
N O R M A L S
@lab_normals
A made-up future. Materials include: design fictions, stories, pixel bending, ink on paper, and algorithmic superstitions.
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http://normalfutu.re 06-02-2012 16:20:02
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𝘈𝘐 𝘈𝘯𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘦𝘴 Tracker 🤖 14/10: Intervention (by N O R M A L S) ANARCHY REPORT 02: Avg. type rate: 312 KPH Human framerate @ 16:00: 210 Detected issue: High routine variability, inefficient processes Routine optimization tips: Pause, breathe Status: ‘Classic Human’

𝘈𝘐 𝘈𝘯𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘦𝘴 Tracker 🤖 15/10: Intervention (by N O R M A L S) ANARCHY REPORT 03: Language analysis: 70% clean queries / 30% sailor speak Machine appropriateness tracker: +1.1 Legibility advice: Be active in communities, let your linktree flourish Status: ‘Paris Metro’

Akademie der Künste Julia Kloiber @[email protected] @quincccc SUPERRR @[email protected] Sarah Ciston 𝘈𝘐 𝘈𝘯𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘦𝘴 Tracker 🤖 17/10: Intervention (by N O R M A L S) ANARCHY REPORT 04 Allegiance Index: $APPL 31 $AMZN 38 $GOOG 36 Detected issue: Lack of historical awareness due to data erasure Legibility advice: Introduce yourself using metadata Status: ‘Fizzy Drink’

Rediscover timeless commentary from the likes of Golan Levin, James Bridle, Paul Prudence, N O R M A L S, Ivan Poupyrev, and Greg Borenstein; meet luminaries like blprnt, @semiconducting, #DavidOReilly, and @raquelmeyers, and take a #CGI history lesson with DAM and TouchDesigner.


100+ voices! Thx to Nora N. Khan, @mayameme, Zsofi Valyi-Nagy, Ph.D., N O R M A L S, Schoolof MachinesMaking&Make-Believe🍉BLM, Peli Grietzer, 🌏🔎Leigh Alexander 🐬💿✨, @elviawilk, Mindy Seu, Kyriaki Goni, Yuri Suzuki, wade wallerstein, Tina Rivers Ryan, Casey REAS, zach lieberman, and (so) many more 🖤



𝘍𝘶𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘍𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘭𝘴 𝘍𝘪𝘦𝘭𝘥 𝘎𝘶𝘪𝘥𝘦 🌐 Upgrading Our Cultural Infrastructure #newdossier How can festival makers boost the accessibility, resilience, and sustainability of cultural production? A MUTEK Montréal-led think tank is trying to find out.

The 𝘍𝘶𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘍𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘭𝘴 𝘍𝘪𝘦𝘭𝘥 𝘎𝘶𝘪𝘥𝘦 will document the working group’s outputs. From immediate, easy-to-implement measures to ambitious, long-term proposals—we’ll collect the most exciting ideas and, together with N O R M A L S, expand on them. Follow along!

Out now: HOLO Newsletter 012 feat. festival futures w/ MUTEK Montréal (N O R M A L S), Q&As w/ Akil Kumarasamy, Total Refusal (Martin Zeilinger); Akademie der Künste’s wild #AI imaginings w/ Sarah Ciston, Pedro Afonso, @sahejrahal etc.; and a HOLO collector's edition tease w/ Marcel Schwittlick 🥁


Join us for a special reading of the 20th Anniversary Processing Community Catalog 📖 at Prachtsaal Studio, Berlin, on Wednesday the 13th We're honored to have Casey REAS as our guest for this celebration of the Processing community! Event link in replies below 👇




MUTEK Montréal Drew Hemment Feminist Economics Department CRIP RAVE™ liam young FutureEverything The Summit culminated 20 months of 𝘍𝘶𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘍𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘭𝘴 research by MUTEK Montréal, imagineNATIVE, Mois Multi, MUTEK México, New Forms, NEW NOW, and @sendandreceive. HOLO has been documenting the project from the start: → HOLO.mg/dossiers/futur…


MUTEK Montréal Drew Hemment Feminist Economics Department CRIP RAVE™ liam young FutureEverything imagineNATIVE Mois Multi MUTEK México New Forms NEW NOW アカウント N O R M A L S Also: Kudos to our long-time collaborators N O R M A L S whose dreamy CGI festival futures created for HOLO’s 𝘍𝘶𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘍𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘭𝘴 𝘍𝘪𝘦𝘭𝘥 𝘎𝘶𝘪𝘥𝘦 fully immersed Summit goers at Société des arts technologiques.
