From the sun temples of ancient Egypt to LED counter installations, the concept of time has driven some of the most compelling art ever made. This essay traces the connections between cosmos, time perception and light as artistic subjects - and asks what we have lost by reducing time to a clock.
A critical essay examining how invisible digital systems of measurement shape contemporary art, identity and power - from data surveillance and financial markets to the radical compression of the demoscene.
A critical essay examining the meaning of contemporary art - from Nietzsche and Agamben's philosophy of contemporariness to the Young British Artists, Damian Hirst and Ai Weiwei.
A critical essay tracing environmental toxicity through contemporary art practice - from oil spills and plastiglomerate to farmed salmon. From the banks of the North Saskatchewan River to the salmon farms of the Scottish Highlands.
A critical essay examining artificial intelligence as opponent and collaborator - from Deep Blue to AlphaGo, and what AI means for human creativity and work.
A review of Fairlight, one of the most influential demogroups of the late 1980s and 1990s, and their pioneering contribution to generative art, digital animation and the demoscene.