Juergen Berkessel - The Intersect of Art and Technology
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Juergen runs “The Intersect of Art and Tech” newsletter at https://theintersect.art. We examine the reciprocal influences of technology and the arts. JB is a multi-disciplinary artist & musician with a Tech, Dev, AI & UX background. #Art #Technology #AI
New survey: 81% of designers think AI dulls creativity, yet 94% of creatives use AI in their work. This gap between fear and practice is telling. Maybe we need to rethink how we ask the question. https://jb9.me/kThxzq
November 10, 2025 at 12:11 AM
New survey: 81% of designers think AI dulls creativity, yet 94% of creatives use AI in their work. This gap between fear and practice is telling. Maybe we need to rethink how we ask the question. https://jb9.me/kThxzq
Cattelan's 18-karat gold toilet—*America*—hits auction at $10M. The title carries the entire critique; no fancy explanation needed. The name itself is the satire. https://jb9.me/kThxzq
November 9, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Cattelan's 18-karat gold toilet—*America*—hits auction at $10M. The title carries the entire critique; no fancy explanation needed. The name itself is the satire. https://jb9.me/kThxzq
The NFT hype cycle burned everyone. The infrastructure survived. Now digital collectibles quietly power real use cases—gaming, ownership, provenance. But will swapping the acronym actually restore trust after the scandals? https://jb9.me/kThxzq
November 9, 2025 at 12:30 AM
The NFT hype cycle burned everyone. The infrastructure survived. Now digital collectibles quietly power real use cases—gaming, ownership, provenance. But will swapping the acronym actually restore trust after the scandals? https://jb9.me/kThxzq
Kapwing analyzed Midjourney prompts and found Alphonse Mucha is the most-used artist—230k times. It's a leaderboard of unwilling AI training participants. Art Nouveau dominates across disciplines. The consent and copyright issues? Very real. https://jb9.me/kThxzq
November 8, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Kapwing analyzed Midjourney prompts and found Alphonse Mucha is the most-used artist—230k times. It's a leaderboard of unwilling AI training participants. Art Nouveau dominates across disciplines. The consent and copyright issues? Very real. https://jb9.me/kThxzq
Marble puffer jackets carved by robots. Server fans woven into paintings. Analia Saban's work shows how textile arts have inspired computational thinking from the Jacquard loom to Babbage's computers. https://jb9.me/kThxzq
November 4, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Marble puffer jackets carved by robots. Server fans woven into paintings. Analia Saban's work shows how textile arts have inspired computational thinking from the Jacquard loom to Babbage's computers. https://jb9.me/kThxzq
The ZWO Astronomy Photographer winners are out. These images are genuinely stunning—the kind that make you respect the equipment, knowledge, and patience required. Definitely not AI. Worth your time. https://jb9.me/kThxzq
November 4, 2025 at 7:20 PM
The ZWO Astronomy Photographer winners are out. These images are genuinely stunning—the kind that make you respect the equipment, knowledge, and patience required. Definitely not AI. Worth your time. https://jb9.me/kThxzq
Western art institutions worry about AI. China's Hangzhou Art & Technology Biennale? Celebrates art-tech fusion without anxiety. 160+ artists from 20 countries. Same tech, different cultural views. Realpolitik or different philosophy? https://jb9.me/kThxzq
November 3, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Western art institutions worry about AI. China's Hangzhou Art & Technology Biennale? Celebrates art-tech fusion without anxiety. 160+ artists from 20 countries. Same tech, different cultural views. Realpolitik or different philosophy? https://jb9.me/kThxzq
This is the kind of creative resistance I can't stop thinking about. Indigenous artists used AR to overlay their stories onto colonial paintings at the Met—no permission, just reclamation. What happens when artists build their own reality? https://jb9.me/YEa8io
November 2, 2025 at 10:05 PM
This is the kind of creative resistance I can't stop thinking about. Indigenous artists used AR to overlay their stories onto colonial paintings at the Met—no permission, just reclamation. What happens when artists build their own reality? https://jb9.me/YEa8io
We've spent decades pushing resolution beyond human perception. Now we're there. And immediately retrograding our perfect captures with Kodak grain filters. There's something absurd about building displays that exceed what we can see, then choosing to make them look analog. https://jb9.me/Zh3k9q
November 1, 2025 at 9:36 PM
We've spent decades pushing resolution beyond human perception. Now we're there. And immediately retrograding our perfect captures with Kodak grain filters. There's something absurd about building displays that exceed what we can see, then choosing to make them look analog. https://jb9.me/Zh3k9q
