Planet
Toward a “Bacterial Turn” in Art, Architecture and Design
Jens Hauser
The urban design project "Geo-LLum" proposes an experimental bacteria-powered public lightening system in Barcelona’s El Clot neighbourhood.
Technology
The NFT bubble has burst. Long live the bubble?
Proyecto UNA
Cloaked in an aura of popular cultural cool, NFTs act as an introductory narrative into the world of speculation.
Planet
Slow Thinking
Sam Twidale
Slow Thinking hopes to promote bilateral relationships with non-human entities who live and communicate on different timescales.
Planet
Science
The space of possible minds
Philip Ball
If our experience is limited to our own bodies, how can we think about non-human minds?
Technology
Immersion in the Metaverse
Inés Macpherson | Enric Luján | Jose Valenzuela Ruiz | Proyecto UNA | Antònia Folguera
We propose a creative game in which several authors delve freely into the concept and dilemmas of the metaverse.
Culture
Judit Carrera: “The purpose of cultural centres is to generate connections”
Montse Frisach
Mathieu Potte-Bonneville (Centre Pompidou) and Judit Carrera (CCCB) talk about the future of cultural institutions.
Commons
When the (institutional) cure is worse than the (mental) illness
Jose Valenzuela Ruiz
On how mental institutions went from being places of isolation to centres that are open to society, politics and art.
Planet
Science
What insects think about
Javier A. Canteros
Have we been dismissive in our reckoning of insect intelligence? Studies of their cognitive abilities reveal a surprising mind.
Storytelling
Samanta Schweblin: “The Latin American women authors of my generation feel the joy of having arrived at a party in full swing”
Begoña Gómez Urzaiz
We talk to the Argentinian writer about her work, halfway between realism and science fiction.
Technology
Looking for traffic lights in a CAPTCHA
Anna Pacheco
We are all desperately trying to make sense of things, the question is how to embrace derangement and to avoid paralysis.
Science
Are Viruses Alive?
Roc Jiménez de Cisneros | Serafín Álvarez
A conversation between two artists to explore the limits of language and the taxonomies of life.
Storytelling
Wolf, Wolf! Alarm Over Disinformation and The Liar’s Dividend
João França
A reflection on the consequences of losing our trust in everything we read and watch in the media.