Is the aesthetic regime a form of censorship? Artists are living within a ‘culture of censorship’ and suppressed by the politics of aesthetics. Jacques Rancière (1940) is a French philosopher that examined the ability of art to influence what society sees, hears, and understands. He defined art as a series of historically conditioned practices and that there are…

Which form are you? The form of a circle has developed distinct meanings in various cultures, across different religions, and among disciplines. For example, in Sanskrit, the word ‘circle’ translates into ‘mandala’ which refers to art created in relation to a circular form where all surrounding components create a geometric pattern directed towards the…

Whose streets? The Covid Joggers Act (CJA) is a reaction to the coronavirus lockdown in Switzerland. It is an artistic expression that takes place in the street because it used running as the means to diffuse red dots in the public domain while the lockdown regulations were in place. The project uses…

What kind of freedom? The following four articles relate to panopticons, the many few seeing the many. The few act as wardens overlooking the many which are the prisoners under surveillance. Classic ‘eavesdropping’ techniques are usually hacking, bugging, and wiretapping. However, there are more sophisticated methods that have been researched and also implemented in…

‘Do we have to fear an instrument developed by the Confederation? The accessibility and ease of coronavirus contact tracing apps should not retract from considering associated long-term consequences. In area, Dick Marty states that “the power takes advantage of moments of crisis to tighten the links of control and surveillance of citizens.” …