Severin Matusek

Creative Futures Counterstructures (CFC) is Mozilla Foundation’s 10-week cultural R&D residency where creative technologists and communities come together to imagine, test, and build alternative tech infrastructures.

Through critical learning sessions, hands-on workshops, collaborative play, and a public exhibition, residents will design and... See more

There are four trends accelerating the demand for curation.

I don’t think it’s a coincidence we’re so fiercely protecting our intellectual property in an era when it’s harder and harder to purchase physical property.

Memes are actually a very important political tool in changing mass consciousness.

“Well, actually, the important part is the creation of the system”. The constraints of the system that produce infinite media are where the action happens. Who’s responsible for the aesthetic regime of Instagram? Is it people using Instagram, or is it the person who shaped the mechanics of the platform who determines that, if you show your face or... See more

Vibing a project – in which you simply speak the thing you want into existence by prompting – is now a popular approach.

Optimising the personal well-being of the creator vs the creator listing in the algorithm.Making things that feel like they matter vs something that grabs people’s attention.

Donning a Milady PFP (profile picture) on Twitter enters you into a distinct cyber universe: a universe where up is also down, schizzed is normie, hackers are white knights, and — crucially — art is finance.

“utopian megalomania.”