Elise Swopes created surreal Chicago waterfalls with painstaking manual work. Now AI makes similar images instantly. Does technical skill matter when creation's barrier collapses? https://jb9.me/QAs73z
November 1, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Elise Swopes created surreal Chicago waterfalls with painstaking manual work. Now AI makes similar images instantly. Does technical skill matter when creation's barrier collapses? https://jb9.me/QAs73z
The AI product cycle is wild. Caira is a physical iPhone camera add-on that does what software already does. Building hardware to fix problems that don’t exist. Will it end up in the AI Pin gadget graveyard? https://jb9.me/2m2yq0
October 31, 2025 at 11:21 PM
The AI product cycle is wild. Caira is a physical iPhone camera add-on that does what software already does. Building hardware to fix problems that don’t exist. Will it end up in the AI Pin gadget graveyard? https://jb9.me/2m2yq0
The art world's real horrors aren't supernatural—they're censorship, natural disaster, and jealousy. Scott Power's Art World Horror Stories podcast explores three chilling true tales. Read our take: https://jb9.me/HKgrGE
October 31, 2025 at 5:30 PM
The art world's real horrors aren't supernatural—they're censorship, natural disaster, and jealousy. Scott Power's Art World Horror Stories podcast explores three chilling true tales. Read our take: https://jb9.me/HKgrGE
Photo Oxford's new theme asks: how does photography reveal and obscure truth? Michael Christopher Brown's work shows one answer—using AI not to replace cameras, but to protect those in front of it. A strong case for generative AI in journalism. https://jb9.me/qj5ZU6
October 30, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Photo Oxford's new theme asks: how does photography reveal and obscure truth? Michael Christopher Brown's work shows one answer—using AI not to replace cameras, but to protect those in front of it. A strong case for generative AI in journalism. https://jb9.me/qj5ZU6
Del Toro's making a valid point about generative AI—but I think the conversation needs nuance. Generative video replacing creativity? Hard no. AI-assisted editing tools? Already everywhere. The real question isn't whether to use AI, but which tools serve your vision. https://jb9.me/OLRXvu
October 30, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Del Toro's making a valid point about generative AI—but I think the conversation needs nuance. Generative video replacing creativity? Hard no. AI-assisted editing tools? Already everywhere. The real question isn't whether to use AI, but which tools serve your vision. https://jb9.me/OLRXvu
Motion capture dots, compression shorts, and a 1929 Disney skeleton dance. Sounds absurd. This researcher's performance helps solve back pain for millions. Creativity in the lab. https://jb9.me/GRy4if
October 29, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Motion capture dots, compression shorts, and a 1929 Disney skeleton dance. Sounds absurd. This researcher's performance helps solve back pain for millions. Creativity in the lab. https://jb9.me/GRy4if
Over 100,000 visual artists demand AI firms pay for using their copyrighted images without consent in training models. They want compensation and transparency. Details: https://jb9.me/2tz66S
October 27, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Over 100,000 visual artists demand AI firms pay for using their copyrighted images without consent in training models. They want compensation and transparency. Details: https://jb9.me/2tz66S
Miranda Johnson's essay reveals tension in New Zealand's biculturalism: it praises cultural recognition but overlooks a century of Māori economic growth. The Māori economy controls billions. What does it mean when progressive stories erase their agency? https://jb9.me/DUKxaG
October 26, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Miranda Johnson's essay reveals tension in New Zealand's biculturalism: it praises cultural recognition but overlooks a century of Māori economic growth. The Māori economy controls billions. What does it mean when progressive stories erase their agency? https://jb9.me/DUKxaG
Tech makes music easier to create and consume, but what about the slow, deliberate practices that once mattered? Feldman and Bailey predicted this shift. Something worth reflecting on. https://jb9.me/jEmgS0
October 25, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Tech makes music easier to create and consume, but what about the slow, deliberate practices that once mattered? Feldman and Bailey predicted this shift. Something worth reflecting on. https://jb9.me/jEmgS0
What's "slop"? Sean Monahan says it's the media format that feels most dynamic now. We defend binaries—human vs. machine, authentic vs. fake—because change unsettles us. Even OpenAI knows the game: Sora premiered at an LA theater. Legit still matters.
