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Captured Zeitgeist

Signature essays and observations on AI, journalism, culture, Africa, geopolitics, technology, institutions and the changing nature of society. Not everything published here belongs to this frame, but this is the particular lens the practice has developed.

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Gamma and the New Presentation Culture AI & work Monster is a Mirror Theatre Looking From Two Sides Art market Who Belongs in the Outdoors? Belonging Viva Giacometti, Viva Carolin! Institutions Does Zurich Grasp This Gravitational Moment? Museums Black Art Matters Curating Rethinking Chemistry Science Gamma and the New Presentation Culture AI & work Monster is a Mirror Theatre Looking From Two Sides Art market Who Belongs in the Outdoors? Belonging Viva Giacometti, Viva Carolin! Institutions Does Zurich Grasp This Gravitational Moment? Museums Black Art Matters Curating Rethinking Chemistry Science
Afrotopia in Zurich Africa & finance Beyond the Frame Storytelling Adaku’s Uche Experience 2.0 Food The Science of Artistry Legacy From Howard Halls to VOLTA Walls Diaspora Untitled Might Be the Most Honest Label of All Metadata From Brooklyn to Basel Art fairs Sticker Diplomacy Archives Infrastructure, Intelligence, Intention AI policy On Gutgläubigkeit Essay Afrotopia in Zurich Africa & finance Beyond the Frame Storytelling Adaku’s Uche Experience 2.0 Food The Science of Artistry Legacy From Howard Halls to VOLTA Walls Diaspora Untitled Might Be the Most Honest Label of All Metadata From Brooklyn to Basel Art fairs Sticker Diplomacy Archives Infrastructure, Intelligence, Intention AI policy On Gutgläubigkeit Essay
Interactive · Evidence & Reflexivity, part two The Blind Spot Not a racism detector. Ten questions on implicit bias, discrimination and judgement, where the confident answer is often wrong in both directions. Start the inquiry → Interactive · An evidence-based inquiry Who defines impact? Before impact can be measured, someone decides what counts. Ten questions on identity, value, power, measurement and attribution, each answer opening the evidence behind it. Start the inquiry → Field Note Asia Systems Literacy Gen A Fellowship with Asia Society Switzerland. Read the field note →