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Art and culture
Cultural practice under pressure from the systems around it. Briefs on art, cinema, music, games and the institutions that keep or lose them.
End times normal
Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor diagnose the present as a “new and dangerous moment in history,” arguing that factors including the rise of the tech billionaire and the climate emerg…
Defining horror
Cultural production and political memory both function as systems for processing trauma by naming it.
A clash over automated culture
Commercial and creative sectors are pursuing the deep integration of automated systems into their core operations.
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French cultural capital and its colonial debt
The expression of French cultural authority has shifted from nationally defined artistic work to globally traded assets.
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The retreat of creative practice
Cultural institutions are actively framing creative production through large-scale public retrospectives.