https://jb9.me/6jlmjd
https://jb9.me/6jlmjd
October 25, 2025 at 1:51 PM
What's "slop"? Sean Monahan says it's the media format that feels most dynamic now. We defend binaries—human vs. machine, authentic vs. fake—because change unsettles us. Even OpenAI knows the game: Sora premiered at an LA theater. Legit still matters.
https://jb9.me/6jlmjd
https://jb9.me/6jlmjd
Spotify teams with major labels to create “responsible” AI music tools focused on collaboration, fair pay, and preserving artist-fan bonds. They also removed 75M spam AI tracks. Will these principles hold when profits come into play? https://jb9.me/hutYap
October 24, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Spotify teams with major labels to create “responsible” AI music tools focused on collaboration, fair pay, and preserving artist-fan bonds. They also removed 75M spam AI tracks. Will these principles hold when profits come into play? https://jb9.me/hutYap
Paris Photo's November event questions if training AI on artists' photos is a new medium or a betrayal. Kevin Abosch offers insights; Emma Jacob documents. https://jb9.me/XswYYC
October 24, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Paris Photo's November event questions if training AI on artists' photos is a new medium or a betrayal. Kevin Abosch offers insights; Emma Jacob documents. https://jb9.me/XswYYC
Love bold sidewalks! Chalk Riot’s murals boost safety & charm. Who wants a hopscotch crosswalk? #PedestrianSafety #UrbanArt #CityDesign
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Read: berk.li/157ibd5
July 3, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Love bold sidewalks! Chalk Riot’s murals boost safety & charm. Who wants a hopscotch crosswalk? #PedestrianSafety #UrbanArt #CityDesign
Read: berk.li/157ibd5
Read: berk.li/157ibd5
At Digital Dialogues, Sasha Stiles & Iskra Velitchkova show how AI and art shape each other, deepening our humanity. #ArtAndAI #DigitalDialogues #HumanCreativity
Read: berk.li/65psrs
Read: berk.li/65psrs
July 3, 2025 at 7:28 PM
At Digital Dialogues, Sasha Stiles & Iskra Velitchkova show how AI and art shape each other, deepening our humanity. #ArtAndAI #DigitalDialogues #HumanCreativity
Read: berk.li/65psrs
Read: berk.li/65psrs
Gareth Edwards sees *Jurassic World Rebirth* as more than dinos—it's about art vs. spectacle. #Filmmaking #ArtVsCommerce #JurassicWorldRebirth
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Read: berk.li/zpqf7i
July 3, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Gareth Edwards sees *Jurassic World Rebirth* as more than dinos—it's about art vs. spectacle. #Filmmaking #ArtVsCommerce #JurassicWorldRebirth
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Read: berk.li/zpqf7i
🎨✨ @MorganLaurens stars in *NOT REAL ART*’s *Arthouse*, connecting collectors & artists! #ArtForEveryone #RealityTV #ArtCollectors
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Read: berk.li/1933qph
July 2, 2025 at 7:32 PM
🎨✨ @MorganLaurens stars in *NOT REAL ART*’s *Arthouse*, connecting collectors & artists! #ArtForEveryone #RealityTV #ArtCollectors
Read: berk.li/1933qph
Read: berk.li/1933qph