Worlding: Sympoietic Mycology

Building a cybernetic mushroom synthesizer to explore design frameworks for nonhuman worlds.

Cybernetics, Most Popular, ArtEryk SalvaggioOctober 17, 2022mushrooms, worlding, design

Watch the Video Delivered for Prof. Ellen Broad’s Telstra Creativity and Innovation Series Keynote, “Redesigning Artificial Intelligence From Australia Out,” for Melbourne Design Week 2021.

Design, Interviews, CyberneticsEryk SalvaggioNovember 5, 2021design, keynote, video

What does the mouse see?

Notes and observations from the 2021 Computer Mouse Conference.

Design, CyberneticsEryk SalvaggioApril 30, 2021Computer Mouse Conference, Computer Mouse

Nobody is Always Watching You: From Big Brother to Big Data

As George Orwell's 1984 enters the public domain, how might we use that lens to explore historic relationships between truth, surveillance, and artificial intelligence technology today?

Cybernetics, bias, Editor's PicksEryk SalvaggioFebruary 10, 2021Orwell, surveillance, bias, wiener, cybernetics

Creative Strategies for Algorithmic Resistance!

The machines that nudge us can be nudged back: Here are some ideas on how to steer them.

Art, Cybernetics, Most PopularEryk SalvaggioJuly 29, 2020machine learning, resistance

The Cybernetic Forest Synthesizer

Thinking about the reductive role of symbols in computing, and how I tried (and failed) to transcend it by building a synthesizer out of an eagle and three satellites.

Design + Robots: An Interview with AATB

Swiss designers AATB bring a sense of playfulness to robotics, exploring creative applications that take machines out of the factory.

Art, Cybernetics, Design, InterviewsEryk SalvaggioFebruary 3, 2020AATB