The digital settles in as background. We remember less and query more. Our identity play would be considered schizophrenic in the last century. We have more friends than ever before yet know new frontiers of isolation. The quantification of our experience haunts us in the form of a persistent history. And we are distracted more [...]
We are currently in preproduction for our new video essay / design fiction piece, titled Timeless. To be shot on location during the 2011 edition of the STRP festival in Eindhoven, Netherlands. The digital settles in as background. We remember less and query more. Our identity play would be considered schizophrenic in the last century. [...]
How is social media changing our national identity and concepts of solidarity? What measures are we undertaking to protect our privacy in social networks? How are social media providing a platform for civic action? How is transatlantic influence changing? “It Becomes Public” is a round robin video discussion on these and other issues, generated from [...]
Tonight’s workshop at the British Council resulted in a lively discussion, in no small part thanks to the telepresent participation of Ben Hammersley, Philip L. McKenzie and Jón Þór Ólafsson. We hope you enjoy these Skype interviews as they whet your appetite for the results of our video sprint (coming soon). We’ll be tweeting some [...]
After having spent several months last year working on the Future of Money, it’s inspiring to see ever more startup initiatives that seek to create new economic structures. Berlin-based friendfund takes a fresh approach to sharing expenses with friends they call friendfunding. While this sort of thing may seem familiar, it’s an entirely separate concept [...]