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Artificial Intelligence as a New Demiurge?

A small robot made from a book on the Mona Lisa with six robotic legs attached
by Lucia Longhi // Nov. 25, 2022
In his current show at Galerie Mazzoli Berlin, titled ‘符号的智能 (The Intelligence of Signs),’ Donato Piccolo speculates on the potential of AI to infuse autonomy and even authorship into…[read on]

AI and Art(ificial) Criticism

by Claire Tolan // Nov. 18, 2022
…the project is not merely archival: the second volume of ‘Entropia’ was authored in collaboration with GPT-2, an OpenAI-created language model (aka text-generating “artificial…[read on]

Visual Essay: Göksu Kunak

Oct. 31, 2022
For the topic ‘Oil,’ Göksu Kunak shares a visual essay based on the performative installation ‘Petrol,’ tracing oil politics in Turkey and delving into the world of the song Petrol (1980)…[read on]

Beto Shwafaty: Oil as a Global Lubricant

Image of a half black Brazilian flag and a framed newspaper clipping to the right of the flag
by Juan José Santos // Sept. 16, 2022
Half of the Brazilian flag is blacked out with oil, its green colour progressively devoured by black. Titled ‘From Abstract Orders to Material Progress’ (2010–2011), it is one of the…[read on]

Letter from the Editor: Oil

an installation view of a gallery exhibition in which a wall with a black and white pattern is scene and two plinths
by Dagmara Genda // Sept. 1, 2022
Oil, that black viscous substance trapped in reservoirs below the earth’s surface, is burned in the blink of an eye but takes millions of years to form. 70% of the “black gold” powering…[read on]