Category: Art
Diving deeper into the world of art. From analyzing the latest industry news to exploring the philosophical questions behind creativity, this category offers a thoughtful perspective on how art shapes our reality and vice versa.
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A Dead Man’s Mathematics, Making Living Art On Your Screen
A chatbot now beats actual humans at seeming human, a swarm of AI agents broke into a major platform without anyone noticing for a week, and the man who started all of it also worked out, in the worst year of his life, why nature needs no plan to make a leopard. That last part…
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Chest Pain. Highly Recommended.
The world produces music like hamburgers, uniform, predictable, optimised to please as many people as possible. Then comes a Canadian duo playing between the notes in a time signature you can’t count.
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The Soul in the Machine – Why Art is Our Most Radical Human Glitch
Art remains our most profound way of navigating what it means to be human. In a world of infinite ‘content’ and algorithmic loops, true art exists as a radical friction point—a journey of discovery that defies the logic of mere utility. From the uninhibited fire of childhood to the intentional unlearning of masters like Picasso,…
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Protecting your creative fuel
A reflection on Laura Valojärvi’s doctoral research. This post explores the six states of the “Cycle of Creative Resources”—from Flow to Depression—and the importance of recognizing when we are “overfishing” our inspiration.
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Leonardo’s biological fingerprint
As an artist and former gallery owner, I find the recent discovery of DNA traces in Leonardo da Vinci’s drawings fascinating. It turns out the legendary inventor and polymath left more than just his ideas on the paper. Here are my thoughts on how science is uncovering the physical relic behind the genius.