staring in the window at her. She is the right colour and size to be a wild rabbit. Her eyes are even located in the correct place. But, she has short ears and a long tail, rather than the other way around.
Every once in a while, I catch Bruno chilling next to his portrait, but every time I reach for my phone he splits. Today he decided to stick around long enough to get this.
The portrait was finger painted in ink by my daughter for a school art project.
Introducing ex-zd, a lossless+lossy signal compression for nanopore signal data. While lossless can only save about 1-3% over vbz, lossy can cut the file sizes by almost half with no noticeable impact on basecalling or methylation calling accuracy.
Nanopore sequencing is an increasingly central tool for genomics. Despite rapid advances in the field, large data volumes and computational bottlenecks continue to pose major challenges.
This looks quite useful for me! These days, it's all about how much hard disk space we have for nanopore seqs. Who knew those last 3 bits weren't terribly useful 😀
Eucharitid wasps are specialized parasites of ants. Here's one in a nest of Pheidole bicarinata. Arizona, USA. #orasema #Eucharitidae #Wasps #Ants #Insects
@FaithfullJohn the MB describes it as "basaltic texture of up to 0.5 mm sized often lath-shaped plagioclase grains..." I think that means gabbro or similar to gabbro?
Request a free print copyWhile supplies last, get the newest MEDLab zine, a tarot-infused exploration of governance transitions in open-source software
China targeted and might have held for months access to the infrastructure used to do wiretaps on the AT&T and Verizon networks.
This is a huge "told you so" moment for the cryptographic community that has been saying that such infrastructure does present a huge risk to national security. China reportedly used this capability for intelligence collection, obviously without a warrant ...
On defunct hard drive, I had a picture of my friend Reggie Young taking a picture of Paul McCarthy taking a picture of Reggie. I think the picture was taken by Linda McCarthy. So, it wasn't taken when Reggie was opening for the Beatles as part of the Bill Black Combo in 1964. I've searched the web a couple of times and never found it.
Weekend #Plankton #Factoid 🦠🦐 Research on how bacteria and archaea interact with other members of the plankton food-web is much more advanced in #ocean systems compared to freshwaters, but still very much unknown. They are food, but we also know of many cases of apparent symbiosis between #bacteria and organisms, with bacteria providing bioluminescence, energy via photosynthesis, or B vitamins, but how common is this? Read about the mission here. #science #ClimateChange
A team of CNRS researchers, led by Dr. Samuel Chaffron, developed a model based on data fromthe Tara Oceans expedition (2009-2013) to explain the plankton paradox: Ocean microorganismsof astonishing diversity should be competing, but instead collabor…
I know it's fall but I looked back at some midsummer photos of this Anna's Hummingbird working some beebalm flowers in our front yard. Well, the flowers have all faded now, but the Anna's stay with us all winter. #photography #nature #naturephotography #birdphotography #hummingbird #birds #flowers
Inhibition of phototrophic iron oxidation by nitric oxide in ferruginous environments: Verena Nikeleit et al. nature.com/articles/s41561-024…
"A new study investigates how various #bacteria excrete insoluble iron as part of their metabolic processes. Some—the phototrophic iron oxidizers—gain energy by oxidizing Fe with the help of sunlight, and others by reacting Fe with nitrate as an oxidizing agent."
Early in the Earth's development, the atmosphere contained no oxygen. Yet the iron dissolved in the oceans was oxidized in gigantic quantities and deposited as rock. It can be seen today, for example, as banded iron ore in South Africa.
One year later, a newsletter edition featuring Beautiful Solutions, a book, and a tech incubator launch with guest post from Paul Biggar @tech4palestineinternet.exchangepoint.tech/be…
Beautiful Solutions: A Toolbox for Liberation is out! Back in 2019 I was extremely grateful for the opportunity to contribute writing that connects the practice of free and open source technology to social movement building.
This went really well. So well, in fact, that we'll be doing another session this Saturday from 12-3pm. Community art, all welcome, ^ Manorhamilton
These will form part of a grief and healing ritual later this year. Each boat will carry the grief of the person who made it, and they are invited to put someone onto the boat once it is made.
𝓓 𝓑 𝓒𝓸𝓸𝓹𝓮𝓻
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