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Memory Burn wants you to imagine digital death. That’s real enough.
The Sims as a series of macabre social experiments.
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The history of photography could predict the future of videogames
Photography learned what made it unique. Games are too.
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The politics of beauty
Capitalism, modernism, and the dehumanization of art.
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Greek artist draws on Euros to send a message about his country’s plight
This, it is fair to say, is not how the European project was supposed to work out. At this very moment, German citizens can walk up to an ATM and withdraw their daily limit. At this very moment, Greek citizens can wait in line near an ATM in the hopes of eventually withdrawing their government-limit
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Robotic Latte Art: Very accurate and a little bit creepy
Your caffeinated beverage is, in all likelihood, milk with a side of coffee. Less generously, it is a milkshake. But what if your drink was something more than just the combination of espresso shots, steamed milk, and (heaven forfend!) pumpkin spice? What if your cappuccino was art? This, in a demi-
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How to disappear completely from the internet
Pictures for Sad Children was a cherished webcomic until its creator decided it shouldn’t be.
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Clutch hands with us and weep: The Last Guardian returns
Cast aside your cynicism, O internet.
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Madison Square Park’s latest trees are mirages made of mirrors and metal
Trees where there are none.
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What happens inside this museum stays inside this museum
“I don’t see it,” were the first words out of my mouth, when my mom took me to see the Mona Lisa at the Louvre when I was eight. After days of hype, I felt betrayed by both the tour guide and my own mother. I was promised history, and all I got was a bunch of butts in my face while I tried to jockey
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Sculptural VR headsets turn their wearers into game-playing art installations
Also: frightening bug overlords.
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Influence a revolution from the perspective of a housekeeper
Sign up to receive each week’s Playlist e-mail here! Also check out our full, interactive Playlist section. Sunset (Mac, Windows, Linux) BY TALE OF TALES Most games give you a list of chores to do, only they call them missions, and claim you’re saving the world by doing its housekeeping. Yet, no m
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Darwin’s evolutionary theories get a modern art makeover
Evolution, one might argue, was the original interactive technology. Randomness, through interaction with stimuli, is organized into with an underlying sense of logic. Then it all happens again. This is the underlying idea behind Daniel Rozin’s exhibit “Descent With Modification,” which is running a