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
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 internet functions as a global structure of governance and control that influences politics, culture, the economy and spatial organisation.| CCCB LAB