Natalie Hendren·Sep 23, 2025The Nuance of DatabasesLev Manovich’s essay, “Database as a symbolic form” is a very interesting read, looking deeper into things I had only basically understood…
dc spensley·Oct 23, 2023Letter from an old artist…The key difference between me, a human and generative AI, is that I, a human, while born into servitude to various malignant legacy systems…
Martha Richler·Nov 22, 2021The Manovich Playlist: videos and films by pioneers of computer “database narrative” (and what to…Lev Manovich is a leading theorist of digital culture. He identified a whole new narrative form for our computer age called database…
Lev Manovich·Nov 15, 2021Visualizing 4535 covers of all Time magazine issues over 86 years (1923–2009)In 2009 we found that Time magazine put online covers of all its issues. We downloaded the covers and explored ways to visualize them…
