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Victor Murari @victormurari.bsky.social · 25d

Seeking researchers in Wikidata for contemporary art and culture, with a decolonial focus.

Interested in ontological modeling, GLAM workflows, SPARQL queries, and OpenRefine for collaborations and studies. Let's connect!

#Wikidata #GLAM #Decolonial #Art #Culture #SPARQL

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Victor Murari @victormurari.bsky.social · 27d

I'm speaking at the 2nd Mariana Museum Symposium on 9/23, discussing virtual exhibitions as critical acts. I'll present my project, Interrupted Narratives. Watch live on YouTube! #Museums #DigitalCuration #InterruptedNarratives

Victor Murari @victormurari.bsky.social · Sep 4

Moving forward with the Decolonial Atlas: a map of artists uniting digital art and decolonial perspectives. Initial data via Wikidata already reveals a strong geographical bias in global art. victormurari.art/decolonial-a...

#DecolonialAtlas #DigitalArt

ATMOSPHERIC FRACTALIZATION FORMULA IN NON-EUCLIDEAN FIELDs

Victor Murari @victormurari.bsky.social · Jun 24

I invite you to explore my latest generative artwork: "ATMOSPHERIC FRACTALIZATION FORMULA IN NON-EUCLIDEAN FIELDS". This project transmutes São Paulo's climatic data into complex and dynamic fractal structures. codepen.io/Victor-Murar...
#GenerativeArt #ContemporaryArt #Fractal #SãoPaulo

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Victor Murari @victormurari.bsky.social · May 16

@artreview.bsky.social 🌍 Universalizing exploitation erases resistance. Why is pluriversality key to decolonizing power? Read now. victormurari.art/decolonial-c... #Epistemicide #LocalStruggles

Decolonial Critique of Sarah Jilani’s Proposal: Beyond Universalism and Economic Reductionism – Victor Murari Email

Victor Murari @victormurari.bsky.social · Apr 29

🧟 Why do zombies crave Wi-Fi? My essay ties The Dead Don’t Die to Mark Fisher’s hauntology. Read: victormurari.art/zombies-of-l...

Victor Murari @victormurari.bsky.social · Apr 11

@shurastei.bsky.social , Thank You!

Victor Murari @victormurari.bsky.social · Apr 9

CTRL+ART+DEL: Juego experimental que expone el colonialismo digital en arte. Ponte en la piel de un artista latinoamericano forzado a elegir entre éxito global o identidad cultural. ¿Cuánto de ti mismo estás dispuesto a borrar para "triunfar"? #ArteIndependiente victormurari.art/%f0%9f%8c%8e...

Truth Erosion: A Work on Political Post-Truth - Victor Murari - OpenProcessing

Victor Murari @victormurari.bsky.social · Apr 4

Just launched "Digital Art Trader": a retro game that simulates (and critiques) speculation in the digital art market. Buy, sell, and discover how financialization turns art into a commodity. A critical experiment disguised as an 80s game. victormurari.art/1179-2/ #DigitalArt #GameArt

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Victor Murari @victormurari.bsky.social · Mar 22

The "IA/AI" project critiques AI biases in Indigenous representation and develops IndigenIA, a tool for Indigenous creators. It fosters AI discussions, and features in global exhibitions, merging art, technology, and traditional knowledge. #AI #Indigenousart victormurari.art/ia-ai-artifi...

Victor Murari @victormurari.bsky.social · Mar 19

"Truth Erosion" is an interactive digital artwork where viewer engagement progressively distorts a political figure and transforms factual statements into propaganda, revealing how collective participation erodes the boundary between truth and fiction.
openprocessing.org/sketch/2584596

"Truth Erosion" is an interactive digital artwork where viewer engagement progressively distorts a political figure and transforms factual statements into propaganda, revealing how collective participation erodes the boundary between truth and fiction in contemporary political discourse.

Filter Chamber: The Algorithmic Curation of Reality - Victor Murari - OpenProcessing

Victor Murari @victormurari.bsky.social · Mar 18

New p5.js artwork: "Filter Chamber" 🎨
Visualizing how algorithms curate our reality by filtering information. Words like "democracy" and "surveillance" get amplified or hidden by digital bubbles.
Press SPACE to reveal the truth!
#GenerativeArt #p5js
openprocessing.org/sketch/2582812

This interactive generative artwork explores how algorithms shape our perception of information in the digital age. Through a dynamic visualization, it reveals the invisible mechanisms that filter con...

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Victor Murari @victormurari.bsky.social · Mar 6

Just launched: "interrupt_d nar_atives," my independent virtual exhibition on AI & algorithmic colonialism in digital art.
Download the booklet & visit: victormurari.art/wp-content/u...

