Rare birds of reason
A memorial day collage
This was largely created from a 1995 issue of Wired, particularly this interview with Brian Eno and this one with Sven Birkerts, "Digital Refusnik".
A memorial day collage
This was largely created from a 1995 issue of Wired, particularly this interview with Brian Eno and this one with Sven Birkerts, "Digital Refusnik".
A life dedicated to artmaking
Albert Hofmann, circa 1983
In the process of collecting some material for an audio collage, I stumbled into this interview with Albert Hofmann, circa 1983. I love the bemused look on his face as he tells the story, yet again. "The famous bicycle ride," as he says. Thoroughly charming.
In arid and climate-stressed Spain, one of the groups calling for a moratorium on new datacenters calls itself Tu Nube Seca Mi Río – Spanish for “your cloud is drying my river”. The name is fitting, and not just for Spain.
An unspeakably dismal choice is being made before our eyes and without our consent: machines over humans, inanimate over animate, profits over all else. With stunning speed, the big tech megalomaniacs have quietly rolled back their net-zero pledges and lined up by Trump’s side, hellbent on sacrificing this world’s real and precious resources and creativity at the altar of a vampiric, virtual realm. This is the last great heist, and they are getting ready to ride out the storms they themselves are summoning – and they will try to defame and destroy anyone who gets in their way.