In proposing that capitalism has died and been replaced by a techno-feudal regime, Yanis Varoufakis explains in Technofeudalism: What Killed Capitalism how the logic of competitive markets and profits has been replaced by the extraction of rents for access to private digital platforms. According to the author, what killed capitalism was capital itself in its […]
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The relationship between artificial intelligence (AI) and art has become a relevant field of critical and aesthetic exploration in recent years. However, when this intersection expands to include the perspective of historically marginalized communities, such as Indigenous peoples of Latin America, new possibilities arise. The project “IA/AI: Artificial Intelligence, Art, and Indigeneity” proposes a critical
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The growing presence of indigenous artists in the contemporary art field provokes significant ruptures in the hegemonic discourses that historically control the art system. Among them, Kadu Xukuru (also known as Kadu Tapuya) stands out, a 26-year-old visual artist and cultural producer from the Xukuru do Ororubá people, whose work reconfigures the relationships between indigenous
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Digital art exhibitions are a phenomenon that redefines the way we interact with artistic production. Through virtual platforms, these exhibitions organize collections and information in digital environments accessible via the Internet, recreating the experience of a traditional museum but with unique characteristics. By eliminating geographical and temporal barriers, they offer a new way of artistic
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Eli Cortiñas, born in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain, in 1979, is a visual artist of Cuban descent who resides and works in Berlin. Her artistic practice investigates cinematic memory through the analysis and reassembly of pre-existing footage, combining it with her film, video, and sound recordings. Cortiñas collects, organizes, and classifies diverse materials,
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Mimi Ọnụọha, a Nigerian-American artist based in Brooklyn, explores the intersection of art, technology, and society through installations, videos, websites, and texts. Her work examines the absences in data collection systems and questions the sociopolitical implications of these processes. By investigating the gaps in digital records, the artist exposes the power structures that influence contemporary
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Denilson Baniwa, an artist-activist born in the Darí village in the heart of the Amazon, embodies techno-ancestral intervention in the world of contemporary art. His work, spanning painting, performance, activism, and curatorship, engages in a dialogue that echoes through time, intertwining the ancestral traditions of his people with present-day digital tools. Baniwa wields art as
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Post-internet art embodies a historical rupture in twenty-first-century artistic practices, establishing itself through an intrinsic relationship with digital technologies. This cultural phenomenon manifests a critical positioning towards the omnipresence of the internet in contemporary society, articulating complex formulations regarding the intersection between materiality and virtuality. The dissolution of boundaries between digital and physical domains underpins
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In a world where algorithms dictate trends and art is translated into pixels, digital colonialism emerges as the new face of old habits. Beneath the promising glow of global technologies, local and Indigenous cultures face a subtle yet persistent erasure. Is digitalization the promise of democratization, or just a recycled version of ancient power dynamics?
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The monetization of digital art is deeply linked to digital colonialism, reflecting the dynamics of data exploitation, the imposition of Western cultural values, and technological hegemony. While technology promises democratization and creative opportunities, it often reinforces historical inequalities, transforming the digital space into an extension of colonial and capitalist practices. Data Exploitation and Surveillance CapitalismData
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