Cyber Cut-UP - Victor Murari - OpenProcessing

Victor Murari @victormurari.bsky.social · Mar 3

Cyber Cut-Up is a generative artwork inspired by Burroughs and Gysin's cut-up technique. Users click on words from a New York Times article to create new phrases, reshaping its meaning.
openprocessing.org/sketch/2563602

#GenerativeArt #CutUpTechnique #DigitalArt #InteractiveText

Cyber Cut-Up is a generative artwork inspired by the Dadaist cut-up technique of William Burroughs and Brion Gysin. It presents excerpts from the New York Times article "Hegseth Orders Pentagon to Sto...

Quantum Collapse - Victor Murari - OpenProcessing

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Victor Murari @victormurari.bsky.social · Mar 2

"Quantum Collapse": generative art where particles exist in multiple states. Your cursor collapses superposition, defining a single path. Quantum physics in code.
openprocessing.org/sketch/2562670
#GenerativeArt #OpenProcessing

This generative artwork explores quantum superposition through a visual representation. Particles exist in multiple states, shown as forms with shadows depicting their probabilities. A black particle ...

Exu and the Creation of the World with Olufim - Victor Murari - OpenProcessing

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Victor Murari @victormurari.bsky.social · Mar 2

I've recently started exploring generative digital art and wanted to share "Exu and the Creation of the World with Olufim" with you all. Would love your thoughts on this first experiment! #GenerativeArt #DigitalCreation#GenerativeArt #DigitalCreation #NewBeginnings
openprocessing.org/sketch/2562425

In Yoruba cosmology, Olorun tasked Olufim with creating the world, providing him earth, a golden chain, and a special chicken. After Olufim fell asleep from drinking palm wine, Exu reported this to Ol...

Interrupted Narratives – Victor Murari Email

Victor Murari @victormurari.bsky.social · Mar 1

Just launched: "Interrupted Narratives" - an experimental VR exhibition exploring the complex relationship between art, digital colonialism & algorithmic control.
Experience this independent research laboratory for curatorial practices in virtual environments at: victormurari.art/interrupted-...

Victor Murari @victormurari.bsky.social · Feb 11

Check out my new site, victormurari.art, where I showcase my work and explore contemporary art and digital colonialism. Dive in and join the conversation!

👉 victormurari.art

#ContemporaryArt #DigitalColonialism #ArtAndTechnology

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Osinachi and Crypto Art: Digital Decolonization and Resistance in Contemporary Art

Victor Murari @victormurari.bsky.social · Feb 10

Osinachi, a Nigerian digital artist born in 1991, stands out as a leading figure in African crypto art, using Microsoft Word as his creative tool and blockchain technology to distribute and monetize his works.
medium.com/@victortmura...
#DigitalColonialism #ContemporaryArt

Digital art has become a powerful tool for challenging traditional structures and creating alternative spaces for expression and commerce…

Linda Dounia: Digital Art, Technocapitalism, and the Fight Against Digital Colonialism

Victor Murari @victormurari.bsky.social · Feb 9

As a multidisciplinary artist, designer, and curator, Dounia harnesses artificial intelligence to challenge power structures, expose the environmental consequences of technocapitalism, and confront the inequalities perpetuated by digital colonialism.
medium.com/@victortmura...
#DigitalColonialism

Linda Dounia Rebeiz is one of the most influential names in contemporary digital art. An artist, designer, and multidisciplinary curator…

Digital Colonialism and Decolonial Practices in Iyo Bisseck’s Artistic Work: A Critical Analysis

Victor Murari @victormurari.bsky.social · Feb 7

This analysis explores Iyo Bisseck's artistic critique of digital colonialism and her contributions to decolonial technological futures.
medium.com/@victortmura...
#DigitalColonialism #ContemporaryArt

Contemporary digital infrastructures perpetuate colonial power dynamics through algorithmic bias, data extraction, and technological…

Alexis Peskine: Between Nails and Pixels — An Analysis of Digital Colonialism in Contemporary Art

Victor Murari @victormurari.bsky.social · Feb 6

Between hammer strikes that echo ancestrality and nails that pierce the veil of the digital world, Alexis Peskine carves a new language into the contemporary artistic landscape.
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#DigitalColonialism #ContemporaryArt

Between hammer strikes that echo ancestrality and nails that pierce the veil of the digital world, Alexis Peskine carves a new language…

Davida Enara: Digital Art as Resistance to Digital Colonialism

Victor Murari @victormurari.bsky.social · Feb 5

Davida Enara’s work offers a unique perspective on how contemporary African artists use digital media to confront questions of identity, memory, and power in the post-colonial era.
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#DigitalColonialism #ContemporaryArt

The emergence of digital technologies as tools for artistic production has opened new fields of discussion about power relations and…