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More than two decades into the new millennium, it is difficult to envision a future in which digital technologies do not play a significant role. Digital technologies frequently make a lot of promises. However, in recent years, we have seen an increasing number of artists address fundamental issues of the Digital Transformation, such as surveillance,…

Have you registered yet with ARTSFORMATION’s online assembly platform? The Assembly is a participatory decision making platform bringing together a growing community of artists, cultural professionals, activists and researchers who work collaboratively to address the challenges stemming from Europe’s Digital Transformation. Our vision is to create a widespread network of practitioners that are focused on…

21 September, 2023 – 9.30 Venue: La Vallée – Rue Adolphe Lavallée 39, 1080 Bruxelles, Belgium Three years ago, with Artsformation, we embarked on an exploration to discern the intricate relationship between the arts and our unfolding digital society. Our mission was not just to observe, but to actively engage in understanding how the arts…

Following the conclusion of the ‘RESISTANCE Residency’ in Lesvos-Greece, a public exhibition was produced, showcasing the work produced during the programme. The exhibition was curated and produced by LATRA, and was set-up after the conclusion of all three residency cycles. The theme of the exhibition was ‘RESISTANCE: How can the Arts decolonise Europe’s Digital Transformation’.…

ARTSFORMATION invites you to apply to the RESISTANCE Participatory Arts Productions which will take place in Lesvos-Greece between the 11th-21st of April 2023.  ARTSFORMATION seeks to provide a dedicated space where artists can create new artworks which generate artistic thinking, processes, and solutions to the societal challenges caused by Europe’s digital transformation. How can different…

Friday 3 February 2023, Betahaus | Kreuzberg | Innospace Room | Rudi-Dutschke-Straße 23, 10969 Berlin, Germany The absence of real dialogue between the arts, communities and the policy making process is detrimental to both the arts, public policy and our society at large. The Art of Decolonising Digital Resistance is a live participatory action, where…

What kind of shadow do you cast in the digital world? With six works of local and international artists, the exhibition Digital Shadows shows our entanglement with digital technologies, social media and algorithms. Every time we use a digital service, we leave a digital trace behind, casting a digital shadow. Social media apps, advertisement companies…

As part of the Oslo Architecture Triennale programme, architect, artist and researcher Angeliki Diakrousi brought the mosquito devices, a technological device used in Rotterdam that deters young people from loitering in public spaces, to the streets of Oslo. The BuzzWalk was a tour around different spots in Oslo where people tend to gather, bringing the…

A few weeks ago, Artsformation held its fourth design fiction workshop titled The Ledger of the Sun. The workshop was developed in close collaboration with artist-researcher Jamie Allen. The workshop took place on a rainy Friday afternoon on October 23rd in Oslo, as part of the opening weekend of the Oslo Architecture Triennale 2022. With…

Are you a local, a teenager, an active neighbour, a digital citizen, a skater, a curious adult, or do you just like to hang out at some square in your neighbourhood? This ‘buzzwalk’ invites you on a speculative walking tour through Oslo for audiating neighbourhoods and cities otherwise. What happens when the future of our…