The Curious Failure of Sir Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard | CCCB LAB
Faced with a mute, sleeping world, another form of resistance emerges – the resistance of body, rhythm and memory.| CCCB LAB
What we see on our screens is inextricably linked to their constituent components, even though these are opaque to us. Tracing the materiality of the red pixel to expose the infrastructures and policies of the digital and ecological transition connects abstract technological consumption and deferred toxicities, geopolitical control and contested ecosystems. Europium,Symbol, Euatomic number, 63metal […] The post From the Pixel to Rare Earths appeared first on CCCB LAB.| CCCB LAB
What if the root cause of our current crises were the disconnect between humans and the Earth? In recent times, the Gaia Theory has gained scientific and social traction. This hypothesis, proposed by James Lovelock, views the planet as a living, self-regulating system. This would mean our survival requires a planetary consciousness that recognises the […] The post Out of the Bunker appeared first on CCCB LAB.| CCCB LAB
Faced with a mute, sleeping world, another form of resistance emerges – the resistance of body, rhythm and memory.| CCCB LAB
Politics has stopped raising its voice. The new propaganda no longer shouts at us, it caresses us. A few decades ago, Neil Postman warned that we would soon be amusing ourselves to death – today, Generative AI has arrived to finish us off with one big final laugh. The ability to replicate any style in […] The post The New Era of Propaganda appeared first on CCCB LAB.| CCCB LAB
Adopting the perspective of a wild boar can help us to understand our current socio-ecological situation and rethink how we live alongside other species.| CCCB LAB
The stories and characters of Chris Ware have shaped the artistic careers of countless authors. Gabri Molist recounts how he discovered Ware during his formative years and how the American artist’s style influenced his own professional direction. From there, Molist muses on experimentation in graphic storytelling and the craft of drawing comics. Sequence 1 “Characters’ […] The post Building Ware appeared first on CCCB LAB.| CCCB LAB
The term “algorithmic BDSM” describes the way in which digital platforms control their content creators. In this relationship, the algorithm does not give direct orders, rather it rewards or punishes depending on whether the creator adapts to its unwritten rules. This creates a situation in which content comes not from the need for expression, but […] The post Algorithmic BDSM appeared first on CCCB LAB.| CCCB LAB
Policies for integrating nature into cities are often developed with health in mind. But the creation of urban green spaces tends to favour certain aesthetic and social ideals while leaving out unexpected or marginal forms of nature. Beyond domestic greenery, a multi-species city must embrace coexistence with diverse forms of life. In his book The […] The post More-Than-Green Cities appeared first on CCCB LAB.| CCCB LAB
Our capacity for imagination challenges the established order and allows us to sketch out and promote other worlds that we wish to inhabit.| CCCB LAB
The internet functions as a global structure of governance and control that influences politics, culture, the economy and spatial organisation.| CCCB LAB
