Writing, printing, hyperlinks, the new AI language models… throughout history, new technologies have emerged that have transformed the ways in which we acquire knowledge. Each change has shifted the boundaries of what is accessible and what is not, reshaping our understanding of the world and turning the page on old forms of knowledge. I have […] The post File Not Found. On the Great Cultural Extinctions appeared first on CCCB LAB.| CCCB LAB
In an enshittified internet, freer spaces are flourishing that defend a leisurely, reflexive pace away from the algorithms.| CCCB LAB
The educational role of contemporary museums is fading from prominence, while at the same time, the arts have been marginalised in formal education. However, today, museums and schools seem to share educational, cultural and transformative responsibilities. Can we really consider them to be as separate as they have traditionally been understood? Can museums be educational […] The post The Museum as School and the School as Museum appeared first on CCCB LAB.| CCCB LAB
Ware's comics employ complex, discontinuous structures that require the reader to explore.| CCCB LAB
Counter-Growth is a strategic framework for rethinking how architectural cultural production operates from within neoliberal logics – shaped by acceleration, extractivism, innovation and opportunism – exposing them and proposing strategies for their deprogramming from within. This is the second article in a trilogy that defines the concept of Counter-Growth in the architectural field – and […] The post Deprogramming A.E.I.O appeared first on CCCB LAB.| CCCB LAB
Since its beginnings, the internet has been both a refuge and a meeting point for LGTBIQ+ communities. The web allowed them to talk about their idols and imagine less heterosexual worlds. We look back on the story of one of the first virtual Catalan communities which grew from a storyline about two young gay men […] The post Look at Me, the “Mar i Cel” in the Heart of The City appeared first on CCCB LAB.| CCCB LAB
The refuge and intimate space that was once the bedroom has become the stage for digital exposure and patriarchal surveillance.| CCCB LAB
For much of our history, night was a time of fear and vulnerability for humans. Even though the conquest of darkness began thousands of years ago, it was not until the arrival of the electric light bulb that society moved toward today’s 24/7 operating model. From our current position of perpetual brightness, we wonder what […] The post The Extinction of Darkness and Night appeared first on CCCB LAB.| CCCB LAB
What are the technical limitations and ethical dilemmas that emerge when machines try to comprehend and imitate human emotions?| CCCB LAB
Historically, fandom has been the home of marginalised groups who have used the spaces provided to experiment with texts and ways of sharing them. However, with the growing commercialisation of the internet, the extraction of economic benefits from fan communities is transforming their participatory dynamics. It was the morning after the big move, and I […] The post Fanfiction Inc. appeared first on CCCB LAB.| CCCB LAB
The brain needs to understand the world using closed models, despite living in complex, interconnected systems with blurred boundaries.| CCCB LAB
The internet functions as a global structure of governance and control that influences politics, culture, the economy and spatial organisation.| CCCB LAB