Kalyani T
@kalyanit
I like to objects and interfaces - sometimes real, sometimes fictional.
Kalyani T
kalyanitupkary.com
- A new initiative recognizes nature as an official artist on all major music streaming services with royalties going towards urgent conservation efforts.
from The Latest Artist To Join Spotify? Mother Nature | Atmos
- Are these algorithms so good at analysing our behaviour that they end up reflecting them back to us in a digested 20 seconds video that allows us to identify things in ourselves that we weren’t aware of? Or are we consuming this content at such a large and quick rate that we end up becoming what they predict us to be? In other words, are we fulfill... See more
from Machine Anxiety or Why I Should Close TikTok–But Don’t by Mariana Fernandez Mora
- Computer scientists (then and now) shared the fantasy that human thought could be treated as entirely computable
from Fair Warning — Real Life
- The idea of “vibes” discourages the more difficult work of interpretation, foregrounding the idea of affect as inexplicable, ineffable
from Nameless Feeling
- Facial choreography is sanitized of almost all particularity: There is no storyline
from TikTok Face — Real Life
- TikTok, with its emphasis on short, entrancing content, makes physical estrangement the focus of the viewing experience
from TikTok Face — Real Life
Emoji once stood in for facial expressions; now we are moving in the other direction I’m a Fake Brand, in a Fake World: The Secrets Behind Designing a Great Fictional Brand for TV and Film
by Ayla Angelos
made-up brands that transcend seamlessly from the screen into the real worldKelli Anderson - Book-like things, Paper devices
it describes the journeys of A. Square [sic – ed.] , a mathematician and resident of the two-dimensional Flatland, where women-thin, straight lines-are the lowliest of shapes, and where men may have any number of sides, depending on their social status.
from Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions by Edwin A. Abbott